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The riot in Charlottesville, Virginia that took the life of Heather Heyer has some strange coincidences, along with lapses and provocations on the part of Charlottesville and Virginia state officials that make one wonder if the whole affair wasn’t designed to result in a violent clash that not only could be laid at the feet of President Trump, but would spark other violence across the country – which it did.
The first item worth noting in this tragedy is that the organizer, Jason Kessler, appears to be an equal opportunity provocateur. Prior to the election of President Trump Kessler was not associated with the Alt-Right, he was an Obama supporter, associated with the violent Leftists of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
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To reiterate, I immerse myself in the Anti-Left blogosphere and I never heard of the alt-right until Hillary called it to our attention. Understand, for eight years I blogged, read conservative/Tea Party/rationalist/libertarian web sites, watched literally thousands of Youtube videos, and I never heard of the alt-right. I asked a lot of other people and I could not find anyone who had ever heard of the alt-right. Nonetheless Hillary identified this racist movement that she tried her darnedest to connect to the Trump campaign.
What prompted the March on Charlottesville? It was a reaction to a plan to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee. Lee is a respected historical figure whose name has been lent to schools and colleges, streets and roads, at least one state holiday and the 1969 Dodge Charger from "The Dukes Of Hazzard." Lee is not only a significant historical figure, he is a fixture of popular culture.
By no means is it only Klansmen and Neo-Nazis and white supremacists who admire and respect The General. It is safe to say that a march to protect the memory of Lee would draw a diverse crowd. I doubt if most of the marchers could tell you who Richard Spencer or Jared Kessler were, but they knew of the importance of Robert E. Lee. It is more than a bit plausible that many of the protesters were unaware of a KKK presence. They were probably also unaware that they were being lead to slaughter.
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Once more from ConservativeHQ.
But things got even stranger on the day of the riot.
As the crowd built and tensions mounted – and assaults by the Black Block anarchists rose – the city and state police did nothing to enforce Virginia’s anti-masking law.
Virginia Code 18.2-422 was passed as an anti-Ku Klux Klan measure and says:
It shall be unlawful for any person over sixteen years of age while wearing any mask, hood or other device whereby a substantial portion of the face is hidden or covered so as to conceal the identity of the wearer, to be or appear in any public place, or upon any private property in this Commonwealth without first having obtained from the owner or tenant thereof consent to do so in writing. However, the provisions of this section shall not apply to persons (i) wearing traditional holiday costumes; (ii) engaged in professions, trades, employment or other activities and wearing protective masks which are deemed necessary for the physical safety of the wearer or other persons; (iii) engaged in any bona fide theatrical production or masquerade ball; or (iv) wearing a mask, hood or other device for bona fide medical reasons upon the advice of a licensed physician or osteopath and carrying on his person an affidavit from the physician or osteopath specifying the medical necessity for wearing the device and the date on which the wearing of the device will no longer be necessary and providing a brief description of the device. The violation of any provisions of this section shall constitute a Class 6 felony.
Unmasking laws, when enforced, have proved to be exceptionally effective deterrents to violence by Antifa thugs, for example at Auburn University in Alabama, where police enforced Alabama’s anti-masking law, ripping off masks and in some cases arresting masked Antifa thugs.
It is bizarre, not to say extremely suspicious, that Virginia’s Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe and Charlottesville city officials Mayor Mike Signer (also a rabid anti-Trump activist), Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy and Police Chief Al Thomas Jr. had this tool that could have been used as necessary against both sides in the riot and did not use it.
It was almost as if they wanted masked thugs to be running wild in their city center.
The final and most bizarre evidence of a set-up was the police “stand-down” order issued as the riot broke out.
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My hope that is that the DOJ investigates this as a civil rights case. Specifically, the violation of the civil rights of the peaceful protesters, whatever their position might be.
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