Man, fired from job, makes no apology for carrying torch in Charlottesville
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/16/charlottesville-vermont-man-fired-job-no-apology/571707001/#BURLINGTON, Vt. — A Vermont man who lost his job for participating in the weekend's white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., is unapologetic about his views that people should be separated base on race.
Ryan Roy, 28, of Burlington, Vt., is recorded in a Vice News documentary carrying a torch during a demonstration protesting the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Ryan Roy was a leftist when younger.
Sam Wormer said he became friends with Roy in high school. Wormer was "completely shocked" to see the Vice News documentary that included Roy.
"He would attend anti-war rallies. He was very left — like anti-Republican, very progressive, very liberal, very anti-Christian," Wormer recalled. He said Roy was part of the "fringe crowd" and would stick up for anyone who was being bullied.
Wormer said Roy and his family welcomed him into their home for Thanksgiving dinner in 2006, when the two were close friends. They lost touch about two years ago, Wormer said, except for a brief interaction last September when Roy shared that he would soon become a father.
