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    Day 4: Fields trial focuses on his motive in car attack

    By Tyler Hammel and Katherine Knott
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    Defense attorneys for James Alex Fields Jr. do not appear to dispute that he was behind the wheel of his car when it plowed into a crowd of people, injuring dozens and killing Heather Heyer on Aug. 12, 2017.

    Instead, opening statements and witness testimony on Thursday focused on whether he acted maliciously or in self-defense.

    “This is not about what the defendant did, it’s about why he did it,” Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Nina-Alice Antony said.

    Defense attorney John Hill said the violent atmosphere in Charlottesville that day caused his client to be afraid for his safety.

    “We’re going to show you why this event took place,” Hill said. “Was it intended to be malicious, or was it done to protect himself?”

    Among the prosecution’s evidence of guilt: two Instagram posts featuring car attacks made by Fields months before the rally, as well as video footage of Fields marching with a group chanting, “You will not replace us,” and “Jews will not replace us.”

    Fields, a 21-year-old Ohio resident, sat quietly as opening statements were heard Thursday, as did members of the jury, whittled down to 16 before noon. Also in Charlottesville Circuit Court were Susan Bro and other members of Heyer’s family.

    The car attack came after authorities declared the white supremacist Unite the Right rally to be an unlawful assembly, forcing ralliers and counter-protesters to move away from the two downtown Charlottesville parks featuring statues of two Confederate generals.

    Seven witnesses on Thursday described a celebratory scene at Fourth and Water streets before Fields’ Dodge Charger drove into a large group of counter-protesters. Most of those who spoke were hurt that day, and they described their injuries.

    Defense attorneys focused many of their questions on what happened that morning, while prosecutors homed in on the afternoon and the overall atmosphere.

    One of those witnesses was Marcus Martin, whose leg was broken as he pushed his now-wife out of the way of the car.

    Tearful and visibly pained, he described the attack and how he was forced to wear a boot for eight months.

    When asked by Antony to describe Heyer as a person, Martin became too distraught to find the words for his friend.

    Lisa Q, a counter-protester who did not provide her last name out of fear, said the whole day was pretty noisy, but when the car drove through the crowd, the screams were different.

    “It was a terror,” she said.

    She was thrown onto another car. She said she didn’t see anything or know what was happening.

    “I felt like I was in a tornado,” she said.

    Brian Henderson, another victim, said a lot of people had gathered earlier in the morning at what is now named Market Street Park. When he got there at about 10 a.m., the height of the clashes, he said he couldn’t tell who was in the park or outside of it.

    When asked about items being thrown, such as water bottles, Henderson said, “there was a lot of that.”

    He also saw someone throwing a rock at a purple van of ralliers near Water Street Parking Garage. But that vehicle ended up leaving and counter-protesters celebrated the fact that they had left, he said.

    Henderson became visibly upset when shown a photo of him being struck by the vehicle.

    “I just wasn’t fast enough,” he said. “Forgive me, it’s just hard to look at.”

    Aubtin Heydari said his memory of the attack was hazy due to a head injury. Among the few things he remembers was trying to walk, though he couldn’t because of a broken leg.

    Michael Webster, the first witness called, said he and his girlfriend were going to eat lunch on the Downtown Mall. As they walked up Fourth Street toward the mall, Webster said, he saw Fields’ vehicle idling in a stretch of the mall for pedestrians near Water Street, well behind the vehicles that had stopped to let a large crowd of counter-protesters pass.

    The area behind the car was clear, Webster said, and it appeared that it would have been easy for him to turn around. Webster said he saw the car back up as if it were leaving the area.

    Not long after he crossed Water Street and headed onto the Downtown Mall, past the counter-protesters, Webster said, he heard the vehicle rev its engine and accelerate toward the crowd.

    “Because of the world we live in, I thought, ‘Oh God, he’s driving into the crowd,’” Webster said.

    When questioned by the defense, Webster said he only saw damage to the front of the vehicle.

    Brennan Gilmore, an activist and former Foreign Service officer, filmed the attack. He also is suing InfoWars and other right-wing outfits who he claims defamed him by using his footage to concoct a false conspiracy that he was involved in the attack.

    Antony played Gilmore’s footage for the jury.

    “I heard a sickening sound and saw bodies flying everywhere,” he said.

    Fields’ attorney, Denise Lunsford, a former commonwealth’s attorney for Albemarle County, asked Gilmore about what happened before the car attack and the morning rally and if he saw any altercations.

    “The physical altercations I saw were in the street, and I don’t know who they were between,” he said.

    Gilmore later said the afternoon of Aug. 12 was much calmer than the morning, which he described as “chaotic.”

    He was the only witness not to be dismissed Thursday; Judge Richard E. Moore indicated he would likely be called to the stand again next week.

    The last witness of the day, Stephen Simalchik, said he attended the rally as an observer and was sporadically filming.

    This year, on the anniversary of Heyer’s death, he went through the footage he took one last time, intending to delete it. However, he realized his video showed Fields in a white polo among other white supremacists.

    The video was played in court and showed the group chanting, “You will not replace us,” which gradually morphed into “Jews will not replace us.”

    More witnesses will give testimony on Friday when Fields’ trial resumes at 9 a.m. in Charlottesville Circuit Court.

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    Day 5: Photographer describes car attack as victims continue to recount trauma

    By Staff Reports
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    The fifth day of James Alex Fields Jr.’s trial brought more emotional testimony as prosecutors continued to pick away at a self-defense theory in the first-degree murder case.

