Man Tied To Charlottesville Violence May Be In Cobb: Police

ACWORTH, GA -- Police in Cobb County are asking the public's help in finding a man seen on video attacking a man during the violent clashes in Charlottesville, Va., earlier this month. Activists have been on a campaign to identify those seen in the ruckus associated with a white nationalist rally that led to the deaths of three people.

Alex Michael Ramos, who has ties to Cobb, is being sought by authorities here. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

"The Cobb County Police Department has confirmed with the Charlottesville Police Department that an arrest warrant has been issued for Alex Michael Ramos, 33, of Jackson, Georgia in connection with an assault that occurred on August 12, 2017 in the City of Charlottesville," Cobb police said Sunday.

Ramos is wanted for "malicious wounding," in violation of a Virginia statue, the police said. Although his last known address is Jackson, authorities have reason to believe that he may be in Cobb or surrounding areas.

In a video purported to be of Ramos, the man says he “stomped some a**” during the Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville. Video of a group of white men beating and stomping a black man, 20-year-old DeAndre Harris, went viral shortly after the melee.

Throngs of people have been alerting Cobb's law enforcement of Ramos' alleged involvement in the violence, but authorities said that until a warrant had been issued by Virginia authorities, there was not much they could do.

Ramos has been no stranger to social media. A man who appears to be Ramos is seen in a Youtube video spraying pepper spray on counter-protesters during the rally.

He also uploaded a video shortly after the events in Charlottesville, seemingly defending the violence that took place. “Nobody else was protecting us. Yeah, I’m glad I stomped some a** out there,”he says in the viral clip. “You hurt my people I guess we hurt you back.”

The clashes in Charlotteville not only shocked the nation but took the lives of three people. One counter-protester, Heather Heyer, 32, was killed when a white supremacist mowed down protesters in his car, authorities said. Two Virginia State Police officers -- State Trooper-Pilot Berke Bates and Pilot Lt. H. Jay Cullen -- also died when their helicopter crashed immediately after the violence.

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