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| Charlottesville: police arrest multiple people over violent 2017 far-right rally | Charlottesville: police arrest multiple people over violent 2017 far-right rally |
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| Federal prosecutors in Charlottesville have charged a number of people tied to violent unrest during a far-right rally in the city last year. | Federal prosecutors in Charlottesville have charged a number of people tied to violent unrest during a far-right rally in the city last year. |
| Multiple individuals were arrested on Tuesday morning, said Brian McGinn, a spokesman for the US attorney’s office in Charlottesville. The charges remain under seal, McGinn said, adding that authorities had taken “less than 10” individuals into custody. | Multiple individuals were arrested on Tuesday morning, said Brian McGinn, a spokesman for the US attorney’s office in Charlottesville. The charges remain under seal, McGinn said, adding that authorities had taken “less than 10” individuals into custody. |
| A press conference where the nature of the charges and the individuals in custody will be announced is due at 2pm on Tuesday afternoon. | A press conference where the nature of the charges and the individuals in custody will be announced is due at 2pm on Tuesday afternoon. |
| Two days of violent unrest in Charlottesville in August 2017 broke out over the city’s decision to remove a statue of the confederate general Robert E Lee. Heather Heyer, a 32-year-old legal assistant from the city, was killed after a white supremacist, James Fields Jr, drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters. Fields has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. | |
| The Unite the Right rally was organized by a number of high-profile members of the white supremacist movement including alt-right leader Richard Spencer. | The Unite the Right rally was organized by a number of high-profile members of the white supremacist movement including alt-right leader Richard Spencer. |
| On Tuesday, Spencer told the Guardian via text message “I know nothing” about the charges and confirmed he had not been among those arrested. | |
| Donald Trump was subjected to intense criticism in the aftermath of the Charlottesville unrest as he blamed both sides for instigating violence. | Donald Trump was subjected to intense criticism in the aftermath of the Charlottesville unrest as he blamed both sides for instigating violence. |
| “You had some very bad people in that group,” Trump said of the white supremacist protesters, “but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides.” | “You had some very bad people in that group,” Trump said of the white supremacist protesters, “but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides.” |
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