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I've got some bad news for you, Ronna (RNC Chair) (Original Post) kpete Aug 2017 OP
the 'president' is now the commander-in-chief of the nazis, white supremacists and the ku klux klan spanone Aug 2017 #1
where the hell is this???? bdamomma Aug 2017 #2
Charlottesville kpete Aug 2017 #4
ok bdamomma Aug 2017 #5
50 years too late.... beachbum bob Aug 2017 #3
I do believe this is the Laurel Highlands Militia group from Latrobe, PA. Freedomofspeech Aug 2017 #6
It is against the law to impersonate BigMin28 Aug 2017 #7
Yep, they were like an occupying army dalton99a Aug 2017 #8
This is actually a group called The Freedom Keepers -- Hell Hath No Fury Aug 2017 #9

spanone

(142,052 posts)
1. the 'president' is now the commander-in-chief of the nazis, white supremacists and the ku klux klan
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 09:49 AM
Aug 2017

bdamomma

(69,626 posts)
2. where the hell is this????
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 09:50 AM
Aug 2017

geez, are we going back in time or something??? this is 2017 correct?

kpete

(72,904 posts)
4. Charlottesville
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 09:50 AM
Aug 2017

Several members of an alt right group have gathered in Charlottesville, Va to express their first amendment rights. In the photos, you can see a group people being escorted by authorities carrying long guns as they walk through the streets of Virginia.

http://fox13now.com/2017/08/12/utah-politicians-condemn-racism-and-evil-as-rally-erupts-in-violence-in-charlottesville/

bdamomma

(69,626 posts)
5. ok
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 09:53 AM
Aug 2017

geez, they really wanted to start or resurrect Civil War don't they?

More faces and more evidence.

Freedomofspeech

(4,827 posts)
6. I do believe this is the Laurel Highlands Militia group from Latrobe, PA.
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 09:59 AM
Aug 2017

Claimed they were there to keep the peace. Yep.

BigMin28

(1,875 posts)
7. It is against the law to impersonate
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 10:04 AM
Aug 2017

a police officer. Shouldn't it be against the law to impersonate military personnel?

 

Hell Hath No Fury

(16,327 posts)
9. This is actually a group called The Freedom Keepers --
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 10:19 AM
Aug 2017

“The Freedom Keepers have appeared as a camouflage-garbed security force at ‘free speech’ confrontations up and down the west coast hosted by the nationalist movement known as the ‘alt-right’ ,” Willamette Week news editor Aaron Mesh explained, after similar events in several Oregon cities. “They describe themselves as a ‘patriot’ group,” despite the prominence of Nazi, Confederate, and Ku Klux Klan regalia at their events, “and recently protested the removal of Confederate monuments in New Orleans.”

http://www.animals24-7.org/2017/08/15/what-was-no-kill-nation-founder-debi-day-doing-in-charlottesville/

I found out about them because a very prominent animal rights advocate was spotted as a member (you can see her in the photo you posted) and pretty much flipped out the animal rights community.

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