Charlottesville didn't spring from nowhere
by By Leonard Pitts Jr., Tribune Content Agency
Aug 20, 2017
2 minutes
It is important to look beyond the riot.
Yes, last week's violent demonstration by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, culminating in the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer, made for a carnival of obscenity as sickening as it was riveting. But the thing is, it did not spring from nowhere.
And while your first instinct -- unlike the moral imbecile in
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