A savage attack on a counter-protester during Saturday’s violent “Unite the Right” rally in Virginia evoked memories of the ugliest days of the civil rights movement, an original Freedom Rider said Monday.
Among the victims of the Charlottesville violence was a local resident who joined his friends to demonstrate against the organizers of the white nationalist event in the city’s Emancipation Park.
Deandre Harris, 20, was attacked in a parking lot by a group of white supremacists who kicked him, punched him and pummeled him with metal poles.
On August 12th, 2017 there was a “Unite the Right” march of white nationalist and other right-wing groups (KKK, Neo-nazis, and white supremacists) that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia. These individuals were protesting against the removal of local confederate monuments, primarily the Robert E. Lee Statue in Emancipation Park. I arrived at Emancipation Park around 11 AM as a counter-protester to voice my opinion on racial tensions and to literally stand up for what I believe in. I was only there for a few minutes before I was hit with water bottles, maced with pepper spray, and had derogoratoy slurs hurled at me. Just forty-five minutes in to the rally our Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency to aid state response to violence. About fifteen minutes or so after that I was brutally attacked by white supremacists in the parking garage right beside the Charlottesville Police Station. I was chased and beat with metal poles. I was knocked unconscious repeatedly. Every time I went to stand up I was knocked back down.
WARNING.
Criminal evidence.
The vicious criminal assault of Deandre Harris by white supremacists. The clearest video.
ARREST THESE MEN. pic.twitter.com/oV13SGv1Uw
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) August 15, 2017
If it was not for my friends that I came with I would have been beaten to a pulp. No law enforcement stepped in to help me. Once I was dragged off to some near by steps I was taken to the designated area for injured protesters & counter-protesters. My injuries were too extensive to be treated at the scene so I was taken to the ER at Martha Jefferson Hospital. I was diagnosed with a concussion, an ulna fracture, and had to receive eight staples in my head. I also have a laceration across my right eyebrow, abrasions on my knees & elbows, and a chipped tooth. I’m so blessed to be alive to tell my story and to show the world that racism is very much still alive.
Alt right guy, Michael Tubbs appears to order the violence.
More brawls and chemicals. Alt right guy orders #UniteTheRight into battle against #antifa in #Charlottesville pic.twitter.com/jzcVcDZZxi
— Alex Rubinstein (@RealAlexRubi) August 12, 2017
GET YOUR ASS TO PRISON…………
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1082936243745361920
GET YOUR ASS TO PRISON……………
https://twitter.com/jjouvenal/status/1072541245258510337
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/1023216136811421696
GET YOUR ASS TO JAIL………..
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/998594733147676672
GET YOUR ASS TO JAIL……………..
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/992145044953096192
Guilty! Jury recommended 10 years.
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/991520151433613313
https://twitter.com/AJENews/status/974798230218330112
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/973584907804045313
https://twitter.com/TPM/status/973605331740889088
https://twitter.com/blakersdozen/status/973594257431846912
The charges should have NEVER happened in the first place.
https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/939270317582831619
https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/918985297484017664
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/918465799785938945
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/918114732338499584
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/918110765294542849
Get your ass to jail, racist scum!
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/916422069763608577
Update
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/913497756026769408
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/902534075293941761
Get your violent ass to jail, mofo!
https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/902945228197376008
ARRESTED!
Georgia Man Tied To Charlottesville Violence Makes Court Appearance: Update
MARIETTA, GA — A Marietta man who surrendered to authorities early Tuesday after being wanted in connection with the violence that took place in Charlottesville, Va., made his first court appearance, Patch has learned. Alex Michael Ramos is being held in the Monroe County Jail, Cobb officials said.
https://patch.com/georgia/marietta/georgia-man-tied-charlottesville-violence-arrested-police
ARRESTED!
https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/901618339495202816
https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/898542689746120705
https://twitter.com/funder/status/898567924541214720
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/898548052931248128
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/898223703850446850
https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/898544819609272321
https://twitter.com/TaskandPurpose/status/898006728347922432
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/897868833217818624
https://twitter.com/allinwithchris/status/897621639860559873
For the record, here is the transcript of the above:
MSNBC “Counter Protester: Trump lying about what happened in Charlottesville” (Video timestamp 1-1:51)
Rev. Traci Blackmon, Executive Minister United Church of Christ:
https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/897634362468048896
Keep Bannon and continue to use his Breitbart disinformation outfit and their vile, white supremacist followership to advance their fake news and put out hits on perceived enemies…and continue to cultivate and trigger their White Supremacist base into violent acts and chaos on behalf of the treasonous buffoon..
OR..
Remove Bannon who as part of the inner circle for the past year, knows every damaging secret – and will gladly make up a few himself as the purveyor of lies and fake news…and has already been putting out warning shots…already been leaking and using Breitbart to pursue vendettas against those who get in his way at the People’s House…
Bannon and the Mercers want to remain on the inside to puppet their treasonous buffoon…
This will not end well..
