A meeting between residents and Charlottesville council members turned ugly. The meeting took place after what happened during a rally in Charlottesville.
The rally turned violent with one person losing their life. A young man drove a car into a group of protesters. Others received injuries as a result.
White supremacists and Antifa confronted each other. The rally was a protest about the removal of Confederate statues.
One group wanted the statues to stay, the other to have them removed. This was the cause of many of the protests.
The Meeting
The meeting started rather peacefully, but quickly grew contentious. Mentioning the rally is what caused the uproar among residents.
Two persons held a banner which read “blood on your hands”. This was done as the officials left the room.
Residents spoke for over four hours. During that time they criticized the officials for how they handled the rally.
The meeting was so heated that the police had to intervene. Three persons were eventually arrested and charged for disorderly conduct.
This only increased tensions and made matters worse. The large crowd then shouted “shame” and “turn it down”.
Tracy Saxton was one of the people who vented their frustration. She said “I watched my people get beat and murdered.”
“They let Nazis in here have freedom of speech, and they protect them? And we can’t have freedom of speech?” She asked.
She said “I’m outraged!”
