Hundreds march to oppose new Confederate group

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POSTED 10:18 AM, SEPTEMBER 16, 2017, BY WEB STAFF
UPDATED AT 10:33AM, SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

... "Police in full riot gear. This is preparation. This is reality," French said. "Richmond is not taking any chances" ...

http://wtvr.com/2017/09/16/maggie-walker-march-richmond/

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1. Pro-Confederate group leaves Monument Avenue rally

POSTED 8:38 AM, SEPTEMBER 16, 2017, BY SCOTT WISE AND WEB STAFF
UPDATED AT 11:22AM, SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

RICHMOND, Va. — Most of the pro-Confederate demonstrators who held a rally near the Robert E. Lee monument on Monument Avenue in Richmond Saturday morning ended their rally around 11 a.m. A Richmond Police officer on scene told WTVR reporter Brendan King that members of the CSA II: The New Confederate States of America, decided it was in their best interest to end the rally at that time.

... A large crowd of people who opposed the pro-Confederates gathered at the Maggie Walker statue on Broad Street in downtown Richmond at about 10 a.m. and marched to Monument Avenue. Upon their arrival, their group far outnumbered the pro-Confederates — some of whom arrived in Virginia from out-of-state ...

http://wtvr.com/2017/09/16/live-updates-monument-avenue-rally/

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2. Pro-Confederate rally organizers from Tennessee leave

... One of the pro-Confederate rally organizers from Tennessee, Thomas Crompton, said they were done with their demonstration. As the group got to their truck on Meadow Street, one of its tires was flat. It was unclear what caused the flat, but the group drove off in the truck with the flat tire as some counterprotesters chased them ...

http://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/live-coverage-large-police-presence-on-monument-avenue-more-than/article_34eb5282-25f0-5a0d-b9f4-4e1ffaeb024a.html

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3. Counter-protesters march against them

by Elizabeth Tyree

About an hour after the rally started, pro-Confederates were whisked away by police saying they were "done."

Police said due to the crowd of people against them, it would be the best call for the group to leave ...

http://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/live-coverage-about-six-pro-confederate-protesters-being-confronted-by/article_34eb5282-25f0-5a0d-b9f4-4e1ffaeb024a.html

[OldHippieChick]

4. What are there?

Five haters?

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5. Police: pro-Confederate group left after "mutually agreed-upon decision"

... A few members of the Tennessee-based pro-Confederate group gathered near the Robert E. Lee statue chanting “police lives matter” and were met by hundreds of counter-protesters on the other side of the statue, before police asked the pro-Confederate group to leave ...

http://www.commonwealthtimes.org/2017/09/16/pro-confederate-protesters-told-leave-police-met-hundreds-counter-protesters/

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6. And away they go - this should be the scene whenever the moles crawl out

from under their rock....non-violent,,resistance....counter-protesters...

RESIST PERSIST PEACE -

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7. Pro-Confederate rally organizers wait for tow truck

— Ned Oliver

... Thomas Crompton, one of the pro-Confederate rally organizers, told police he and the three other ralliers with him "were being tailed" and that their tires were slashed ...

"They wanted us out of the state, but then they slash our tires so we can’t leave the state. That makes no sense," Brandau told police as they waited for a tow truck.

http://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/live-coverage-more-than-people-gathered-at-maggie-walker-statue/article_34eb5282-25f0-5a0d-b9f4-4e1ffaeb024a.html