Tango with the devil, and he never lets go…
Devil does you a favor…and you end up paying for the rest of your life…and/or with your life..
https://twitter.com/MonieTalks_1/status/897638573335351296
‘Soaring stock markets’ that only serve to further empower and enrich and line the pockets of soulless, exploitative, self-serving oligarchs …and return of ‘jobs’ will never be the salve or antidote to racism, Neo Nazism, White Supremacy..
Nor can the promise of any of it be used, invoked, to deflect, distract from the brazen racist activities of emboldened white supremacists…or the corrupt, treasonous activities of the buffoonish White Supremacist in chief..
Good for Symone Sanders..
“…Official FBI guidelines acknowledge that white supremacists and right-wing extremists have infiltrated U.S. law enforcement agencies, according to a classified 2015 counterterrorism policy guide obtained by The Intercept.
“Domestic terrorism investigations focused on militia extremists, white supremacist extremists, and sovereign citizen extremists often have identified active links to law enforcement officers,” the guide, which explains how individuals qualify for inclusion on a terrorism watchlist, reads, according to The Intercept.
While the FBI has been aware of this infiltration for some time and raised concerns in a 2006 internal assessment, federal agencies have been wary of discussing the issue publicly.
“Federal law enforcement agencies in general—the FBI, the Marshals, the ATF — are aware that extremists have infiltrated state and local law enforcement agencies and that there are people in law enforcement agencies that may be sympathetic to these groups,” he said.
The Oath Keepers and Constitutional Sheriffs Associations, both anti-government groups, actively recruit current and former law enforcement officers. An Oregon sheriff who belonged to the latter group supported the efforts of the armed militants who occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge for more than a month in early 2016. Last October, a Maryland police officer was suspended after a woman circulated a photo she took of an Oath Keepers hat displayed in his squad car…”
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/law-enforcement-agencies-infiltrated-white-supremacists-extremists
Breaking News: NBC News: White House officials “stunned” Trump “went rogue”.
Here’s a pic of the new chief of staff John Kelly at the press conference today…note the expressions also on the face of the two black men…
http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/5993697ff1a850c42a8b5057-2400/gettyimages-831983920.jpg
http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/59935be8f1a8502b008b5365-400/this-photo-of-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-during-trumps-wild-press-conference-says-it-all.jpg
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/897592018142203910
https://twitter.com/dangranata/status/897090875494453248
https://twitter.com/MalcolmNance/status/897565380251574273
Please note that Gary Cohn a Jewish man was standing right there with a smile on his face as White Supremacists and Neo-Nazis were being absolved and touted as ‘fine people’..
At what point does humanity, integrity kick in…
At what point does decency and remembrances of lived history trump greed and power…
https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/897545700547768320
For anyone operating under the misconception that California is a bastion of peace, love, tech nerds…harmless hippies and progressive, open-minded liberal Hollywood..
https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/897543603144327168
Racist bigots showed up in #Charlottesville b/c the idiots can’t get over the South lost & this mofo want us to get over slavery? We will NEVER FORGET what this country did to Native Americans and Black people. This country was built on genocide & enslavement. Do they tell people to get over 9-11? No but want to dismiss our history? He’s out of his fucking mind.
https://twitter.com/don_rondel/status/897277153670246401
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/897155860920709121
Did you hear some cheering and applauding as the terrorist drove away with a clearly damaged car..
Did you see how blasé the cops were..
https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/897518771287490564
It definitely was an act of domestic terror.
No SHIT, Sherlock
It’s nice of him to speak out, but I’m not really believing anything he says because he votes with the racists in the GOP religiously. My true response to him is ,”F*ck you and f*ck that sh*t.”
FIND HIS ASS…..
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/897517704902574080
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/897507235189993473
https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/897508204074192896
Of course he was..
He desperately needs to keep his fellow white supremacists – his most important base – appeased and triggered..
He’s going to need them to rally and cause chaos if and when Mueller brings down the hammer…
Y’all be safe out there.
https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/897497638462828545
That flag is pure evil!
In the end most of these bozos are really just cowards with teeny parts desperately overcompensating for their various inadequacies…
https://twitter.com/jeffpearlman/status/897282229646237696
https://twitter.com/JesseFFerguson/status/897448000254902272
If Trump’s words spoken under pressure meant anything then Bannon, Gorka, and Miller would have been fired yesterday. But they’re still around.
Trump thinks he can say a few words that people are demanding to hear and then go back to what he was doing. He doesn’t give a damn about Charlottesville.
Well, he’s now taken the words written for him yesterday, right back..
