The amount of pure firepower on Charlottesville's streets on August 12 was enough to make the downtown mall look like a war zone.
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The road Heather died on? That road was closed until 7 PM. Someone had to open it on purpose.
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The scale, complexity, and threat level of Cville was an order of magnitude higher than anything else I've seen in any recent US protest.
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"scale of complexity"* Counting the RW militias as one unit, that meant there were 9 armed groups present. Nine.
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You can roll Cville Sheriff, Albemarle Sheriff, and UVA PD into one mini unit since they had limited manpower. So... seven armed units.
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That means seven different rules of engagement you have to account for.
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Because we saw on August 11 that cops don't all act the same if they're in different jurisdiction.
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