‘Not OK, not normal:’ Protesters reject racism

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LEON:..WE BEGIN TONIGHT --
WITH A TUMULTUOUS, VIOLENT AND
TRAGIC WEEKEND IN
CHARLOTTSVILLE, VIRGINIA....
THE MAN ACCUSED OF RAMMING HIS
CAR INTO A CROWD OF PROTESTORS
THERE TO COUNTERACT THE WHITE
SUPREMACISTS IS PREPARING FOR
HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE FOR
MURDER...JAMES FIELDS, JUNIOR
IS EXPECTED IN COURT TO BE
FORMALLY CHARGED TOMMOROW....
HE'S CHARGED WITH SECOND
DEGREE MURDER, MALICIOUS
WOUNDING AND HIT AND RUN.
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POLICE SAY FIELDS' ACTIONS
KILLED 32-YEAR-OLD HEATHER
HEYER.... AND INJURED MORE
THAN A DOZEN OTHERS.
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LEON:..THERE WAS MORE VIOLENCE
IN CHARLOTTESVILLE TODAY ---
WHEN THE ORGANIZER OF THE
"UNITE THE RIGHT" RALLY TRIED
TO SPEAK TO THE PRESS.THIS AS
THE COMMUNITY COMES
TOGETHER... TO REMEMBER THE
VICTIMS.NBC'S JAY GRAY REPORTS
FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE.
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AMBIENT NATSA SOLEMN PEACEFUL
VIGIL IN CHARLOTTESVILLE....
NATS SHOWDOWN AT PRESSERJUST
HOURS AFTER TENSIONS BOILED
OVER WITH COUNTER PROTESTERS
NATS MORE SHOUTINGSHOUTED
DOWN.. THEN EVENTUALLY FORCED
OUT A "UNITE THE RIGHT"
ORGANIZER TRYING TO TALK TO
THE MEDIA..IT IS THE LATEST..
NATS SCENEIN WHAT HAS BEEN
24-HOURS OF CHAOS.. AND
CARNAGE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE..
MORE CAR SCENEAFTER POLICE SAY
20-YEAR-OLD JAMES ALEX FIELDS
JUNIOR.. USED HIS CAR AS A
WEAPON..PLOWING INTO A CROWD
OF PEOPLE PROTESTING A
GATHERING OF ALT-RIGHT.. WHITE
NATIONALISTS AND NEO-NAZIS WHO
HAD GATHERED TO OPPOSE THE
REMOVAL OF A ROBERT E. LEE
STATUE..NATS SCENE
THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD HEATHER
HEYER DIED IN THE ATTACK.. 19
WERE INJURED..BRENDAN GILMORE
SHOT THIS VIDEO AS THE HORROR
UNFOLDED IN FRONT OF HIM..
(BRENNAN GILMORE/WITNESS:4
7-:54)"HE TARGETED THIS CROWD
VERY CLEARLY, THERE'S NOT
QUESTION FOR ANY ONE WHO
WITNESSED IT THAT HIS INTENT
WAS TO CAUSE A MASS CASUALTY
INCIDENT."NATS CHURCHVIRGINIA
GOVERNOR TERRY MCAULIFFE BEGAN
HIS SUNDAY LIKE SO MANY HERE
-- SEARCHING FOR HELP AND
HEALING..(GOV. TERRY
MCAULIFFE/(D)VIRGINIA1:02-1:15)
"LET US USE HOPE AND USE TODAY
TO REACH OUT TO OUR FELLOW
CITIZENS. LET US SHOW THESE
PEOPLE WE ARE BIGGER THAN
THEM. WE ARE STRONGER THAN
THEM."A DIFFICULT TASK IN A
CITY, STILL ON EDGE TONIGHT..
JAY GRAY - NBC NEWS -
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
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LEON:..
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TOM COSTELLO REPORTING.BACK
HOME -- A MASSIVE SHOW OF
SUPPORT FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE
ATTACKS IN VIRGINIA.HUNDREDS
GATHERED TODAY IN CITIES
ACROSS WEST MICHIGAN TO
DENOUNCE RACISM.24 HOUR NEWS
8'S EVAN DEAN HERE NOW TO SHOW
US...
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EVAN:..LEON,A STRONG STAND IN
WEST MICHIGAN TODAY AGAINST
THE WHITE SUPREMACISTS THAT
CONVERGED IN BIG NUMBERS IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE THIS WEEKEND...
NO VIOLENCE HERE -- BUT NO
DOUBT TENSION AT TIMES -- AS
EMOTIONS BOILED OVER SOME 700
MILES FROM THE CHAOS...
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FROM THE LAKESHORE...
