The deadly car-ramming capped a day of tension and physical clashes between hundreds of white nationalists and neo-Nazis who had gathered in
Charlottesville for a "Unite the Right" rally, and groups of demonstrators opposed to them.
A 21-year-old neo-Nazi is serving life in prison after driving his car into a group of counter-protestors following the August 2017 gathering of white supremacists in
Charlottesville.
Charlottesville City Councilor Wes Bellamy said he hopes the verdict "allows our community to take another step toward healing and moving forward."
Prior to being named market president, Roberts was a business services office in
Charlottesville.
In
Charlottesville, the mother of the woman killed at last summer's rally visited the site of the attack, saying the country's racial wounds still have not healed.
Taking to his official Twitter handle, Trump said, "The riots in
Charlottesville a year ago resulted in senseless death and division.
Located two hours southwest of Washington, D.C., the
Charlottesville area is home to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and the University of Virginia, both of which have been designated UNESCO World Heritage sites.
The deadly melee in
Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12 was a turning point for "Antifa," the so-called "antifascist" thugs who have been rampaging and rioting throughout America for the past year.
Transgender Law Center executive director Kris Hayashi admitted what many of us felt: "Chilled and heartbroken, though unfortunately not surprised, by the white supremacist violence taking place in
Charlottesville. The hate driving these racist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic, anti-LGBT acts is deeply embedded in this country and in the ongoing attacks and violence against trans communities, particularly trans women of color."
"We refuse to be silent in response to the horrible events that took place in
Charlottesville, Virginia, and acts of hate that have been perpetrated here in Canada--including incidents of bigoted graffiti, the dissemination of racist propaganda, and white nationalist rallies," said the statement, which was drafted by the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), an advocacy group for Canadian Jewish groups, with input from a number of signatories.
Questioned about
Charlottesville, the Foreign Secretary told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I think he got it totally wrong and I thought it was a great shame that he failed to make a clear and fast distinction, which we all are able to make, between fascists and anti-fascists, between Nazis and anti-Nazis."