RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and the city of Charlottesville on Wednesday declared a state of emergency ahead of the one-year anniversary of a violent white nationalist rally that left one person dead and dozens of others injured. Officials said the declaration would streamline state and local operations this weekend while also […]
On Sunday in D.C. the second “unite the right or unite the white,” rally will be held. The first was last year in Charlottesville, VA. It’s quite ironic that white people feel the need to “march for white civil rights,” as if they’re actually in danger. Do they not realize that their “life has always […]
RaShall M. Brackney is already being accused of not holding people accountable.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A white Arkansas man charged in the beating of a black man during a violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been found guilty of malicious wounding. News outlets report 23-year-old Jacob Scott Goodwin was found guilty Tuesday for the August attack on 20-year-old DeAndre Harris. The jury recommended a […]
Activists are in formation.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A former State Department official who became the target of harassment after posting a video showing the car attack during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville sued right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and others Tuesday. Brennan Gilmore, who attended the August rally as a counterprotester, witnessed the attack that killed Heather […]
The number of White supremacists extremists killings more than doubled from 2016 to 2017, calling attention to a need for more resistance and protest efforts.
The first African-American police chief of Charlottesville, Virginia, abruptly retired Monday, about two weeks after a scathing independent review criticized his “slow-footed response” to violence at a white nationalist rally this summer. In a brief statement, the city did not give a reason for Chief Al Thomas‘ departure, which was effective immediately. “Nothing in my […]
In light of the events that have happened over the year from Charlottesville to the sexual assault allegations surrounding Roy Moore and everything in between, it’s been a tough year. And even tougher in trying to find what we should be thankful for. Rev. Al Sharpton encourages us to be thankful for, “those that paid the price that […]
This morning I have some good news and some bad news. And for my own sanity, I’m gonna start with the good news. Earlier this week the Charlottesville Police let me know that they issued an arrest warrant for Jacob Scott Goodwin – one of the five men who brutally assaulted DeAndre Harris two […]
Today is one of those days that I have more to talk about than I have time to discuss it all. So let me jump right in. Yesterday evening I received a text message from my good friend, Attorney Lee Merritt, that the Charlottesville Virginia Police Department had just done something unthinkable – they issued […]
