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Hatewatch Headlines 8/14/2017

Police role in Charlottesville violence questioned; DOJ launches investigation; Cataloging the white nationalists involved in the mayhem; and more.

ProPublica: Police stood by as the mayhem mounted in Charlottesville.

Wall Street Journal: Justice Department launches civil-rights investigation into the violence in Virginia.

Salon: Republicans lambaste Trump, Sessions for ignoring white supremacists in their statements.

AOL.com: After storm of criticism over weak statement, White House says Trump included KKK, neo-Nazis.

Talking Points Memo: National Security adviser H.R. McMaster calls Virginia incident ‘terrorism.’

Newsweek: Who are the white nationalist groups that demonstrated in Charlottesville?

New York Daily News: Vanguard America, the group to which driver belonged, has become prominent neo-Nazi voice.

Washington Post: The driver arrested for driving into that crowd isn’t the only one who should lawyer up.

Media Matters: Neo-Nazi website celebrates victim’s death, praises Trump’s post-incident statement.

Haaretz: Can white males be terrorists in Trump’s America?

Raw Story: WSU College Republicans president involved in Charlottesville, but claims he’s not a racist.

Right Wing Watch: Author of crazed NSC memo told audience, ‘You don’t have to hate all Muslims, but you do have to hate Islam.’

The Guardian (UK): James Damore, Google, and the YouTube radicalization of angry  white men.

Huffington Post: Another side of the Evergreen State College racial-turmoil story.

Esquire: Charlottesville and beyond: This is the bleakest moment for America in my lifetime.

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