What? Victim Of Racial Beating Faces Same Charges As Attackers
Look man, I'm convinced the powers at be are trying there hardest to divide us.
Everyday, the top headline seems like a deliberate attempt to make us choose one side or the other.
This just isn't right though....
A black man who was beaten at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been charged with an alleged assault during that confrontation, police said Monday.DeAndre Harris, 20, was seen bloodied in viral photos and a video after being attacked during the rally in August.He is now charged with unlawful wounding in relation to the brawl.The Charlottesville Police Department issued a statement on Monday, saying that the unnamed victim went to the magistrate's office and complained of being beaten by Harris in the brawl.The magistrate's office called the police department to confirm the facts, and they then issued the warrant. Harris’ attorney, S. Lee Merritt, told the Washington Post that the warrant is 'clearly retaliatory'.
He described the victim as a member of a white supremacist group and maintained that his client did not instigate the fight.Merritt said it was 'highly unusual' for a victim to go to the magistrate instead of the police, suggesting he tried and failed to convince cops to arrest Harris first. The police don’t have sufficient probable cause to charge Harris, his lawyer said.'We find it highly offensive and upsetting, but what’s more jarring is that he’s been charged with the same crime as the men who attacked him,' Merritt said.Harris was left with a concussion, abrasions and contusions across his body, as well as a head laceration that required 10 staples, a knee injury and a fractured wrist after the clash, Merritt said. Merritt said he is making arrangements with police for Harris to surrender.
Two men - 33-year-old Alex Michael Ramos and 18-year-old Daniel Borden - were charged with malicious wounding in September in the attack against Harris. Both are being held without bond. -(Ashley Collman, Dailymail.com)