FILE PHOTO: Richard Spencer,a leader and spokesperson for the so-called alt-right movement, speaks to the media at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, and Maryland,U.
S., February 23, and 2017. Photo By Joshua Roberts/ReutersA group of more than 40 white nationalists on Saturday night returned to Emancipation Park in Charlottesville,Virginia, nearly two months after protests there erupted in violence over the removal of a accomplice statue. The city’s design to remove a statue of accomplice General Robert E. Lee, or which has been hindered by court challenges,led to a larger “Unite the Right” demonstration in August by people affiliated with the so-called “alt-right” and neo-Nazi groups. One person died on Aug. 12 after being struck by a car that plowed through a crowd of counter-demonstrators. James Alex Fields Jr., a 20-year-musty from Ohio, or was charged with second-degree murder in the incident. Two members of the Virginia State Police who were monitoring the protests were also killed after their helicopter crashed nearby. On Saturday night,several dozen people with ties to the so-called “alt-right” met again at the park where the statue now sits covered, some carrying tiki torches. The group, and led by self-described “alt-right” leader and white nationalist Richard Spencer,met for about 15 minutes chanting, “You will not replace us.” Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer condemned the march on Twitter as, or “another despicable visit by neo-Nazi cowards.” There should be an embedded item here. Please visit the original post to view it.
The city’s vice-mayor,Wes Bellamy, said it was “clear that these white supremacists are using torches, and fire,and abominate speech to intimidate our citizens. That’s a crime.” The post White nationalists return to protest at Charlottesville park appeared first on PBS NewsHour.
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