My heart breaks at the thought that the university and the city that ushered me into adulthood now have these ugly racial incidents as a distinguishing feature.
"These hateful groups chose the conservative movement, our movement, in order to try to gain some form of legitimacy."
Menacing photos showed white supremacists raising the torches as they marched through the University of Virginia campus this weekend.
The pictures from Charlottesville showing places I’ve been filled with such hatred and violence are shocking. But I can’t say that I’m terribly surprised.
Police are investigating the man for giving the banned gesture.