Virginia's governor Terry Mcauliffe declared a state of emergency to aid bring back peace in the state following the crash against peaceful protesters in Charlottesvilles.
A 20 year-old man identified as James Alex Fields Jr. from Muamee Ohio, has been arrested and charged in connection with the car-crash that resulted in the death of a 32-year-old woman, and several others hospitalised, Saturday, in a gathering peacefully counter-protesting against a 'white supremacist' rally in Charlottesvilles, Virginia.
According to reports, a group of touch-carrying white nationalists, protesting the planned removal of a status of the Confederate, Gen. Robert E. Lee, Friday night, marched across the University of Virginia's campus, Charlottesvilles, shouting the slogan "white lives matters.".
Report has it that some of the protesters were seen wearing Nazi regalia and making the "heil Hitler" salute.
According to reports, a group of touch-carrying white nationalists, protesting the planned removal of a status of the Confederate, Gen. Robert E. Lee, Friday night, marched across the University of Virginia's campus, Charlottesvilles, shouting the slogan "white lives matters.".
Report has it that some of the protesters were seen wearing Nazi regalia and making the "heil Hitler" salute.
Condemning the incident, Terry Mcauliffe told the 'white supremacists group: "There is no place for you here, there is no place for you in America", "Shame on you. you pretend you are patriots, but you are anything but a patriot".
Richmond FBI said it is opening a "civil right investigation" of the accident.
Richmond FBI said it is opening a "civil right investigation" of the accident.
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