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Charlottesville victim charge
Oct 11^th, 2017 at 8:08pm

Six white supremacists violently beating a black man in a parking garage was one of many disturbing incidents caught on camera during the striking events surrounding the far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August.

But now 20-year-old DeAndre Harris, who reportedly suffered a concussion, a head laceration that required 10 staples, a broken wrist, and a chipped tooth, is facing a felony charge himself: unlawful wounding for allegedly fighting back.

If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison and be slapped with a $2,500 fine.

On Monday, a local magistrate issued a warrant for Harris’ arrest based on a complaint brought by one of the individuals involved in the melée.

According to a statement provided to local NBC station WVIR, the alleged victim relayed his account of what happened to the magistrate’s office. After a detective from Charlottesville Police Department concluded that the victim was telling the truth, the magistrate issued a warrant for Harris’ arrest.

The Charlottesville PD is withholding the identity of the accuser until Harris is in custody. Harris’ attorney C. Lee Merritt told the Washington Post that the accuser was a member of a white supremacist group, and that the charge was “clearly retaliatory.” He also said it was “highly unusual” that the warrant was issued by the magistrate rather than the local police department.

Merritt said his client would turn himself in within the coming days. The magistrate’s office referred a call from VICE News to the Charlottesville Police Department, which did not respond to a request for information about the charge.

The video that showed a bloodied Harris lying on a parking-garage floor as men in shirts and khakis beat him with sticks went viral.

The media attention Harris received after the fact also put him in the firing line of online hatred from white supremacist sympathizers. His mother, Felicia Harris, told NY Daily News that her son was bombarded with racist messages in the aftermath.

Meanwhile, Alex Michael Ramos and Daniel Borden have both been charged with malicious wounding for attacking Harris. Ramos denies being a white supremacist. His attorney has suggested that Harris dealt the first blow, and right-wing media personalities have advanced the theory that Harris started or provoked the attack.

https://news.vice.com/story/black-man-faces-felony-charge-after-defending-himsel...

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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 72209 Gender:	Re: Charlottesville viictim charged Reply #1 - Oct 11^th, 2017 at 9:03pm only in america can you shoot someone to death for looking at you funny, and still call it self defence but not hit back with your fists while being attacked by a group of thugs.
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #2 - Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:04pm trial by video...why is the blackman always on the floor with 5 or 6 white men standing over him... yet he is the one on trial.
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 72209 Gender:	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #3 - Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:05pm cods wrote on Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:04pm: yet he is the one on trial EXACTLY
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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 34499 Gender:	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #4 - Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:08pm cods wrote on Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:04pm: trial by video...why is the blackman always on the floor with 5 or 6 white men standing over him... yet he is the one on trial. Well i know why. At least i'm pretty certain. Why do you think it is, Cods?
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Re: Charlottesville victim charge
Reply #5 - Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:14pm

John Smith wrote on Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:05pm:

cods wrote on Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:04pm:

yet he is the one on trial

EXACTLY

its weird! how what the eye sees in fact didnt happen... Roll Eyes

now if that camera took shots of a white man on the ground with 5 or 6 blackmen standing over him..

I wonder what the verdict would be...

.its a tough one isnt it?..

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Reply #6 - Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:49pm

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a local magistrate issued a warrant for Harris’ arrest based on a complaint brought by one of the individuals involved in the melée ... a member of a white supremacist group
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it was “highly unusual” that the warrant was issued by the magistrate rather than the local police department.

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Re: Charlottesville victim charge
Reply #7 - Oct 12^th, 2017 at 10:18am

mothra wrote on Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:08pm:

cods wrote on Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:04pm:

trial by video...why is the blackman always on the floor with 5 or 6 white men standing over him...

yet he is the one on trial. Roll Eyes

Well i know why. At least i'm pretty certain.

Why do you think it is, Cods?

Because the black man is guilty ?

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Re: Charlottesville victim charge
Reply #8 - Oct 12^th, 2017 at 12:37pm

Sprintcyclist wrote on Oct 12^th, 2017 at 10:18am:

mothra wrote on Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:08pm:

cods wrote on Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:04pm:

trial by video...why is the blackman always on the floor with 5 or 6 white men standing over him...

yet he is the one on trial. Roll Eyes

Well i know why. At least i'm pretty certain.

Why do you think it is, Cods?

Because the black man is guilty ?

I never thought of that?..

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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 34499 Gender:	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #9 - Oct 12^th, 2017 at 1:14pm Unbelievable.
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #10 - Oct 12^th, 2017 at 1:38pm for the supersensitive it was a joke... I would say a black joke but..... omg..
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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 34499 Gender:	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #11 - Oct 12^th, 2017 at 1:49pm You think Sprint was joking? Have you not been paying attention?
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #12 - Oct 12^th, 2017 at 2:22pm mothra wrote on Oct 12^th, 2017 at 1:49pm: You think Sprint was joking? Have you not been paying attention? yes...
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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 34499 Gender:	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #13 - Oct 12^th, 2017 at 2:25pm "Yes" you think Sprint was joking? If so it's a "no" to whether or not you've been paying attention.
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #14 - Oct 12^th, 2017 at 2:29pm yesyes... for the slow.
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