Antifa Crashes Heather Heyer’s Funeral, Disturb Crowd With 1 Thing They’re All Holding

A group of anti-fascist activists reportedly brought purple bats and shields to the memorial for Heather Heyer, the young counter-protestor killed in the Aug. 12 violence at a white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The four women who comprised the group lined up outside of the Paramount Theater in Charlottesville and placed their weapons on the ground in front of them.

“We are anti-fascist. We are here to protect the people. The cops won’t protect people,” one of the women told the New York Post.

Authorities later asked the women to put their bats and shields away.

“You are scaring people. We want a peaceful memorial service. Would you please leave the bats and shields in the car?” one officer reportedly asked them.

Heyer was killed after being hit by a car that was allegedly driven by 20-year-old James Fields; the vehicular attack also injured 19 others. Fields was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.

In the aftermath of Charlottesville, many — including President Donald Trump — argued that there were two sides to the violence and that anti-fascist activists shouldered some of the blame for what occurred.

“These are sad lonely woman in the picture who have no life or someone to care for them. They have latched on to something that makes them feel important and others have used them for evil purposes. Stupidity like theirs can be dangerous,” one Mad World News reader commented on the site’s Facebook page.

“Both sides were wrong but no excuse for murdering that poor girl. Condolences to the friends and her family. Why can’t this s**t stop as too many people are just dragging things out and protesting for stupid reasons,” another wrote.

“Because of a few radical whites, that doesn’t make the rest bad. The same is true of all races — just because there’s one bad apple in the barrel, you never throw the whole barrel out saying they are all bad. But, that’s what’s happening today. Just because some nut cases of one race has gone off the deep end, that doesn’t mean all are bad; regardless of ones race, opinions, or beliefs,” another added.

Some expressed concern about Heyer’s family.

“I notice nothing said about how the family felt. If they were okay with it, then so be it. For myself, I would have ask them to leave, and if they did not, I would have found some help to remove them. A funeral is for grieving, not political statements,” one reader commented.

“Antifa scum shares equal blame for this woman’s death. They will see what happens when people are pushed too far. Wait and see, it’s coming. Then they will cry about how the were attacked for no reason. This is the first of many funerals,” another added.

Sources: New York Post, Mad World News/Facebook / Featured Image: Nathan Keirns/Flickr via Wikimedia Commons / Embedded Images: Taylor Lorenz/Twitter, Fibonacci Blue/Flickr