Why Bannon Won’t Condemn the Charlottesville Violence
By Monday evening, the paroxysm of extremist violence at a Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, had been condemned by President Donald J. Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, not to mention a coalition of congressional Republicans and Democrats that included both conservative Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Vermont socialist […]
Charlottesville car attack suspect remains behind bars as judge denies bail
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A Virginia judge on Monday declined to set bail for James Alex Fields Jr., the 20-year-old Ohio man accused of second-degree murder and other charges after authorities said he plowed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters near the scene of a white supremacist rally that erupted into violence. That means Fields, […]
LeBron James Criticizes Trump Over Charlottesville
LeBron James has often shown himself to be an athlete unready to bury his head in the sand when it comes to social justice. James proved that again when he tweeted an apparent criticism of President Donald Trump’s actions and words regarding the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, after a white nationalist protest resulted in violence […]
Charlottesville attack: What, where and who?
On Friday night, hundreds of marchers descended on the University of Virginia carrying torches and yelling slogans “white lives matter” and “blood and soil”. Protests turned violent in Charlottesville on Saturday, as white supremacists clashed with counter-demonstrators and a car ploughed into a crowd of anti-racist and anti-fascist demonstrators . Here is what we know.
Driver Who Struck Protestors In Charlottesville Virginia Identified, Charged
A man named James Alex Fields Jr. has been identified and accused of killing one woman and injuring 19 others when he allegedly drove a speeding car into a group of people Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia. The crowd was protesting a gathering of far-right activists who came to the city for an event called “Unite […]
3 Killed After Violent Rally in Virginia; Governor Tells White Supremacists to ‘Go Home’
Virginia’s governor on Saturday told white supremacists, who had gathered in Charlottesville to protest the removal of a Confederate statue, to “go home” after three people were killed in violence at a rally and in a helicopter crash that police linked to the protest. Governor Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency after fights broke […]