How The White Nationalist Rally in Charlottesville Turned Deadly

James A. Fields Jr., plowed through a group of people demonstrating against the white
nationalist groups.
Graphic video that was captured at the scene showed people flying in the air as the grey
Dodge Challenger rammed into the crowd.
Fields Jr., a resident of Maumee, Ohio, slammed his grey Dodge Charger into the crowd at a
high speed before reversing and speeding off.
Nineteen people were injured, five are still in critical condition, Heather Heyer, who
was 32, was killed.
The car was found by Charlottesville Police Fields Jr., was arrested and is currently
being held without bail.
He was charged with malicious wounding, suspicion of second-degree murder, failing to stop for
an accident involving death, and a hit and run.
According to Charlottesville Police Chief Alfred Thomas Jr., Heyer was crossing the
street, when Fields Jr. allegedly struck her and dozens of others.
Heyer was a paralegal in Virginia and, according to the GoFundMe page opened in her name, was
part of the counter protests in Charlottesville.
Hayer's mother, whose name has not been released, said, "She died doing what was right.
My heart is broken, but I am forever proud of her."
Fields Jr.'s mother, Samantha Bloom, told a CNN affiliate that he told her last week
he was going to an alt-right rally, but that she is not involved in his political views.
Virginia Governor, Terry McAuliffe, who declared a state of emergency to prepare for the escalating
violence at the rally, spoke forcefully on the events that transpired and the white supremacists
involved.
QUOTE CARD-- VIRGINIA GOVERNOR TERRY MCAULIFFE "You pretend that you are patriots, but you
are anything but a patriot.
You came here today to hurt people, and you did hurt people.
My message is clear: We are stronger than you.
You have made our commonwealth stronger.
You will not succeed.
There is no place for you here.
There is no place for you in America."
McAuliffe's statement was a stark in comparison to Donald Trump's softer message after Saturday's
events.
Many have condemned the President for failing to mention and identify what happened in Charlottesville
as an act of domestic terrorism by white supremacists.
Before he made his on-camera statement, Trump urged people to "come together as one" in
response to the protests, but did not explicitly mention the white nationalist origins of the
rally.
In addition to the death and injuries at the Unite the Right rally, authorities are investigating
a helicopter crash that killed two Virginia State Patrol Troopers to determine whether
it was linked to the rally.
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How The White Nationalist Rally in Charlottesville Turned Deadly

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