'Evil Attack' in Virginia Is Domestic Terrorism, Sessions Says

[DonViejo]

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Source: New York Times


WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Monday that the “evil attack” in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend meets the legal definition of an act of domestic terrorism, an early declaration in an investigation after a car plowed into a crowd of protesters.

“It does meet the definition of domestic terrorism in our statute,” Mr. Sessions said on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” referring to a fatal attack on Saturday when a vehicle drove into a crowd protesting white nationalists, killing one woman and injuring others. A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and failing to stop at the scene of a crash that resulted in a death.

“You can be sure we will charge and advance the investigation toward the most serious charges that can be brought because this is unequivocally an unacceptable evil attack,” Mr. Sessions said, adding that terrorism and civil rights investigators were working on the case.

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By declaring the attack to be domestic terrorism, Mr. Sessions is moving quickly to quell a debate that swirled after the 2015 shooting of a historically black church in South Carolina. Dylann S. Roof, a South Carolina man who had once worn white supremacist patches, killed nine people in that attack. Loretta E. Lynch, the attorney general at the time, declared hate crimes “the original domestic terrorism.” But some civil rights groups wanted her to go farther.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/us/politics/domestic-terrorism-sessions.html

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UPDATE:

Sessions: Charlottesville Attack Meets Definition of Domestic Terrorism

By NICOLE LAFOND Published AUGUST 14, 2017 9:54 AM

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the violent attack Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which a white supremacist allegedly drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters at a white supremacists rally, fits the Department of Justice’s definition of domestic terrorism.

“It does meet the definition of domestic terrorism in our statute. We’re pursuing it with the Department of Justice in every way we can make it, make a case,” he said, appearing on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Monday morning. “You can be sure we will charge and advance the investigation toward the most serious charges that can be brought, because this is an unequivocally unacceptable and evil attack that cannot be accepted in America, so absolutely that is a factor that we will be looking at.”

Sessions made the rounds on news shows Monday morning, defending the President for his initial statements about the incident, amid criticism that President Donald Trump didn’t go far enough to condemn white supremacists and neo-Nazi groups.

Trump’s initial comments condemned violence on “many sides,” but didn’t explicitly call out the white nationalist groups.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sessions-charlottesville-attack-meets-definition-domestic-terrorism

[DK504]

1. Has he had a moment of clarity? Hope he keeps it as this POS

Nazi gets life in jail.

[Eyeball_Kid]

7. This might be Session's last decent act before he's indicted.

Sessions is a disgusting excuse for a human being. Don't be fooled by his press release. He's smiling from ear to ear, and he's enjoying his morning mint julep. This is a white supremacist's wet dream, and Sessions needs to change his underwear.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Need ID of criminal assaulter (original ID probably incorrect)

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At the Unite The Right rally:



He's on the left murderously beating Deandre:

[Leghorn21]

6. Oh, nice!! He had not been identified when I went to sleep last night - this is a sweet piece

of morning news!! A REAL Viking to boot!!? Yeah okay!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Arrest Daniel Borden of Mason, Ohio.

Daniel (Dan) Borden from Mason, OH
Daniel Dan Borden
Dan Boc Borden

He's deleted his Facebook page.

Neck moles gave it away. https://t.co/LlcPqBAxqF

https://everipedia.org/wiki/daniel-dan-borden/

[Orrex]

4. I can't be the only one who assumed he was talking about the counter-protesters?

[Scruffy1]

5. He's just trying to save the brand.

His whole political carreer was built on white supremacy. He spent years defending the racist school funding in his home state against a court order from their Supreme Court (and taxpayer money). He is a member of a party that would have died years ago without the white supremacists from the north and the Southern Bloc. Now these assholes pretend to be shocked.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

8. Jeff Sessions is lying, a liar! Sure he's going to get right on it-- winkwink...

...he, eltrumpf just needed to cover their white-racist-kkknazi-republikkklan asses. People out there.. LISTEN Republicans lie! NO, they're not going to come around EVER. No, they are not going to stand up for what's right. And, they might give lip service. but behind the scenes they are feverently working against all of us.

We crossed that bridge eight years ago when they ALL delegitimized a black man who became president...we knew then, what we were up against..that lead us exactly to this very moment that we find ourselves in. It's going to get worse before it gets better.

...session, trumpf and their seemingly strained relationship is all theatre as is the NK debacle, all staged (now dealing with NK in backdoor diplomacy, ok, sure! ) Wouldnt you like to know just how connected these white supremacist groups are to this administration -- access to phone records, transcripts, meetings, coordination of hate marches; and why spencer, duke, other vile racists whom have been empowered to overtly spew their hatefilled propaganda and lies... and why evangicalskkk racistKristian groups seem to have unlimited access to the oval office. And, now this white-racist-Kristian-kkknazi terrorst attack where a woman is murdered, 19 people injured--all protesting against hate! Question: do you honestly believe that if sessions came across a piece of information implicating any one of his buddies that he wouldnt delete, discard, cover up....having him (at trumpf request) investigate this or any white terrorist crime, or civil rights hate crime is akin to having a rat set his own trap.

We need to deal with them not by what they say, by what they do. They invoke fear using intimidation bullying tactics, threats against ALL OF US . threat of war, threat of violence, arrest/mass incarceration, threat of deportations; bans against what you believe, who you are and who you love. Policies, hate propaganda and lies against nonwhite, nonChristian lgbtAmericans, immigrant and refugees ...and now each and every AMERICAN, all of us are targets. As you have observed they are attempting to pit us against each other. RESIST! A line has been drawn in the sand. We are now a facist, anarchist America!