Head EMT at Charlottesville Rally Discusses Expectation of Left-Wing Violence (READ DESCRIPTION)

Medical professional George Lindbeck discusses emergency services preparations for the Unite the Right rally, including the expectation of Left-wing violence

Timestamps

4:54 Counter-protester physical interactions with law enforcement at KKK rally

6:20 Public perception was on the side of criminal protesters at KKK leading to constrained response on A12

8:15 (After KKK rally) realized counter-protesters were more likely to introduce violence than protesters

8:55 People felt a strong moral obligation to confront the other group, particularly on the left-wing side

13:11 Violent design of Left Wing groups

13:20 Violence is part of their mission (left wing groups)

14:00 Intelligence: Left wing groups felt like Battle of Berkeley didnt advance their goals sufficiently;
Needed more violent event in Charlottesville to advance their agenda

17:29 Antifa "street medics" shun traditional EMS and were concealing patients

23:28 Left-wing groups cached "non-traditional weapons" around the protest site

23:45 Law enforcement source warned about Antifa bringing coolers full of Coke cans filled with sakrete

29:10 We had a command center downtown

39:20 "Why weren't protesters separated?" "I don't have any answers for that." "You see the protesters
surrounded on all sounds by counter-protesters. That's when things started to get messy."

42:19 Bloody injury on National Socialist Movement activist

45:04 Militia behaved well & had no significant interactions with either side

54:36 2 medical transports from torch march; 26 total event related; 20 from car incident