Richard Spencer, Confederate Apologists, March in Charlottesville, Va., With Torches Reminiscent of KKK

By Angela Helm, The Root

14 May 17

nnoyingly, there’s more from whites up in arms that the many monuments to slavery defenders are being removed from all parts of the country in a small but significant attempt at atonement for the millions of African Americans who were enslaved here.

On Saturday, more than a few “protesters” including punched-in-the-face-twice-moron Richard Spencer gathered in LeePark in Charlottsville, Virginia, wielding torches and chanting, “You will not replace us,” “Blood and soil” and strangely, “Russia is our friend” (cuz they are true Caucasians?!)

The Daily Progress reports that Charlottesville police arrived after about 10 minutes to disperse the crowd of avowed white supremacists. For many, the nighttime gathering with fire was reminiscent of homegrown terror group, the Ku Klux Klan, including Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer, who released a strongly worded statement.

Signer called the event “either profoundly ignorant” or “designed to instill fear.” “Either way, as mayor of this city, I want everyone to know this: we reject this intimidation. We are a welcoming city, but such intolerance is not welcome here,” he wrote.

In April, the Charlottesville City Council voted to sell the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that stands in the park. The city also announced plans to rename Lee and Jackson Parks, named Stonewall Jackson, another confederate general.

A judge issued a temporary injunction on the statue’s removal, but as with the city of New Orleans, it’s only a matter of time before the statue is taken down.

Farewell, goodbye and dasvidaniya to ya.