# The torch mob at the Jefferson statue. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 13, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-torch-mob-at-the-jefferson-statue/793517 "2017-08-13T02:47:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-torch-mob-at-the-jefferson-statue/793517/1 "2017-08-13T02:47:03Z")
I’m talking about [This Image](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQdWM5JERu_630DSzMxbVVUCw16vIAyw5ITsQ1tAOUs2PDTTI4J); I know it’s a crappy shot. Still, I’ve been told that is a group of peaceful counter-protesters ‘Guarding’ the statue; but they are surrounded by a torch wielding mob. Does anyone know what is actually going on, in that photo? ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-torch-mob-at-the-jefferson-statue/793517/2 "2017-08-13T03:02:36Z")
It was alt-right nazis with their home depot tiki torches surrounding peaceful protesters in Charlotte: [http://ktla.com/2017/05/15/torch-carrying-white-nationalist-group-protests-removal-of-confederate-statues-in-virginia/](http://ktla.com/2017/05/15/torch-carrying-white-nationalist-group-protests-removal-of-confederate-statues-in-virginia/) ---
**Author:** ![Tee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Tee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tee)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-torch-mob-at-the-jefferson-statue/793517/3 "2017-08-13T03:04:35Z")
There’s a better shot of it in this [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_MPez0n4-o) at 0:30, and in other clips you can hear them chanting “white lives matter.”