I’m sure Trump thinks this fellow is a very fine person just trying to protect his “heritage.”
Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor said Monday that the Hanover County man arrested Sunday for driving his truck into a crowd of protesters “is an admitted leader of the Ku Klux Klan and a propagandist for Confederate ideology.”
Harry H. Rogers, 36, has been charged with attempted malicious wounding, felony vandalism, and assault and battery. He is being held without bond.
In her statement, Taylor said Rogers was driving recklessly down Lakeside Avenue in the median on Sunday, drove up to protesters, revved his engine and drove through the crowd. One person was evaluated for injuries.
“While I am grateful that the victim’s injuries do not appear to be serious, an attack on peaceful protesters is heinous and despicable and we will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law,” Taylor said.
She added: “The accused, by his own admission and by a cursory glance at social media, is an admitted leader of the Ku Klux Klan and a propagandist for Confederate ideology.”
Taylor said her office is investigating whether hate crime charges “are appropriate.”
Rogers’ girlfriend, who declined to give her name because she has received death threats, said Rogers had gone to the A.P. Hill statue after hearing about protests there. She said he has been concerned about damage or removal of the statues, and wanted to “observe” the protests and call police if anyone defaced the monument.
“He did not go there with violent tendencies,” she said in an interview at the home she shares with Rogers. They have been dating for a year.
She says her boyfriend told her that a protester reached into the truck and hit her 14 year old son so the poor KKK Grand KliegleDragon (or whatever he calls himself) was just trying to get away when he rammed his car into the crowd.
Since she is the girlfriend of the local leader of the KKK, I’m thinking she might not be a person of good character and her credibility is somewhat lacking.
Here’s another very fine person:
Authorities say a man drove a car at George Floyd protesters in Seattle Sunday night, hit a barricade then exited the vehicle brandishing a pistol.
At least one person was injured.
The Seattle Fire Department said the victim was a 27-year-old male who was shot and taken to a hospital in stable condition.
I’m not sure if he was just protecing his “heritage” as well, but let’s just say it wouldn’t surprise me.