(MUSKEGON NATS)...TO LEADERS
IN KALAMAZOO...STATE REP. JON
HOADLEY(D) KALAMAZOOHOADLEY
15:02 "I NEED YOU TO REPEAT
AFTER ME." "THIS IS NOT OKAY."
NORTH TO GRAND RAPIDS...(QUICK
GR MARCH NATS) THE SIGNS ---
AND SOUNDS... (QUICK MARCH
NATS)...OF A SHARED MESSAGE...
MARK LACROIXMARCHED IN GRAND
RAPIDS15:06 "WHEN PEOPLE
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ONE
ANOTHER BECAUSE OF GENETICS,
BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE, THAT'S
JUST WRONG."BUT BEFORE THE
WALK EVEN STEPPED OFF IN GR...
(CLASH NATS) SOME MARCHERS
FACED OFF WITH THESE TWO MEN
-- WEARING CAMOFLAUGE AND
CARRYING GUNS... (CLASH NATS)
A GROUP CALLED THE THREE
PERCENTERS... THEIR MISSION --
THEY SAID -- TO PROTECT THE
CONSTITUTION... NOT HERE TO
CAUSE PROBLEMS... THEY TOLD
ME... BUT TO SUPPORT THE
RALLY...CHRISTOPHER GARGUS
"THREE PERCENTER"46:41 "WE
CARE ABOUT EVERYBODY..."(FLASH)
46:47 "BECAUSE I'M A
CAUCASIAN, I'M BALD, I'M
CARRYING A GUN -- PEOPLE
ASSUME THAT I'M A NEO NAZI...
AND THAT IS SO FAR FROM THE
TRUTH..."SOON AFTER -- THINGS
COOLED OFF -- AND POLICE STOOD
WATCH AS THE CROWD OF HUNDREDS
FILLED FULTON STREET...(MARCH
NATS)EVENTUALLY MAKING THEIR
WAY ACROSS THE RIVER TO LIGHT
CANDLES... (VIGIL NATS)AND AS
HARD TO MISS THE GROUP ITSELF
-- IS THE POLITICAL MESSAGE
FROM MANY...(ANTI-TRUMP NATS)
THIS AFTER SOME LAWMAKERS
CRITICIZED THE PRESIDENT FOR
NOT EXPLICITLY REBUKING THE
WHITE NATIONALISTS... AND
ACCUSED HIM OF INFLAMING
RACIAL PREJUDICIES DURING THIS
CAMPAIGN...THAT VIEW SHARED
HERE TOO...(ANTI-TRUMP NATS)
BUT PERHAPS THE MOST THE MOST
POWERFUL WORDS TODAY... IN A
TIME OF TRAGIC DIVISION...
FROM THIS YOUNG MAN... NOT
POLITICAL... BUT SIMPLE...
TYJUAN THIRDGILLSPOKE AT GR
RALLY36:26 "LET ME TELL YOU
SOMETHING. THE COLOR OF YOUR
SKIN MATTERS LESS THAN WHAT'S
GOING ON IN YOUR HEART... THAT
IS WHAT MATTERS."
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EVAN:..AND TOMORROW... MORE
RESPONSE TO THE VIOLENCE IN
VIRGINIA...A PRAYER SERVICE IS
BEING HOSTED BY MADISON CHURCH
IN GRAND RAPIDS...
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(WRAP W/ EVAN)
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LEON:..
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A NUMBER OF POLITICIANS HAVE
TAKEN EXCEPTION TO HOW
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REACTED
TO WHAT HAPPENED IN
VIRGINIA....CRITICS SAYING HIS
REMARKS YESTERDAY WEREN'T
STRONG ENOUGH AGAINST WHITE
SUPREMACY....
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REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE
JUSTIN AMASH CALLED HIM OUT
DIRECTLY....TWEETING...POTUS,
AMERICA'S CHILDREN ARE
WATCHING. DENOUNCE WHITE
NATIONALISTS & THEIR EVIL
IDEOLOGY. THEY ARE ENEMIES OF
LIBERTY & OUR CONSTITUTION."
WHITE HOUSE STAFFERS HAVE
SINCE COME OUT TO TRY ADD TO
TRUMP'S STANCE -- SAYING HE
DOES INDEED DENOUNCE WHITE
SUPREMACIST GROUPS......
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LEON:..WE WILL CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OUT OF CHARLOTTESVILLE... AND
REACTION AS IT COMES IT.MAKE
SURE YOU STAY WITH 24 HOUR
NEWS 8 ON AIR AND ONLINE OVER
THE COMING DAYS.WE HAVE
COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE
VIOLENCE IN VIRGINIA OVER ON

‘Not OK, not normal:’ Protesters reject racism

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