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Cornel West in Charlottesville:

 "The police didn’t do anything in terms of protecting the people of the community and the clergy. If it hadn’t been for the anti-fascists protecting us from the neo-fascists, we would have been crushed like cockroaches."

Charlottesville attack - car plows into protest crowd

16Scenes That Prove All Hell Is Actually Breaking Loose inCharlottesville

A protest in Charlottesville on Saturday, the largest gathering of white nationalists in recent years, turned so violent the governor declared a state of emergency. Earlier in the day, the Virginia National Guard arrived as at least a thousand police officers were deployed to arrest those who refused to clear the area.

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Around noon, a car drove straight into a crowd of anti-racist protesters, severely injuring numerous people with at least one fatality. It is still not clear how badly they were hurt, and several local hospitals have not returned phone calls from those seeking information on the victims.

The large white nationalist gathering, billed as a “Unite the Right” protest, was the climax of more than a year-long debate in Charlottesville over the fate of the Robert E. Lee statue.

Tom Perriello‏Verified account @tomperriello

To be clear, these are NOT national guard but racist private militias posing as state actors to protect nazis and provoke.

2:57 AM - 13 Aug 2017

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Josh Sánchez‏Verified account @jnsanchez

And now these lovely fellas are throwing out homophobic slurs. White male fragility at it's finest. #Charlottesville

 Christopher Mathias

3:11 AM - 13 Aug 2017

Craig Stanley‏Verified account @_CraigStanley

Unidentified militia has arrived at #EmancipationPark ahead of the #Charlottesville rally with guns in tow.

Trump responds to violence in Charlottesville

20yoOhio man charged with murder after ramming car into Charlottesville protesters & killing woman

Police have identified James Alex Fields as the driver of the car that smashed into a crowd of anti-fascist protesters and another vehicle during Charlottesville rallies. Fields faces second degree murder charges for killing a woman and injuring 19 other people.

The 20-year-old man was taken into custody following the deadly crash on Saturday afternoon. The suspect has been charged with one count of second degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and one count of failure to prevent a hit-and-run incident.

Although police have not disclosed any details concerning the prime suspect’s identity, media reported that he was the owner of the grey Dodge Challenger, a vehicle that was filmed by the witnesses speeding up and plowing into the crowd of anti-fascist protesters who flocked to downtown Charlottesville on Saturday to oppose a large far-right rally there.

Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail Superintendent Martin Kumertold the media that the man was refused bail and is due to appear before Charlottesville General District Court on Monday.

Fields is said to be a resident of Maumee, a suburb with 14,000 inhabitants in Lucas County, Ohio, some 10 miles southwest of Toledo.