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The chaos that began over the weekend in Charlottesville is already spreading across the United States to other cities.
In Seattle, a planned pro-Trump rally (put on by a group called “Patriot Prayer” which identifies as libertarian) and an Antifa group were kept separated by police, despite the Antifa group trying to get to the pro-Trump crowd. Both groups had permits that had been approved well before Charlottesville, and one group was clearly spoiling for a fight.
My guess: Counter protesters (behind barricade) at least quadrupole the size of Trump supporters (center) https://t.co/DWs5fkuZhI pic.twitter.com/cX2aSojhBV
— Jessica Lee (@jessleeST) August 13, 2017
Protesters chanting "Cops and Klan – Hand in Hand!" as a man is arrested at 4th and Lenora #Seattle pic.twitter.com/dgSkkHOktz
— Bettina Hansen (@bettinahansen) August 13, 2017
Speeches over. some young men & women in crowd just put on bandanas, black masks. Chanting "Nazis go home" pic.twitter.com/my3o9pibE9
— Jessica Lee (@jessleeST) August 13, 2017
Seattle Police issued a dispersal order to the Antifa group to go back to their permitted area, and ended up arresting three people and confiscating weapons.
Dispersal order issued at 2 & Pine. Please leave/avoid the area. Police confiscated these weapons & have made arrests. pic.twitter.com/AzxscIg1tQ
— Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) August 13, 2017
Three arrested, no serious injuries reported as police worked to keep two planned demonstrations from converging. https://t.co/zPvISsVJ0o
— Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) August 14, 2017
Of course, that didn’t stop the rhetoric. It doesn’t matter that this group wasn’t alt-right. All that matters is that Antifa got stopped from beating them up.
You realize Nazi’s are the bad guys right? Like every f’ing war movie you’ve ever watched. Fight against hate, Stop protecting it.
— J.Wamp ⭐️ (@wampXstomp) August 14, 2017
In New York City, Trump Tower was the target.
Pro-Trump security forces (NYPD) protecting Trump Tower from the NYC rally in solidarity with #Charlottesville. pic.twitter.com/kqvkoL4bMO
— Ash J (@AshAgony) August 13, 2017
A pro-Trump group did show up to Trump Tower, and just like Seattle, the NYPD kept the groups apart.
Dueling protests outside Trump Tower, for & against Trumps reaction to the violence at the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville @NY1 pic.twitter.com/YooG9ev0Aa
— Natalie Duddridge (@CityNatalie) August 13, 2017
And while Antifa is busy complaining about and trying to take on Trump supporters (who are apparently all Nazis now, according to brain trusts like Jessica Valenti), the neo-Nazis are moving on to begin another riot at yet another college campus. On September 11th, no less.
A “White Lives Matter” protest is scheduled to be held on the campus of Texas A&M, following the White Nationalist protests that turned violent in Charlottesville, Va. on Saturday.
The protest is currently scheduled for September 11 and is being organized by political activist and former A&M student Preston Wiginton.
Students have already begun to organize in the same way that they dealt with Westboro Baptist Church.
In 2012, Westboro Baptist Church attempted to picket the funeral of a fallen soldier and the Aggie Family joined together to protect his funeral by forming a maroon wall. Today, the threat to our campus comes from a different group of fanatics, and we must respond united.
As such, Saw ‘Em Off is proud to announce a revival of the Maroon Wall! The protest is schedule to take place on September 11 at Rudder Plaza by the MSC. We will be making a silent, outward facing wall around the plaza to protect our students and show that the Aggie Family’s commitment to its own is far greater than any force trying to divide us.
Good for them. Hopefully the police will keep Antifa away and let the Texas A&M students have their own demonstration against these stupid clowns.
But as the chaos spreads, Charlottesville is still reeling from this weekend. Both suspect and victim have been identified.
Albermale county jail just sent me the mugshot of today's suspect in today's Charlottesville tragedy. James Alex Fields Jr, 20. pic.twitter.com/ucALl7oSyi
— Sebastian Murdock (@SebastianMurdoc) August 13, 2017
Fields has been charged with second degree murder, among other charges.
RIP | Friends and family have identified the 32-year-old woman killed in Charlottesville as Heather Heyer, a paralegal from Greene County. pic.twitter.com/09MbLsQPIg
— ABC 13 News – WSET (@ABC13News) August 13, 2017
And those who participated in the initial march have started to get the blowback that most people knew was coming, with people being identified via social media, and in at least one case, fired.
This story is far from over.
We will be making a silent, outward facing wall around the plaza to protect our students
And there’s my only problem with this. It seems to be about keeping bad ideas away from the poor, vulnerable students. *smh*
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