{"id":80949,"date":"2017-08-12T18:35:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=80949"},"modified":"2017-08-12T18:35:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T22:35:00","slug":"one-dead-many-injured-after-car-plows-into-protesters-in-charlottesville-driver-in-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=80949","title":{"rendered":"One Dead, Many Injured After Car Plows Into Protesters In Charlottesville, Driver In Custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-12-at-6.32.51-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52493\" src=\"http:\/\/themillenniumreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Screen-Shot-2017-08-12-at-6.32.51-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"794\" height=\"451\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update 8<\/strong>: In the latest development in what was already a bizarre, tragic day, a police helicopter crashed into a wooded area near a gold course in Charlottesville, not far from where the \u201cUnite the Right\u201d rally was being held.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user245717\/imageroot\/2017\/07\/27\/2017.08.12crashtease_0.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The crash happened around 5 p.m. ET according to clips and photos posted on twitter. A local ABC News affiliate has released audio of the emergency dispatch reporting the helicopter crash.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Helicopter crash <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Charlottesville?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Charlottesville<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e9rER6yaMT\">pic.twitter.com\/e9rER6yaMT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Simon Rader (@Simon_Rader) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Simon_Rader\/status\/896482477170143234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It is unknown if there are casualties or injuries.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Update 7<\/strong><\/u>: The organizer of today&#8217;s rally that drew hundreds of white nationalists and various extremists to Charlottesville said he disavows the violence that eroded it. According to AP,\u00a0<strong>Jason Kessler said in an interview Saturday evening that whoever drove a car into a group of counter-protesters \u201cdid the wrong thing.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>He said he was saddened that people were hurt. Kessler is a local blogger and activist who described the event as a pro-white rally. He planned it to protest the city\u2019s decision to remove a Confederate monument. He also criticized law enforcement\u2019s response to the event, which was dispersed before speakers could take the stage. He said they did a poor job controlling the chaos to allow free speech.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Update 6:<\/strong><\/u>\u00a0Citing a state official, AP confirms that the driver of a car that plowed into a group of marchers in Charlottesville is in police custody. Virginia Secretary of Public Safety Brian Moran said the driver, a man, has been arrested. Moran did not immediately provide a name of the driver.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Update 5<\/strong><\/u>: Meanwhile back in Charlotesville, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TaylorLorenz\/status\/896455451902128129\">Police have shut down\u00a0<\/a>the block as a helicopter hovers above. Additionally, the UVA Medical Center official says one person has died and 19 were injured after a car plowed into a group of protesters in Charlottesville. University of Virginia Medical Center spokeswoman Angela Taylor confirmed the death to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user5\/imageroot\/2017\/08\/12\/police%20cha_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Update 4<\/u>:<\/strong>\u00a0Discussing today&#8217;s violence and tragic incident in Charlottesville, Trump called for &#8220;<strong>a swift restoration of law and order&#8221; saying &#8220;when I watch Charlottesville, to me it&#8217;s very, very sad&#8221; adding that &#8220;the hate and division must stop, and must stop right now&#8221;<\/strong>, and notes that &#8220;we condemn in the possible strongest terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides.&#8221; Trump also said that &#8220;we have to come together as Americans with love for our nation and true affection for each other&#8221; adding that &#8220;I want to salute the great work of the state and local police in Virginia &#8230; the National Guard has been working smart and working hard, they&#8217;ve been doing a terrific job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some other\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.axios.com\/trumps-response-to-alt-right-rally-in-virginia-2472220442.html\">quotes via Axios<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Our country is doing very well in so many ways: We have record employment, we have unemployment the lowest it&#8217;s been in almost 17 years; we have companies pouring into our country &#8230; we&#8217;re renegotiating trade deals to make them great for our country and great for the American worker.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;No matter our color, creed, religion or political party, we are all Americans first. We love our country, we love our God, we love our flag, we&#8217;re proud of our country, we&#8217;re proud of who we are, so we want to get this situation straightened out in Charlottesville, and we want to study it and we want to see what we&#8217;re doing wrong as a country where things like this can happen.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;We cherish our history and our future together, we have to respect each other, ideally we have to love each other.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;We condemn in the possible strongest terms this display of hatred, bigotry and violence,&quot; Pres. Trump says. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tZfyR3BB6h\">https:\/\/t.co\/tZfyR3BB6h<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZqWGyNR8Mu\">pic.twitter.com\/ZqWGyNR8Mu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNews\/status\/896456136467021824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-08-12\/caught-tape-car-plows-virginia-crowd-multiple-injuries\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-08-12\/caught-tape-car-plows-virginia-crowd-multiple-injuries<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}