Tactic change; Are Police now harassing Lefty protestors or acting fairly by judging all as one nuisance – PB/TK
US police arrest left-wing protesters, far-right blooms – al Jazeera/ July 8 2017
Virginia police are using intimidating surveillance in an attempt to stop left-wing and anti-racist protesters as far-right groups increase demonstrations in their state, anti-racist activists tell Al Jazeera.
Pam Starsia, a local activist with Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), delivered a letter detailing a series of complaints to the Charlottesville Police Department (CPD) on June 23.
According to the letter, police have made unannounced visits to homes, places of work, and arrested activists.
“I had failed to appreciate that right here in Charlottesville, the police were engaging in surveillance and monitoring of these types,” Starsia told Al Jazeera in an interview.
Charlottesville became a flashpoint in the national debate over racism and the far right when plans to remove monuments to the pro-slavery Confederacy of that fought in the United States’ Civil War became public in May.
Continue to Aljazeera.com article: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/07/police-arrest-left-wing-protesters-blooms-170708141354477.html
