A huge crowd sang “we are not afraid” and held candles at a peace vigil in Charlottesville last night.
The scenes were in stark contrast to the weekend when white supremacists marched through the US town brandishing torches and chanting “blood and soil”.
On Wednesday locals paid tribute to the anti-fascist Heather Heyer, who was killed when a neo-Nazi ploughed his car into the demonstrators.
Standing on the same lawn where America’s racial tensions looked set to explode just days ago, the crowd shouted “Love wins!”
It comes as President Trump found himself increasingly isolated for having blamed “both sides” for the horror in Virginia.
He was forced to disband a Manufacturing Council of America’s top CEOs after at least eight of them quit over his remarks.
Trump argued that they were some “fine people” among the white supremacists who organised the rally.
Former leader of the Klu Klux Klan David Duke tweeted “Thank you, President Trump, for your honesty and courage to tell the truth about Charlottesville and condemn the leftist terrorists.”
But Trump’s remarks have been condemned across the political spectrum, with even military leaders speaking out about the dangers of appeasing fascism.
Ever since 2015, the same year Trump announced he was running for the White House, there has been a year-on-year rise in the number of hate groups , according to the Southern Poverty Law Centre (SPLC) monitoring group.
Source – MirrorUK
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