An Exclusive Look At How Virginia Police Emptied Emancipation Park

[Just_Victor]

This is by far the best report I've seen on the events in Charlottesville.  It is long, but extremely thorough and factual.

Source: DailyCaller
http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/16/an-exclusive-look-at-how-virginia-police-emptied-emancipation-park/

Virginia State Police cleared Emancipation Park Saturday after a white nationalist demonstration turned violent, but the action forced attendees into a crowd of counter-protesters.

The rally was organized as a protest to the ordered removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee in downtown Charlottesville, Va. The rally was named the “Unite the Right” rally, but attendees largely identified as white nationalists or white supremacists when asked by reporters on the ground. Both Black Lives Matter and then antifa declared they would bring members to Charlottesville to protest the rally, setting up a showdown between the two groups.

The white nationalists applied for a permit from City Hall, and originally obtained a permit for McIntire Park, a location roughly a mile and a half away from the statue. But white supremacist Richard Spencer declared that the group would meet at the much smaller Emancipation Park, the home of the famed Lee statue. City Hall approved the permit Friday evening.

Protesters on both sides roundly criticized police behavior, but police officials say they did the best with the resources they were given. The Daily Caller News Foundation provides an exclusive look into what steps the police took in their effort to clear the park, based on accounts from reporters on the ground.

The call for police assistance echoed through the streets until police took control of the downtown area after a car slammed into a group of protestors Saturday afternoon. Several protesters cited the lack of a police presence as they tried to get help for their injured.

“Where are the police?” One antifa protester said in the crowd. “I don’t see any police here!”

“The police actually allowed us to square off against each other,” a Black Lives Matter protester told CNN. “There were fights and the police were standing a block away the entire time. It’s almost as if they wanted us to fight each other.”

The police initially offered to keep the rally attendees and the protesters separated. The department provided a line of police support at the southern edge of the park. Both Charlottesville Police (CPD) and Virginia State Police were present on the scene Saturday morning, but CPD maintained control of the scene until Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency. The state police took control of the scene and pushed rally attendees and protesters together on East Main Street. Police then stood back, only stepping in to intervene after a white supremacist ran a Dodge Challenger through a crowd of protesters.

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[Hoodat]

Both Charlottesville Police (CPD) and Virginia State Police were present on the scene Saturday morning, but CPD maintained control of the scene until Gov. Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency. The state police took control of the scene and pushed rally attendees and protesters together on East Main Street. Police then stood back, only stepping in to intervene after a white supremacist ran a Dodge Challenger through a crowd of protesters.

This is 100% Terry McAuliffe's fault.  If I was Charlottesville Police, I would be pissed off that the governor stepped in and took control away from them.

[Restored]

This is 100% Terry McAuliffe's fault.  If I was Charlottesville Police, I would be pissed off that the governor stepped in and took control away from them.

Especially now that lawsuits are being filed.

[skeeter]

Once there is time to process the facts the situation begins to take on a bit of a different hue. As usual.

[don-o]

Once there is time to process the facts the situation begins to take on a bit of a different hue. As usual.

As soon as I saw the tape of the murder, it was clear that people had been allowed to walk in the street with no traffic control. I knew at that instant that there had been a major cock up.

@EC - is that proper usage of the term?

[endicom]

As soon as I saw the tape of the murder, it was clear that people had been allowed to walk in the street with no traffic control. I knew at that instant that there had been a major cock up.

@EC - is that proper usage of the term?

Rob Farrow

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Once there is time to process the facts the situation begins to take on a bit of a different hue. As usual.

Pretty good timeline contained here.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/16/timeline-leading-to-declaration-of-unlawful-assembly-at-emancipation-park-rally-in-charlottesville-virginia-on-august-12/

[Bigun]

This is 100% Terry McAuliffe's fault.  If I was Charlottesville Police, I would be pissed off that the governor stepped in and took control away from them.

Fault? He's loving this and probably engineered it!

[libertybele]

Fault? He's loving this and probably engineered it!

I didn't know much about him; so I did a search - He was chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005, was co-chairman of President Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign, and was chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.  That's all I need to know. You're probably right; he engineered all the drama.

[Hoodat]

I didn't know much about him; so I did a search - He was chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005, was co-chairman of President Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign, and was chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.  That's all I need to know. You're probably right; he engineered all the drama.

He also made a small fortune on Global Crossing stock.  While the company was going in the toilet, he miraculously make millions by knowing EXACTLY when to buy stock and sell it short.  Part of this money was used to secure the loan for the Clinton's house in Chappaqua, NY.

McAuliffe is as sleazy as they come.  And he got help from the Virginia GOP to get elected governor.