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Donald Trump on Tuesday lamented the possibility that Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian protesters could be treated more leniently than the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Experts say comparisons to the Capitol riot, or an infamous 2017 Charlottesville rally, are strained. CBC | World News
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Police ‘elevated officer safety over public safety’ at Charlottesville rally, review finds
Law enforcement failed to adequately plan for or respond to a violent white nationalist rally this summer in Virginia, leading to “deep distrust of government” in the Charlottesville community, an independent review released Friday found. CBC | World News
Read More »Anti-Semitism: Charlottesville Proves It’s Time to Stop Denying Jews Are a Minority [Opinion]
If you are Jewish, it’s likely that you spent last week in despair and absolute confusion. You probably watched the extreme-right white supremacists march and chant, “Jews will not replace us!” among other things and, once again, felt the wrath of discrimination. You probably became even more angry when some in the media purposely misreported that the gathering chanted, “You ...
Read More »Pound v US dollar: GBP strengthens against USD amid Charlottesville violence
THE pound rallied against the US dollar overnight on Friday as Donald Trump came under increasing fire for his response to the violence in Charlottesville. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed
Read More »Charlottesville Mayor Calls For Removal Of Confederate Monuments Nearly A Week After Deadly Rally And Protests
Just one day shy of a week following a deadly white supremacist rally and counter-protest in his city, Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer called for Confederate monuments to be removed from the city’s downtown area. Included among the Confederate monuments the mayor wants to see removed is the Robert E. Lee statue in Emancipation Park, where the controversial “Unite the Right” ...
Read More »WATCH Car Hit Protesters At Charlottesville Rally [VIDEO]
Tragedy struck the city of Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday when a car ran into dozens of counter-protesters at a “Unite the Right” rally. Most tragically, Heather Heyer, a 32 year-old legal assistant, was killed. The country’s already tense political atmosphere has been exacerbated by the violence. Since the incident, multiple videos have surfaced online of the moment the Dodge Charger ...
Read More »In The Wake Of Charlottesville Patriot Prayer, Proud Boys Marked White Supremacist Hate Groups [Opinion]
Would a Nazi by any other name genocide more sweetly? The terms “Nazi” and “White Supremacist” are being bandied about quite a bit lately. An irony I’ve found in a lot of the news coverage is that some of the groups being branded “White supremacist hate groups” seem to be fairly inclusive for Neo-Nazis. In May, Willamette Weekly reported that ...
Read More »Heather Heyer, killed in Charlottesville, remembered for passion, fighting injustice
The mother of the woman killed in Virginia when a car rammed into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally urged those gathered at her memorial service Wednesday to build on the victim’s legacy of speaking out against injustice. CBC | World News
Read More »‘No moral equivalence’: Both parties denounce Trump’s Charlottesville comments
Republican and Democratic lawmakers are reacting to U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest comments on the violence over the weekend in Charlottesville, Va. CBC | World News
Read More »Despite Charlottesville violence, U.S. cities vow to remove Confederate statues
Undeterred by violence over the planned removal of a Confederate statue in Charlottesville, Va., municipal leaders in cities across the U.S. said this week they would step up efforts to pull such monuments from public spaces. CBC | World News
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