A state of emergency was declared this morning by Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe after violent protests broke out this morning at a “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville.
Governor McAuliffe has declared a state of emergency to aid state response to violence at Alt-Right rally in Charlottesville
— Terry McAuliffe (@GovernorVA) August 12, 2017
Protesters were fighting the erasing of history. Government and city officials had moved to remove a statue of Confederate (and Union!) general Robert E. Lee from a city park. The protest quickly gathered the attention of far-left protest groups such as Antifa hoping to cause a ruckus. Group of liberal protesters gathered to drown out the “Unite the Right” chants of “white lives matters” with “black lives matters”.
Things took a deadly turn when Gov. McAuliffe ordered the National Guard be deployed to end the rally and the police to use force against the folks protesting the erasing of history. Continue to the next page to see videos from the protest, the how far the national guard went to push back the militia groups showing up to protect the protesters
Too many of those who want to eradicate what they perceive as a racist monument to the past refuse to see it as a remembrance of what fighting for a principal is, weather right wrong and what the consequences of the wrong course taken can lead to. Additionally there is a law that too many folks seem to over look or refuse to accept, here it is: § 15.2-1812. Memorials for war veterans.
A locality may, within the geographical limits of the locality, authorize and permit the erection of monuments or memorials for any war or conflict, or for any engagement of such war or conflict, to include the following monuments or memorials: Algonquin (1622), French and Indian (1754-1763), Revolutionary (1775-1783), War of 1812 (1812-1815), Mexican (1846-1848), Confederate or Union monuments or memorials of the War Between the States (1861-1865), Spanish-American (1898), World War I (1917-1918), World War II (1941-1945), Korean (1950-1953), Vietnam (1965-1973), Operation Desert Shield-Desert Storm (1990-1991), Global War on Terrorism (2000- ), Operation Enduring Freedom (2001- ), and Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003- ). If such are erected, it shall be unlawful for the authorities of the locality, or any other person or persons, to disturb or interfere with any monuments or memorials so erected, or to prevent its citizens from taking proper measures and exercising proper means for the protection, preservation and care of same. For purposes of this section, “disturb or interfere with” includes removal of, damaging or defacing monuments or memorials, or, in the case of the War Between the States, the placement of Union markings or monuments on previously designated Confederate memorials or the placement of Confederate markings or monuments on previously designated Union memorials.
So….liberals put on masks and riot? Over preserving history?
Rosemary Karmazin How can you tell they are really liberals? Can you tell that they vote by the type of mask they wear? Maybe they’re just idiot hooligans that like to cause trouble. If we keep drawing lines between ‘us and them’ we will not evolve. We’ll just stay stuck Point fingers and blaming each other. What do you call a country with only one political party? “A house divided cannot stand.”
U$#%&!@* We have dealt with it!! We are Americans!! We have fought and bled and died for this country. And we value our heritage and our relatives that fought and died in the civil war. What the fucking hell is soo hard to understand about that u piece of c**p!! And we love America. And we are sick of criminal politicians giving our country away to pathetic low life’s who don’t want to work!
history is history correct…so Are ,@
White lives matter
Everything I’ve seen from Facebook live posts showed it was peaceful till blm and Antifa showed up.
History is history leave it be
I’m from the South and I VOTED for Mr. Trump for President. The Civil War has been over for a long time. Yes the Union won over the Confederacy. It’s been settled. I NEVER had a problem with it. What we need is for American’s to come together has human being! I agree with Daryl McClover let’s have a love March!
MLK = Al Sharpton
Running his mouth and causing trouble