Town Hall - Matt Vespa:
We should all be angry at what happened in Charlottesville, Virginia. A group of white nationalists descended into the city to protests the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue. Counter protesters showed up, violence ensued, and 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr. of Ohio decided to plow into the counter protesters, killing one and leaving nineteen injured. Of course, more demonstrations against white supremacy were held. Last night, in Richmond, a local CBS reporter, who was not acting in that capacity but filming on his mobile phone, which is legal, was assaulted by an anti-racism demonstrator. You can hear the man being told not to film, prompting a response from the reporter, noting he can film wherever he wants on public ground. That’s when what appears to be a stick-like object strikes him in the head. He received four staples at the hospital (via WTVR):
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