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| KKK Grand Dragon says I'm 'glad' Heather Heyer died in Charlottesville | KKK Grand Dragon says I'm 'glad' Heather Heyer died in Charlottesville |
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| A Ku Klux Klan leader has said he is happy a woman died while taking part in a protest against white supremacists in Charlottesville. | A Ku Klux Klan leader has said he is happy a woman died while taking part in a protest against white supremacists in Charlottesville. |
| Heather Heyer was killed after a car drove at speed into a crowd of anti-fascist protesters in the Virginia city over the weekend and left scores injured. The 32-year-old counter-protester was one of hundreds who descended on the city to protest against the largest gathering of white nationalists in America in decades. | Heather Heyer was killed after a car drove at speed into a crowd of anti-fascist protesters in the Virginia city over the weekend and left scores injured. The 32-year-old counter-protester was one of hundreds who descended on the city to protest against the largest gathering of white nationalists in America in decades. |
| James Alex Fields Jr, a 20-year-old from Ohio, was arrested on Saturday and charged with second-degree murder and other criminal counts. He is being held in a Virgina jail in connection with the deadly crash. | |
| Justin Moore, the Grand Dragon for the Loyal White Knights of the KKK, has now said he is pleased about the fact Ms Heyer was killed. | Justin Moore, the Grand Dragon for the Loyal White Knights of the KKK, has now said he is pleased about the fact Ms Heyer was killed. |
| "I'm sorta glad that them people got hit and I'm glad that girl died," Mr Moore said in a voicemail message to WBTV. "They were a bunch of Communists out there protesting against somebody's freedom of speech, so it doesn't bother me that they got hurt at all." | "I'm sorta glad that them people got hit and I'm glad that girl died," Mr Moore said in a voicemail message to WBTV. "They were a bunch of Communists out there protesting against somebody's freedom of speech, so it doesn't bother me that they got hurt at all." |
| He also warned the deadly violence which erupted was going to become more common. | He also warned the deadly violence which erupted was going to become more common. |
| He said: "I think we're going to see more stuff like this happening at white nationalist events." | He said: "I think we're going to see more stuff like this happening at white nationalist events." |
| Mr Moore added: "We were out there and I seen a lot of communist flags and anti-fascist and we're going to see more stuff like this. White people are getting fed up with the double standard setup in America today by the controlled press. | Mr Moore added: "We were out there and I seen a lot of communist flags and anti-fascist and we're going to see more stuff like this. White people are getting fed up with the double standard setup in America today by the controlled press. |
| "We should have been able to go out there and have our protest and it should have been peaceful but it's the anti-fascist and the communists ... continuing to try and stop us. So I think there will be more violence like this in the future to come." | "We should have been able to go out there and have our protest and it should have been peaceful but it's the anti-fascist and the communists ... continuing to try and stop us. So I think there will be more violence like this in the future to come." |
| Neo-Nazis, skinheads, and members of the KKK assembled in the ordinarily quiet university town shouting racial epithets, holding flaming torches, carrying assault rifles and wearing paramilitary clothing. Tensions with anti-fascists boiled over into street clashes with rocks and pepper spray, with two policemen killed in a helicopter crash while trying to bring peace to the area. | Neo-Nazis, skinheads, and members of the KKK assembled in the ordinarily quiet university town shouting racial epithets, holding flaming torches, carrying assault rifles and wearing paramilitary clothing. Tensions with anti-fascists boiled over into street clashes with rocks and pepper spray, with two policemen killed in a helicopter crash while trying to bring peace to the area. |
| David Duke, the former head of the KKK, has been similarly supportive of the young man who is suspected of ploughing into anti-fascist protesters. He said Mr Fields had reacted consistently with the violent chaos which ravaged Charlottesville. | David Duke, the former head of the KKK, has been similarly supportive of the young man who is suspected of ploughing into anti-fascist protesters. He said Mr Fields had reacted consistently with the violent chaos which ravaged Charlottesville. |
| “When you’re under attack… you panic, and you do things that are stupid and you do things that are wrong,” Mr Duke said in Periscope video. | “When you’re under attack… you panic, and you do things that are stupid and you do things that are wrong,” Mr Duke said in Periscope video. |
| President Donald Trump prompted yet further shock and outrage yesterday after he defended far-right extremists at the Charlottesville rally and claimed blame should be shared by both sides. | President Donald Trump prompted yet further shock and outrage yesterday after he defended far-right extremists at the Charlottesville rally and claimed blame should be shared by both sides. |
| In the immediate wake of the violence, Mr Trump faced a torrent of criticism after refusing to condemn the actions of white supremacists and instead insisting the blame was on "many sides". | In the immediate wake of the violence, Mr Trump faced a torrent of criticism after refusing to condemn the actions of white supremacists and instead insisting the blame was on "many sides". |
| “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides,” he said during a press conference. “On many sides.” | “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides,” he said during a press conference. “On many sides.” |
| While he read another statement approximately 48 hours after the violence in which he specifically said "racism is evil" and condemned “white Supremacists, KKK, neo-nazi and all extremist groups” he has now performed a drastic U-turn. | While he read another statement approximately 48 hours after the violence in which he specifically said "racism is evil" and condemned “white Supremacists, KKK, neo-nazi and all extremist groups” he has now performed a drastic U-turn. |
| During a raucous press conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York in which he repeatedly called the gathered press "fake media”, he said: “I’m not putting anybody on a moral plane. You had a group on one side and group on the other and they came at each other with clubs – there is another side, you can call them the left, that came violently attacking the other group. You had people that were very fine people on both sides. | During a raucous press conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York in which he repeatedly called the gathered press "fake media”, he said: “I’m not putting anybody on a moral plane. You had a group on one side and group on the other and they came at each other with clubs – there is another side, you can call them the left, that came violently attacking the other group. You had people that were very fine people on both sides. |
| “Not all those people were neo-Nazis, not all those people were white supremacists. Many of those people were there to protest the taking down of the statue of Robert E Lee. So this week, it is Robert E Lee. I noticed that Stonewall Jackson is coming down. I wonder, is it George Washington next week? And is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? You know, you really do have to ask yourself, where does it stop?” | “Not all those people were neo-Nazis, not all those people were white supremacists. Many of those people were there to protest the taking down of the statue of Robert E Lee. So this week, it is Robert E Lee. I noticed that Stonewall Jackson is coming down. I wonder, is it George Washington next week? And is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? You know, you really do have to ask yourself, where does it stop?” |