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Police Contradict Terry McAuliffe’s Claim That Protesters Had Weapons ‘Stashed Around City’
Breitbart ^ | 08/16/17 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 08/16/2017 5:41:00 PM PDT by Enlightened1

Virginia State Police on Tuesday contradicted Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s (D) claim that Charlottesville protesters had weapons “stashed around the city.”

McAuliffe made the claim about stashed weapons during an interview on DeRay McKesson’s podcast Save the People.

Twitter user @nycsouthpaw quoted McAuliffe using the podcast interview to describe protesters, saying, “They had battering rams and we had picked up different weapons that they had stashed around the city.”

Yet the very next day–August 15–Virginia State Police countered McAuliffe’s narrative by denying that any weapons caches were discovered during sweeps of the city. Reason’s CJ Ciaramella tweeted:

"I just got comment back from Virginia State Police. They say, contra McAuliffe, no caches of weapons were recovered. "

Moreover, on August 13–the day after the violence in Charlottesville erupted–the New York Times quoted McAuliffe claiming that protesters had “better equipment than [Virginia] State Police had.” Virginia State Police countered this claim as well.

A Virginia State Police spokesperson told CJ Ciaramella, “I can assure you that the Virginia State Police personnel were equipped with more-than-adequate specialized tactical and protective gear for the purpose of fulfilling their duties to serve and protect those in attendance of the August 12 event at Charolottesville.”

AWR Hawkins is the Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and host of Bullets with AWR Hawkins, a Breitbart News podcast. He is also the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Twitter: @AWRHawkins. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com

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1 posted on 08/16/2017 5:41:00 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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They seemed to be carrying bats, poles and other clubs in open sight. Seems a battle to be exploited by the left was the plan.


2 posted on 08/16/2017 5:45:41 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Enlightened1

Sounds like the CPD stand-down order is about to be leaked.


3 posted on 08/16/2017 5:46:47 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: Enlightened1

All the more reason why the police should have intervened rather than “stand down”

McA is part of the Lyin Clinton Crooks. You can’t believe an Fn word he says


4 posted on 08/16/2017 5:47:39 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Search "Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy tweets" and pass those links on to all you know)
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To: Enlightened1

“Oh for crying.....Somebody sober up the Governor! He saw some fallen tree branches on the ground. Next thing he’ll be saying pine cones are grenades. Get some coffee in him!”


5 posted on 08/16/2017 5:48:58 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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“pine cones are grenades”

Hilarious!


6 posted on 08/16/2017 5:51:47 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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“I can assure you that the Virginia State Police personnel were equipped with more-than-adequate specialized tactical and protective gear for the purpose of fulfilling their duties to serve and protect those in attendance of the August 12 event at Charolottesville.”

Then why didn't they do it?

7 posted on 08/16/2017 5:51:56 PM PDT by Freee-dame (Best election ever.)
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To: Enlightened1

Earlier this week, McAuliffe also said that 80’% of the UTR were carrying semiautomatic weapons. That is another lie.


8 posted on 08/16/2017 5:52:07 PM PDT by independentmind (In te Domine confido non confundar in aeternum s)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Exactly McAuliffe is lying as usual.


9 posted on 08/16/2017 5:52:31 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: MtnClimber

The “protesters” usually do have weapons hidden - a family member who is a police officer has participated in inspections of the protest route before these events and they always find the parts of these homemade weapons stashed in the bushes, in trash cans, etc. The “protesters” pick up the parts and assemble them as they go so that the weapons do not get detected and confiscated before the protest gets underway.


10 posted on 08/16/2017 5:53:00 PM PDT by livius
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To: Freee-dame

Because McAuliffe and other state personnel get to make up the rules of engagement.


11 posted on 08/16/2017 5:53:22 PM PDT by independentmind (In te Domine confido non confundar in aeternum s)
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To: Enlightened1

Just an example of a bizarre democrat lie.


12 posted on 08/16/2017 5:53:38 PM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: txhurl

The Virginia State Police admitted there was a stand down.

They said it was for their “safety”.


13 posted on 08/16/2017 5:53:39 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: MtnClimber

Yes that appears to be the plan all along.

It was a totally staged event.


14 posted on 08/16/2017 5:54:30 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: txhurl

Snicker ...... I hope that’s the case.


15 posted on 08/16/2017 5:57:01 PM PDT by Qiviut (Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP)
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To: livius

Do the police not check before the event area if they think weapons are stashed. It seems like many are looking the other way, probably due to leftist orders. If they did not want clashes they would not allow non-permitted people in such numbers. I am not a neo nazi supporter at all, they are just white supremacist leftist totalitarians and about the mirror of black lives matter.


16 posted on 08/16/2017 5:59:32 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Who stood down on whose order for whose safety? And on what streets was the order operative?


17 posted on 08/16/2017 6:02:09 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: Enlightened1

How is the world did a Finger Lakes (NYS) crook (Mr. Global Crossing) convince Virginia voters that he knew exactly what Virginia needed in leadership better than a lifelong resident? I know we have enough (D) crooks in NYS to export a few, but really Virginia should know better.


18 posted on 08/16/2017 6:02:12 PM PDT by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: livius

Dud they bring trees and lathes to assemble their baseball bats at the scene?


19 posted on 08/16/2017 6:04:20 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (The Whig Party died when it fled the great fight of its century. Ditto for the Republicans now.)
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To: Enlightened1

CPD stand down order bump for later.....


20 posted on 08/16/2017 6:05:54 PM PDT by indthkr
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