Charlottesville fallout hits Brooklyn
Clarke, Adams renew call for street name changes at Ft. Hamilton
The fallout from the tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend could be felt hundreds of miles north, in Brooklyn, as lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle condemned the violence that led to the deaths of three people.
Democratic lawmakers blasted President Donald Trump for not making a more forceful statement condemning white nation nationalists for the violence and two elected officials, U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, renewed calls they had previously made for the U.S. Army to remove the names of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson from street signs on the U.S. Army Garrison at Fort Hamilton in Bay Ridge.
Clarke (D-Central Brooklyn) criticized the white nationalist protesters and Trump.