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A neo-nazi and member of the KKK, Ken Parker went to
#Charlottesville ready for a race riot. Then, just months later, something happened: he met a man who invited him to church... A *black* church.@msnbchttps://www.msnbc.com/craig-melvin/watch/ex-kkk-member-denounces-hate-group-1-year-after-marching-in-charlottesville-1294877251636 … -
Hate doesn't win: In my favorite story after
#Charlottesville, the man who saved his girlfriend in this Pulitzer-winning image (left) ended up marrying her months later (right). The same photographer took both pictures. https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/05/ryan-kelly-pulitzer-winner-on-photographing-charlottesville-and-a-wedding.html …#Rechargepic.twitter.com/kpOD7T7kgy
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Ex-KKK member denounces hate groups one year after rallying in Charlottesville.
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For anyone seeking to understand what happened in
#Charlottesville last year, I urge you to watch the powerful documentary put together by investigative journalist A.C. Thompson and@ProPublica:https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/documenting-hate-charlottesville/ … -
Let’s get something right about
#Charlottesville: We, the people here on the ground, KNEW that violence was coming. The police CHOSE not to take action. We were CLEARLY threatened and promised violence leading up to that day. The people in power told us to turn the other cheek.Show this thread -
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We love to see when racism has consequences: A U.S. Marine Corps lance corporal who marched with white supremacists and bragged about violence he committed during last year’s white supremacist rally in
#Charlottesville has been thrown out of the service https://wtop.com/virginia/2018/08/marine-kicked-out-of-marine-corps-for-role-in-charlottesville-white-supremacist-march/ … -
1 year ago this weekend, Heather Heyer was murdered in
#Charlottesville in an act of terrorism carried out by a Neo-Nazi. In Trump’s America, racists & white supremacists have been emboldened, enabled, & encouraged to carry out hate crimes against humanity.#RememberHeatherpic.twitter.com/6f5WsWYqiW
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"That auction block is an artifact. The very fact that you can stand where somebody was treated as property ... is very moving."
#Charlottesville http://nbcnews.to/2MAIwHC pic.twitter.com/ObVei8Y0zK#Charlottesville, 1 year later"That auction block is an artifact. The very fact that you can stand where somebody was treated as property ... is very moving."Show this thread -
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#Charlottesville-One-Year-Later stories will be written & produced by Charlottesvillians. Today, I'm starting a thread to highlight work that's caught my eye. I welcome suggestions about things I've missed. But first...Show this thread -
A year ago, a swarm of tiki torch-toting racists went to
#Charlottesville shouting “Jews will not replace us.” Heather Heyer was killed by the same people trump described as "very fine people." I do NOT accept this version of America, and will NEVER stop fighting to change it. pic.twitter.com/m5neAThNmI
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BREAKING: A state of emergency will go into effect at 3pm today in Virginia and in the City of
#Charlottesville. pic.twitter.com/xVjFqsPHHM
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"Stop hating": One year after the deadly
#Charlottesville rally, Heather Heyer's mother reflects on the loss of her daughter, who was hit by a car, during what was supposed to be a peaceful protest. https://usat.ly/2M4Ddnr pic.twitter.com/0fvJoZ7dKl -
BREAKING: At this point if you don’t think trump is a racist then you are also a racist.
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#Charlottesville riot anniversary, white supremacists will gather in Washington, DC for the#UniteTheRight rally this Sunday. Jewish-American WWII bomber pilot Si Spiegel says Trump's hate-speech promotes fascism - the very thing he and his generation fought to put down.pic.twitter.com/IMBx8AHkVsWWII Jewish Bomber Pilot Si Spiegel -
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It’s been a year since the horrific events of
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#Charlottesville gave racism new fuel. And it will take another 50+ years to determine if we heal or repeat, as a nation. It's time to treat racism as the enemy of the people. It's time for public servants to defend the Constitution "against all enemies, foreign AND DOMESTIC." -
From 1882-1968, 4,743 lynchings occurred in the United States. Of these people that were lynched 3,446 were black. 1968 was only fifty years ago.
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A minivan mom just walked out of the store in
#Charlottesville with ALL the tiki torches. She said it's so the white supremacists can't have any. Hearing that more moms are on the way to other stores...#FightWithCvillepic.twitter.com/V5Dx5AKExE
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#Miami Congressman proudly shared a photo of himself and a Trump supporter wearing a t-shirt supporting a group whose members organized the#Charlottesville tiki-torch nazi rally, on the one year anniversary of Heather Heyer's murder.#TheResistancehttps://dworkinreport.com/2018/08/10/former-judge-slams-gop-rep-for-posting-photo-with-his-alt-right-trump-supporter/ …
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