{"id":81051,"date":"2017-08-14T06:14:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T10:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=81051"},"modified":"2017-08-14T06:16:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T10:16:06","slug":"charlottesville-police-called-off-when-violence-began-were-leaving-its-too-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=81051","title":{"rendered":"Just like San Jose, Charlottesville Police Were Told To Stand Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Charlottesville Police Called Off When Violence Began: \u201cWe\u2019re Leaving, It\u2019s Too Dangerous\u201d<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Fox News reporter Doug McKelway was in attendance during yesterday\u2019s deadly events in Charlottesville, VA, where he reported that the police were called off as soon as things started turning violent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut when the tear gas started to fly, thrown by protesters, the police themselves began to evacuate then. I asked the guy who was in charge, \u201cWhere you going?\u201d He said, \u201c<strong>We\u2019re leaving. It\u2019s too dangerous.<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0<strong>They had a chance to nip this thing in the bud and they chose not to.<\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-width-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"fitvid741948\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X6Z07rbkFSY\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>People were throwing soda cans filled with cement\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VA Police Spox Corinne Geller to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dougmckelway?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dougmckelway<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANHQDC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ANHQDC<\/a>: describes the earlier violence, people throwing &quot; soda cans with cement in them&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C00uwnyGLi\">pic.twitter.com\/C00uwnyGLi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pat Ward (@WardDPatrick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WardDPatrick\/status\/896421370678185986?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>Of note, &#8220;Unite the right&#8221;\u00a0held a rally which was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyprogress.com\/news\/local\/judge-allows-unite-the-right-rally-to-stay-in-emancipation\/article_9965d0be-7ee6-11e7-ab0e-f342e0cf9488.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legally organized with a permit<\/a>\u00a0from the city, as\u00a0was their first amendment right to do so, and Antifa showed up with cement-filled cans and other weapons with plans to violently protest the event &#8211; creating a dangerous atmosphere which the police did nothing to control.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stand Down<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ACLU confirmed that Charlottesville police were ordered to stand down, which allowed the KKK and Antifa to meet face to face with no interference.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ACLU confirms that police were given stand-down order. This invited the violence the city used to shut down a court-permitted protest. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FQUhcYaIIm\">https:\/\/t.co\/FQUhcYaIIm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robert Barnes (@barnes_law) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barnes_law\/status\/896520500339331076?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>http:\/\/twitter.com\/RepStevenSmith\/status\/896765223528517632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&#038;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fnews%2F2017-08-13%2Fcharlottesville-police-called-when-violence-began-%25E2%2580%259Cwe%25E2%2580%2599re-leaving-it%25E2%2580%2599s-too-dangerous%25E2%2580%259D<\/p>\n<p>Some have suggested that\u00a0the violent atmosphere and lack of police presence was a factor in the decision and ability of 20 year old white supremacist\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ibankcoin.com\/zeropointnow\/2017\/08\/12\/suspect-in-charlottesville-ramming-identified-as-james-alex-fields\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Alex Fields<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to drive his 2010 Dodge Challenger into a crowd of counter-protesters,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2017\/08\/13\/heather-heyer-charlottesville-victim-32-was-virginia-paralegal-report.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">killing 32 year old paralegal Heather Heyer<\/a>\u00a0and injuring dozens of others.<\/p>\n<p>Fields is expected in court on Monday at 9AM to face one charge of 2nd degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding, and one count of hit and run \u2013 which was filmed from several vantage points, including a drone which happened to be above the scene of the crime.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A drone captured the terrifying moment a car plowed into the crowd in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Charlottesville?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Charlottesville<\/a>, Virginia. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N9mVUpEPm3\">pic.twitter.com\/N9mVUpEPm3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshdcaplan\/status\/896763127504805888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mother interviewed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When approached by a pair of individuals at her home, Fields\u2019 mother said she was unaware of what her son had done, and she thought that he was\u00a0attending a Donald Trump rally.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-width-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"fitvid338925\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VP8t_MoiDRc\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-08-13\/charlottesville-police-called-when-violence-began-%E2%80%9Cwe%E2%80%99re-leaving-it%E2%80%99s-too-dangerous%E2%80%9D\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-08-13\/charlottesville-police-called-when-violence-began-%E2%80%9Cwe%E2%80%99re-leaving-it%E2%80%99s-too-dangerous%E2%80%9D<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlottesville Police Called Off When Violence Began: \u201cWe\u2019re Leaving, It\u2019s Too Dangerous\u201d<\/p>\n","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-81051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81051","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=81051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}