CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – (CLARKSVILLENOW) Over 50 people gathered at McGregor Park in Clarksville Sunday evening for a candlelight vigil organized by the group Clarksville Indivisible to show solidarity with Charlottesville, Virginia after violence against people protesting white nationalists. One person was killed and close to 30 people were injured after a car driven by an alleged Nazi sympathizer slammed into a crowd of counterprotestors.
Karen Reynolds with Clarksville Indivisible said this about the vigil. “We are here tonight to stand in solidarity with the citizens of Charlottesville to denounce white supremacy, the KKK, Neo-Nazis, White Nationalists and all other extremist groups. We lend our voices to others in our nation shouting loud and clear, there is no place in this world for hate and violence,” said Reynolds.
It was reportedly the largest white nationalist group to come together in a decade to protest the City of Charlottesville’s decision to remove a Confederate monument.
The vigil was followed by what organizers called a religiously neutral prayer to support those who were injured or lost their lives in the attack on Saturday. A Virginia state police helicopter crashed into the woods while monitoring the protests, leaving two troopers on board dead, according to the Associated Press.
Pastors and church leaders have sent out a call to the community to join them on the steps of the Montgomery County Courthouse at 5:15 p.m. Monday, August 14 for a prayer rally to help bring unity in the local community.
