08-14-2017, 07:06 PM
Charlottesville, Virginia
This was covered briefly in THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY thread; following up here.
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On Saturday, a white supremacist and Nazi-admirer from Ohio mowed down a crowd marching in counter protest of an alt-right rally in Charlottseville, Virginia.
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The suspect is 20-year-old James Alex Fields ^. He fled the scene in his banged-up gray Challenger and was apprehended shortly thereafter. Today, Fields was arraigned and was ordered held without bail.
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32-year-old Heather Heyer ^ was struck by Fields as she crossed the street with her friends. She died at the scene. RIP. Heather was there to speak out against racial, religious, and other forms of discriminatory hate and violence. She was a paralegal and an equal rights activist. Her mourning mother told reporters that she was proud of Heather for taking a stand and always fighting for what was right.
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This was covered briefly in THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY thread; following up here.
On Saturday, a white supremacist and Nazi-admirer from Ohio mowed down a crowd marching in counter protest of an alt-right rally in Charlottseville, Virginia.
The suspect is 20-year-old James Alex Fields ^. He fled the scene in his banged-up gray Challenger and was apprehended shortly thereafter. Today, Fields was arraigned and was ordered held without bail.
32-year-old Heather Heyer ^ was struck by Fields as she crossed the street with her friends. She died at the scene. RIP. Heather was there to speak out against racial, religious, and other forms of discriminatory hate and violence. She was a paralegal and an equal rights activist. Her mourning mother told reporters that she was proud of Heather for taking a stand and always fighting for what was right.
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