And unlike yesterday, he was his truest version of passionate and authentic today as he furiously defended Neo Nazis, White Supremacy and the confederacy…
As he today, red-faced spewed the little warped history bits chewed up and spit in his mouth by Bannon, Gorka and Miller, it became infinitely clear that all he’s self-interestedly concerned with is still cultivating and keeping the support of the vilest elements of society …and only to protect himself and to hold on to power – and more importantly, wealth…
Thanks for this post, SG2. I have been so distressed about this. The white supremacist terrorists had every intention of killing that young man, Deandre Harris. When I saw that picture a couple of days ago I immediately thought about the Freedom Riders and the kind of people who showed up in Anniston, Birmingham, and Montgomery with pipes and bats, ready to beat the hell out of the young freedom riders with the blessing of law enforcement.
These terrorists are the same people, just a different generation. But this time some of them will pay a price even though they have friends in the White House.
Sad, isn’t it?
I can honestly say that I never knew anyone who participated in mob violence against black people back then. Certainly no one in my family or none of the relatives.
But these people were mostly what you would think of as ordinary people. They were co-workers, neighbors, churchgoers…
This is what people are capable of when there are no restraints and no expectation of consequences.
And police deliberately delayed going to the scene until they had beat the Freedom Riders to a bloody pulp. Nothing has changed.
https://twitter.com/roberthenig/status/897199657415303168
A desperate cowardly treasonous buffoon undeservedly propelled into the highest office by a hostile foreign government that owns him and has kompromat on him…comfortably surrounded himself with the vilest white supremacist creatures…
He will instigate the burning down of this country …if that is what it takes to protect his sorry corrupt, narcissistic, treasonous arse…
https://twitter.com/AlfreWoodard/status/897470599991263232
Absolutely!
https://twitter.com/JoeBrunoWSOC9/status/896825499158278144
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/897359970462826496
((((( Applause ! )))))
https://twitter.com/jonathanjewel/status/897473834659454977
https://twitter.com/jonathanjewel/status/897473446942195712
Thanks for all of your detailed posting here, SG2.
This was an evil, vicious beating.
Praying that Deandre recovers completely from the wounds the White Supremacists inflicted upon him.
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/897245712374738945
This needs to be the message from every place in America!
Wow, so says Boston, one of the most racist states in America.
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/897441571754450944
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/897440161688104960
= domestic terrorists
In early 2009, then DHS secretary under President Obama, Janet Napolitano, had to issue an apology for a released DHS report warning about these alt-right folks…At the time it was Republican folks loudly outraged on behalf of their alt-right constituents aka the Tea Party…that they were actively cultivating and exploiting to harass and obstruct the historic presidency..
“….President Obama’s support for Mexico’s drug war looked like it might be upstaged this morning by a growing wave of outrage over a recently released intelligence assessment by the Department of Homeland Security that many conservative groups blasted as a political attack against them. And despite an apology issued to military veterans by its new secretary, Janet Napolitano, it remained unclear whether she had quelled a brewing political storm.
The April 7 assessment warned that the faltering economy and the election of the country’s first African-American president could fuel support for right-wing extremist organizations. And it said that proposals for new restrictions on firearms could lead some groups to begin stockpiling weapons and ammunition.
But the comments that stirred the most outrage referred to war veterans. The assessment cautioned that returning veterans who faced trouble reintegrating into their communities could “lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists capable of carrying out violent attacks.”
https://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/extremist-report-draws-criticism-prompts-apology/
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This is one of our chances to get pictures and identify the nazis, bigots, alt right racists and supremacists. They need to be in some database because, who knows where these people will show up next? As a candidate for some high office, as a government clerk, as a business owner etc., As a person with some power over others or after committing some act of violence, you can see that they will deny that their bigotry, so catch them now before they learn to hide.
Lonnie, watch the HBO video. The guy Christopher Cantwell is a dangerous mofo. He has openly and brazenly stated what his views are. They came to Charlottesvile for trouble. They’ve been boiling for awhile. They want their race war.
https://twitter.com/nycjayjay/status/897241147998969860
https://twitter.com/KhaledBeydoun/status/897377701991993344
https://twitter.com/felicia4217/status/896730808005820416
https://twitter.com/zdroberts/status/896519908795854848
Matthew 2:14 Joseph took Mary & the child to hide in Egypt from King Herod to blend in. How can a white man hide & blend in w/ black people?
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/897364749968605185
Charlottesville: Race and Terror
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/896931214640246784
Shaun King has helped!
Please read the article. This ISH is wild….Jim O’Brien praying to God to protect them as they defend southern culture and history. Like God is in this? Satan has truly deceived them. The Spirit of God does NOT dwell in hate, lies & deception. How are you going to ask God for evil to succeed?
https://twitter.com/3ChicsPolitico/status/897348986465603585
Good that they have been arrested. Shaun King did good work in helping spread their photos so that people could identify them.
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/896849381047107585
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/897315879603625985
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