Susan Bro, mother of Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer, attended the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, presenting the Best Fight Against the System award in honor of her late daughter. Heyer was killed on Aug. 12 when a man drove his car into a crowd of demonstrators who were peacefully protesting a “Unite the Right” march, during […]
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Russian bots posing as regular people are trying to sow discord on Twitter after Charlottesville
Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla Although the recent events in Charlottesville happened 5,000 miles from Moscow, Russia didn’t sit this one out. As has become almost routine after every polarizing U.S. political event in the past 12 months, online Russian propagandists quickly got involved. This time around, they took to Twitter with an army of bots to […]
Violent Alt-Right Chats Could Be Key to Charlottesville Lawsuits
Leaked documents describe weapons and cite potential “gunfight.” https://media.wired.com/photos/599f29c2d7c1e93ce5d83683/master/pass/CharlottesvilleRallyHP_14994671.jpg Feed: All Latest
GARY COHN SPEAKS: Trump ‘must do better’ in condemning hate groups after Charlottesville
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster Gary Cohn, President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, criticized the White House’s response to Charlottesville, Virginia in his first public remarks after the deadly violence earlier this month. “This administration can and must do better in consistently and unequivocally condemning these groups and do everything we can to heal the deep divisions […]
White supremacist who helped lead the Charlottesville rally turns himself in
YouTube/VICE News CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Police report a white nationalist who says he pepper-sprayed a demonstrator in self-defense on the campus of the University of Virginia has turned himself in. Campus police issued a statement late Wednesday saying Christopher Cantwell of Keene, New Hampshire, was taken into custody at the police department in Lynchburg, […]
George and Amal Clooney donated $1 million to fight right-wing extremism after Charlottesville violence
Reuters: Eric Gaillard George and Amal Clooney have donated $ 1 million in a partnership with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) to help fight hate groups in the US after the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, according to The Guardian. The Clooney Foundation for Justice — which has helped fund schools for Syrian refugees in […]
Unrepentant Trump fires back at media over Charlottesville, hints at Arpaio pardon in Phoenix
President Donald Trump hammered the “very dishonest media” as he repeated his statements on deadly political violence in Charlottesville. The crowd in Phoenix were also thrilled to hear Trump say ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio “is going to be just fine.” Trump also attacked Republicans and Democrats in Congress during the campaign-style rally Tuesday evening in Phoenix, […]
‘He messed up … it was wrong’: Paul Ryan nails Trump over response to Charlottesville
Screenshot via CNN House Speaker Paul Ryan had sharp criticism for President Donald Trump on Monday night when asked about President Donald Trump’s handling of a white nationalist rally that turned deadly in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier this month. In an answer to a question from the audience, Ryan dinged Trump’s response during a CNN town-hall event […]
Law enforcement experts say measures can be taken to prevent another Charlottesville — even when protesters are armed
Twitter/CNN Even before the demonstration in Virginia began last weekend, the police there knew they weren’t going to be able to handle what was coming. Charlottesville police officers, including Sgt. Jake Via of the investigations bureau, had been contacting organizers and scanning social media to figure out how many demonstrators were headed their way and […]
The answer to the violence in Charlottesville isn’t to outlaw white supremacy
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst This weekend’s deadly melee in Charlottesville, Virginia, is bound to fuel calls for increased regulation of hateful speech. The confrontation triggered by white supremacist marchers offered a frightening demonstration of how racist, anti-Semitic, and other noxious messages can ignite clashes and willful attacks that kill, injure, intimidate, and divide. President Donald Trump’s reluctance to […]
