White nationalist caught assaulting protester on viral video blames President Trump in court
A white nationalist caught shoving a black protestor at a Trump rally has a creative defense for why he should be let off the hook: Trump told him to do it.
Matthew Heimbach, the chairman of the unabashedly white nationalist Traditionalist Workers Party, shoved Kashiya Nwanguma while she was protesting at a Trump campaign rally on March 1, 2016. She and two others then sued Heimbach and another rally-goer for assault.
SEE ALSO:Once again, Trump makes one of his old tweets 'fake news'It wouldn't be possible for Heimbach to say with any credibility that he didn't push a protester. He shoves Nwanguma on a widely-seen video in which a group of white men surround, scuffle with, and shriek at Nwanguma. But Heimbach did deny the assault charge, and his argument is that he had authority to kick protesters out of the rally because Trump made a legal plea for help in doing so.
Trump shouted "get 'em out" several times from the podium at the March event in Louisville, Kentucky. Though he was clearly referring to the protesters, he didn't say just who should be tasked with removing them.
Nwanguma and two other protesters also filed a lawsuit against Trump, alleging the president incited a riot during the Louisville rally. Trump's lawyers argue that the then-candidate's words were never meant to make his fans believe they should shove protesters or commit another sort of violence, an argument that would undermine Heimbach's defense.
Fights broke out in several states at Trump rallies during the course of his presidential campaign, and low-grade political violence has continued in the United States ever since.
Anti- and pro-Trump protesters attacked each other in Berkeley, California, just this past Saturday. Police arrested 20 people, and found weapons in the crowd including mace and knives.
Featured Video For You
Merriam-Webster throws shade at Ivanka Trump after she can't define the word 'complicit'
(责任编辑:新闻中心)
-
Smiley face on Mars is a telltale sign of its past
Mars didn't lose all its water without a fight.The planet, today 1,000times drier than the driest de ...[详细] -
记者从5月11日举行的青岛海洋国际音乐季发布会上获悉,本届音乐季将于今年8月2日在青岛隆重开幕,以“顶级原创”、“海洋之音·城市之心”为核 ...[详细]
-
新年已经启幕,相信不少人的新年阅读计划已经提上日程了。每到此时,大家不妨扪心自问一次,阅读于你,意味着什么?相信大家的答案各不相同但又殊途同归——在阅读中寻找自己的意义。不管是 ...[详细]
-
雅安仁康医院妇产科医护人员查房,询问郭老太手术后身体恢复情况近日,一位饱受疼痛折磨的七旬老太在雅安仁康医院雅安结石病医院)以下简称:雅安仁康医院)成功除掉了“病根”,她对医生认真负责的态度感激不已。该 ...[详细]
-
Yoon approves labor minister's appointment
Kim Moon-soo, then the nominee to become the new labor minister, attends a meeting at the presidenti ...[详细] -
数字化驱动服务升级 平安人寿获时代金融金桔奖“专业服务金融机构”
近日,由广东时代传媒集团发起的第六届时代金融金桔奖榜单隆重发布。中国平安人寿保险股份有限公司(以下简称“平安人寿”)荣获2021年第六届时代金融金桔奖之“专业服务金 ...[详细] -
港交所首家空白支票公司来了!背靠招行,重点关注新经济,零售之王这样一鱼多吃
港股市场有望迎来首只特殊目的收购公司(SPAC)类IPO!港交所披露显示,特殊目的收购公司Aquila Acquisition Corporation(下称“AAC”)1月17 ...[详细] -
截至2月21日,《流浪地球》累计票房已超40亿元,《疯狂的外星人》已超20亿元,两部影片的票房已累计突破60亿元。两部在青岛取景的科幻大片,使得青岛这座有着百年光影记忆的“电影之都&rdq ...[详细]
-
Families of S. Korean detainees in NK appeal to embassies for support
Lee Shin-wha, former ambassador for international cooperation on North Korean human rights (center), ...[详细] -
活动现场本报讯带上火钳、扫帚、垃圾袋,顺着青衣江岸清理垃圾……近日,一群工行雅安分行青年志愿者的身影成为市区生态河滩上一道靓丽风景线。作为雅安人民的“母亲河”,青衣江环境保护一直备受各界关注。而更好地 ...[详细]