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Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 03:25 PM Aug 2017

Suspect driving car that rammed into protestors in custody per buzzfeed:

Posted at August 12, 2017, at 2:09 p.m.

Police detain suspected driver
The suspected male driver of the car that plowed into anti-racist protesters in Charlottesville, leaving several injured, has been detained by officers, police told BuzzFeed News.


Police at a station in downtown Charlottesville told reporter Blake Montgomery that the driver is in police custody.

– Amber Jamieson

Link:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeednews/charlottesville-unite-the-right?utm_term=.rcAl1qk1O&bftwnews#.ko4gpmypz

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Suspect driving car that rammed into protestors in custody per buzzfeed: (Original Post) Leghorn21 Aug 2017 OP
attempted murder !!!!! pangaia Aug 2017 #1
Murder according to another post malaise Aug 2017 #4
I hope so. cwydro Aug 2017 #2
well apparently he is now a murderer Beaverhausen Aug 2017 #3
Yeah, I just editd...thanks pangaia Aug 2017 #5
Oh no. Glimmer of Hope Aug 2017 #11
Suspect must not be dark-skinned. toddwv Aug 2017 #6
This was planned Best_man23 Aug 2017 #7
This appears to be him being arrested. herding cats Aug 2017 #8
Caucasian male, khaki pants, Ilsa Aug 2017 #9
That was my first guess. herding cats Aug 2017 #12
Note that the Neo Nazis Skidmore Aug 2017 #33
Video of car hitting anti-racist protestors ATL Ebony Aug 2017 #13
I've seen three videos from three different vantage points. herding cats Aug 2017 #16
OMG, this was my first and had't seen any on DU so I posted it. ATL Ebony Aug 2017 #20
No, it's good that you posted it. herding cats Aug 2017 #21
Good, looking for others. This is horrible. ATL Ebony Aug 2017 #22
I have some in this thread. herding cats Aug 2017 #24
Thanks so much, missed that info. ATL Ebony Aug 2017 #25
Taken into custody alive must be white lunasun Aug 2017 #10
I will believe it when I see him in handcuffs. haveahart Aug 2017 #14
Don't bump his head on the door, officer superpatriotman Aug 2017 #15
Yep. Leghorn21 Aug 2017 #18
It's unfathomable someone could have that much hate in their heart. lpbk2713 Aug 2017 #17
Or lack of intelligence in their heads. These are ignorant, Alice11111 Aug 2017 #31
It's not JUST this dude ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #19
A reporter asking the Supremacists why are you doing this? He said, the Jews are gassing us. Alice11111 Aug 2017 #26
What the....?????? ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #34
Self-Delete oberliner Aug 2017 #23
But didn't he drive into the counter protestors TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #27
Yes Alice11111 Aug 2017 #32
So why was he wearing the latest alt-right "uniform" The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #29
It's certainly an attempt at misdirection VMA131Marine Aug 2017 #30
Yep! Yep! Alice11111 Aug 2017 #35
Probably little to no information until his arraignment on Monday Warpy Aug 2017 #28

toddwv

(2,830 posts)
6. Suspect must not be dark-skinned.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 03:39 PM
Aug 2017

Haven't seen "terrorist" or "terrorism" mentioned anywhere in the media.

Best_man23

(4,898 posts)
7. This was planned
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 03:39 PM
Aug 2017

That car was prepared for this. Blacked out front windows.

Also, from looking at the vids in slow motion, I don't think that car's air bags deployed. Likely disabled or removed so they wouldn't get in the way.

No way this was done on a whim or out of sudden emotion.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
9. Caucasian male, khaki pants,
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 03:58 PM
Aug 2017

white shirt. Which group does he look like he belongs to?

I think it's pretty likely the nazis are the terrorists.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
33. Note that the Neo Nazis
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 05:27 PM
Aug 2017

marching last night were dressed in khaki pants, almost like a uniform. That stood out to e.

ATL Ebony

(1,097 posts)
13. Video of car hitting anti-racist protestors
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 04:07 PM
Aug 2017

There's no mistaking this as anything but a deliberate act of terrorism, resulting in 1 death.

[link:https://t.co/MUOZs71Pf4|Video

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
16. I've seen three videos from three different vantage points.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 04:11 PM
Aug 2017

They're all horrific and appear to be a deliberate act.

herding cats

(19,564 posts)
21. No, it's good that you posted it.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 04:43 PM
Aug 2017

I was just saying I've seen that and two others and they all support the same conclusion.

ATL Ebony

(1,097 posts)
25. Thanks so much, missed that info.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 05:09 PM
Aug 2017

There's so much being covered on the web that I've been jumping all over the place. Clicked your thread earlier and got distracted by other reports and missed reading it. Just read it now, thanks.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
18. Yep.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 04:21 PM
Aug 2017

“Please don’t be too nice,” Trump said to an auditorium full of police officers when placing “thugs into the back of a paddy wagon.”

Trump then advised arresting officers to not assist suspects when they’re ducking their heads to get inside the back of the cop car. “You could take the hand away.”

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
17. It's unfathomable someone could have that much hate in their heart.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 04:16 PM
Aug 2017


And such disregard for human life. Intentionally driving
your car through a crowd of people. I just don't get it.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
19. It's not JUST this dude
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 04:22 PM
Aug 2017

It's every single one of the fucking nazi scum. They are all complicit. They need to be accountable as accessories to murder.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
34. What the....??????
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 05:35 PM
Aug 2017

How, why, what? That makes no sense at all. They need to be rounded up and sent to the nearest psychiatric hospital.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,693 posts)
29. So why was he wearing the latest alt-right "uniform"
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 05:17 PM
Aug 2017

of khaki pants and a white polo shirt (as shown in the arrest photo)? Doesn't seem like something an anti-Trump teenager would wear.

Warpy

(111,261 posts)
28. Probably little to no information until his arraignment on Monday
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 05:16 PM
Aug 2017

which means he's going to be a guest of the Charlottesville PD for two nights. I hope the bunk reeks of raw garlic, happy returns, and BO.

The picture was terrible quality but it looks like a fat white guy. What a surprise.

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