Riots in the USA: in Virginia, the leader of the Ku Klux Klan drove into a crowd of protesters

U.S. police arrested self-proclaimed Ku Klux Klan leader Harry Rogers for driving into a crowd of Black Lives Matters protesters in Virginia. Writes about this with the BBC.

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According to prosecutors, Rogers, 36, drove “recklessly” in the direction of the protest and deliberately accelerated while doing so.

As a result, one participant of the rally suffered, but his injuries were not serious. The case is being investigated as a hate crime.

Harry Rogers himself introduced himself as the "president" of the Ku Klux Klan of Virginia.

According to media reports, he is the “highest-ranking” member of the association among those who are free and not in prison.

The Ku Klux Klan is an informal white supremacist group in the United States that has previously resorted to terrorist attacks against its opponents.

Rogers is also an active promoter of the ideology of the Confederacy, one of the parties in the US Civil War that opposed the abolition of slavery.

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Conflicts often arise in Virginia over Confederate symbols and ideology. In particular, it was in this state that a monument to General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate States of America remained, which they are now planning to dismantle.

A similar incident occurred on Sunday in Seattle, Washington, where a man also drove into a crowd of protesters and threatened them with weapons. At least one person was injured. The driver was detained, writes CBS News.

The 27-year-old man was injured and was taken to hospital in a stable condition, the Seattle Fire Department said. Former University of Maryland basketball player Dino Gregory wrote in social networks that his brother Dan was shooting.

The incident video shows part of Capitol Hill, where hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the police station.

Chief @carmenbest said SPD is having windows boarded up at east precinct as changes are made to officer visibility at 11 / Pine protest. @ KIRO7Seattle #Seattle #Protests pic.twitter.com/lKhF0CDgtU

- Michael Spears (@ MichaelKIRO7) June 8, 2020

It was the second night of riots near the police station. On Saturday, June 6, in the evening, police used flash light grenades and pepper gas to disperse the demonstrators. Seattle City Council members have sharply criticized Mayor Jenny Durcan and Police Chief Carmen Best for police actions.

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This followed a large peaceful demonstration earlier when medical workers protested against racism and police brutality.

Seattle City Council President Lorena Gonzalez tweeted that she was "outraged" by the police response. “This is not what de-escalating a conflict looks like.”

A member of the city council, Teresa Moskeda, called on Durcan and Best to "stop injuring the protesters."

Black Lives Matters anti-racist protests continue in the United States for three weeks after the police assassination of George Floyd.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• On May 27, George Floyd, an African American from Minneapolis, died after a Minneapolis police officer strangled him with a knee. Officer Derek Chauvin was fired and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter; three other officers also lost their jobs. Protests and riots subsequently eruptedand in Minneapolis and across the country.
• The Minnesota state governor said protests over the death of African-American George Floyd, spanning dozens of US cities, are already not related to murder, but provoked by visiting radicals.
• Protests in Minneapolis sharply intensified in the evening of May 27when city police took action in response to looted and burned shops in the city, as well as fatal shooting at a protest venue.
• May 31 truck drove into a crowd of protesters in Minneapolis (Minnesota). At the wheel of a car was a citizen of the United States, presumably of Ukrainian origin, Bogdan Vechirko. He was arrested, but on June 2 released from custody awaiting further investigation. Eventually no charges were brought against him.
• About 40 cities, including Los Angeles, Miami, Detroit, and Philadelphia, banned street demonstrations after dark. Texas and Virginia Governors introduced a state of emergency.
• In connection with protests in US cities embassies of Ukraine and Russia asked their citizenslocated in the United States, maintain order and avoid crowds wherever possible and comply with security measures.
• June 1, Donald Trump enacted the law of 1807, allowing him send armed forces to shocked states in connection with the death of George Floyd.
• According to the official autopsy of George Floyd, his death was caused by mechanical asphyxia and should be considered violent.
• As of 4 June victims of mass protests in the United States, at least 11 people have become.
• All police officers involved in the death of George Floyd arrested. They face up to 40 years in prison.
• More 10 people were arrested during protestscondemning racism and police brutality over the death of George Floyd.

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