Man who allegedly drove a car into counterprotesters and killed activist Heather Heyer had “stood shoulder-to-shoulder with” members of the hate group Vanguard America, which does not allow LGBTQ members. Traditionalist Youth Network/Traditionalist Worker Party
With Confederate flags and Nazi memorabilia on full display, they also chanted “Fuck you faggots!” White nationalist and neo-Nazi groups and extremists involved in protest have targeted LGBTQ people Counter-demonstrators and anti-fascist groups also attended.Īfter demonstrations got heated Friday night, tensions were running high even before the rally officially began at noon, with members of the “alt-right” chanting the Nazi phrase “Blood and soil!” and “White lives matter!” as they marched toward Emancipation Park. The “Unite the Right” rally was promoted by white nationalist Richard Spencer and drew several different groups, including activists from the so-called “alt-right,” Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members and other white supremacists, some of whom dressed in militia uniforms and were openly carrying long guns. Some reporters covering the event were doused in raw sewage. Groups in Charlottesville beat each other with flagpoles and bats, threw punches, chanted slogans and used chemical sprays on each other at a downtown park. Thousands of white supremacists and armed militia groups faced off with counter-protesters during a violent and chaotic rally that raged for hours in this Virginia city on Saturday, resulting in the deaths of at least three people. According to HuffPost, white nationalist protesters were chanting “Fuck you faggots!” in addition to Nazi phrases like “‘Blood and soil!’ and ‘White lives matter!’” Three people died in connection with the “Unite the Right” rally, including one counterprotester, and dozens more were injured. HuffPost: White supremacist and neo-Nazi protesters in Charlottesville, VA, chanted, “Fuck you, faggots.” On August 12 and the evening before, “thousands of white supremacists and armed militia groups,” as well as neo-Nazi and other hate groups, started a violent rally in Charlottesville, VA. Violent white nationalist and neo-Nazi “Unite the Right” rally included chants of “Fuck you, faggots”