A white nationalist rally on August 12, 2017 turned into a free-for-all hate fest as rally supporters clashed against counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The rally was in protest of the ruling to remove the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee, commander of the pro-slavery Confederate army in the U.S. Civil War, from a downtown park. Counter-protesters denounced the other group’s racism and white supremacy.
In the midst of the melee, a car plowed right into the marchers and killed a 32-year-old female pe