Man beaten at protest says police were indifferent to attack

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Matthew Barakat, Associated Press
 Updated 4:35 pm, Tuesday, August 15, 2017




McLEAN, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man says police failed to come to his aid as he was beaten by white supremacists during Saturday's violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, that led to three deaths.

Photos and video of the beating inflicted on 21-year-old DeAndre Harris have gone viral. Police said Tuesday they are investigating the incident, portions of which were captured on video. One person of interest has been identified, but no arrests have been made, city spokeswoman Miriam Dickler said in a text message.
 
Harris was beaten in a parking garage right next to the city police station.

Zach Roberts, a documentary photographer, said he told police officers immediately after the beating what occurred and that he had photos of the attack, but they were not interested at the time.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Man-beaten-at-protest-says-police-were-11821424.php

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Police depts have been hiring nazis for a long time.

This is what it looks like when nazis take over.

[dalton99a]

16. +1

[Doreen]

3. I have met nice ones but only a few. Most of them seem like control freaks and

not to nice to those of different colors. The Mexicans get arrested more than whites in my county. It is sickening.

[RhodeIslandOne]

4. Cool story bro

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You're a real credit to DU

[rockfordfile]

7. No they're not. Some are idiots.

[SharonClark]

9. That is an incredibly insulting thing to say. You sound like the right"s sterotype of a "liberal

And that is not a good thing.

[gopiscrap]

11. the truth hurts

cops are authoritative fuckers who feel by virtue of their badge that they have free reign in assault and insult at will...fuck the whole lot of them!!!

[Oneironaut]

14. Every cop is a Nazi? In the entire United States?

Broadbrushing cops is an accepted, infantile problem on the left. We need to be against the bad ones, and encourage good ones.

If you think every single cop is bad, you should open your eyes. The bad ones get all of the attention, but there are many good ones out there.

[BigmanPigman]

5. The San Diego Police Dept did NOTHING at the Impeachment Trump rally I attended in July.

The Alt Right Proud Boys came to disrupt our rally and stop the guest speakers as well as incite violence. They did a really good job and would've continued if not for one of the guest speakers who was an assembly person who called the Chief of Police. Only after that did the cops try to separate them from us. Cops abuse their power and use their authoritarian position to intimidate everyone.

[lark]

8. I watched a ton of the live coverage last Sat.

I saw the police stand back and let it happen for a time. it seemed like they had definitely chosen a side at that point. It wasn't (from what I saw) until the car incident that they really took their jobs seriously, the freaking racists.

[raven mad]

10. A GoFundMe site was started for DeAndre Harris.

We've given, and he won't use what he doesn't need for healing - he'll pass it on.

https://www.gofundme.com/i-was-beaten-by-white-supremacists

[Doug the Dem]

12. Wow, What a Shock

[Duppers]

13. Ohmyfuckinggawd.

No arrests yet?!!

The good mayor needs to get on this asap.

[MrsCoffee]

15. I hope he sues the hell out of them.