Thursday, 28 June 2018

Suspect in Charlottesville protest killing charged with hate crime

Federal grand jury agreed to indict James Alex Fields, who drove into a crowd, killing one, with 30 crimes

Federal hate crime charges have been filed against a man accused of plowing a car into a crowd of people protesting against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last year, killing a woman and injuring dozens more.

The Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that a federal grand jury agreed to indict 21-year-old James Alex Fields, of Ohio, with 30 crimes, including one count of a hate crime resulting in the death of Heather Heyer, and 28 other hate crimes involving an attempt to kill other people, who were injured.

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from US news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2MpvwnN

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