    Most of the testimony again came from victims of the Aug. 12, 2017, car attack. Two members of the Charlottesville Police Department also discussed Fields’ actions, and a former Daily Progress photographer described the attack itself.

    Star Peterson, whose leg was crushed, at first smiled as she gave her testimony. However, when faced with photographs of her injuries, she began crying.

    As the gray Dodge Challenger struck the crowd, Peterson said she saw the body of Heather Heyer fly through the air.

    “I remember seeing her eyes and thinking that’s what someone’s eyes look like when they’re dead,” Peterson said.

    Wednesday Bowie, a counter-protester whose pelvis was broken in six places, said she saw a flash of silver go by her and then heard a “loud booming noise.”

    Not struck initially, she moved toward the crash when Fields started backing up the vehicle. Bowie said she was slammed into another vehicle and briefly lost consciousness.

    Later in her testimony, defense attorney John Hill asked Bowie about the morning’s events and violence. Hill said during opening statements that the violent atmosphere in Charlottesville that day caused his client to be afraid for his safety.

    “The violence I saw was almost exclusively perpetuated by those who were in the park,” she said.

    Hill did not question her further.

    The drivers of the two vehicles hit by the Challenger, Lizete Short and Tadrint Washington, also spoke Friday. Both were riding with family members, and they described a celebratory crowd at Fourth and Water streets, saying they didn’t fear for their safety at the time.

    Former Daily Progress photographer Ryan M. Kelly was asked about the dozens of photos he took of the car attack.

    Kelly said he had been downtown all day; in the afternoon, he decided to follow a group of counter-protesters up Fourth Street.

    While near Market Street, he testified that he heard a car engine revving and tires screeching behind him. He said he turned around to see the Challenger accelerate into the group of counter-protesters he had been photographing. Kelly took more than 70 images of attack in a few seconds.

    Defense attorney Denise Lunsford pointed to one of his photos and asked Kelly if he saw brake lights. Kelly said he did, but he had not noticed them before the vehicle collided with the crowd.

    Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Nina-Alice Antony then asked Kelly to go through the shots one by one to identify where they first showed brake lights and damage to the rear of the vehicle. It was only after the photographs showed the Dodge Challenger colliding with the crowd that Kelly pointed to damage to the rear windshield and what he referred to as “reverse lights.”

    Testimony from two members of the Charlottesville Police Department was used to establish facts of the case.

    Detective Jeremy Carper said blood was found on the car’s windshield, grill and around the scene of the attack. A side mirror with blood on it was recovered by Virginia State Police on Fourth Street; the mirror matched the make and model of Fields’ car, according to detectives.

    Corporal Steve Young, who investigated the attack, said Fields did not stop his car after hitting the crowd at Fourth and Water streets. Earlier in the day, Young said, Fields was seen in what is now Market Street Park with other Unite the Right protesters, and he had acquired a shield.

    During Young’s testimony, prosecutors played several videos of the rally, the car attack and its aftermath.

    Many of the victims who had testified were in the courtroom as the videos played. Though unable to see the video evidence, which does not face the gallery, the audio caused visible pain to the survivors. Many closed their eyes, hugging their friends close as tears ran down their faces, the sounds of quiet sobs muffled by recorded screams.

    While the videos played, Fields alternated between staring at a notepad in front of him and looking toward the jury.

    The Fields trial will continue at 9 a.m. Monday. Judge Richard E. Moore said he expected prosecutors to finish presenting evidence on Tuesday.

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    First responder, medical examiner detail Heyer’s injuries during first day of week two of Fields trial

    By Staff Reports
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    UPDATED AT 1:51 P.M.

    On Monday afternoon, Dr. Jennifer Bowers, an assistant chief medical examiner for the Western District of Virginia, told the court that Heather Heyer died of injuries consistent with blunt force trauma to the chest. Heyer suffered a severed aorta, punctured lungs, a broken femur and lacerations, Bowers said.

    When Charlottesville Fire Captain Steward “Nick” Barrell reached Heather Heyer on Aug. 12, 2017, she had a large bruise on her chest, a leg wound and what he described in Charlottesville Circuit Court on Monday as “multi-systems trauma.” Barrell, who testified early on the sixth day of the trial of James Alex Fields, Jr, said he assisted with chest compressions on Heyer, 32.

    Monday began the second week of Fields’ trial, which is scheduled to last three weeks. Fields faces a raft of charges, including first-degree murder in Heyer’s death, for the car attack that came after the Unite the Right rally broke up after being declared an unlawful assembly.

    Barrell arrived at the scene at Fourth and Water Street with his engine, and said he could see a “hole” in the crowd, where he said he assumed there were “around 30 people.” He said he was told by a bystander that CPR was being performed on someone, whom he said was Heather Heyer.

    He described Heyer’s initial coloring as “salvageable patient color,” and assisted with chest compressions.

    With her injuries, Barrell testified, Heyer stood a zero percent chance of survival outside of a hospital.

    Marissa Blair Martin, whose husband Marcus Martin testified last week, also testified Monday morning. She was in downtown Charlottesville with Martin, who at the time was her fiancé, Heyer and another friend.

    She described the crowd before the attack as “happy people” and said she initially had a hard time distinguishing between the police and the militia members who were at the rally. Martin suffered a broken leg in the attack, shortly after pushing Blair Martin out of the car’s path.

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    Prosecutors use Hitler image texted to mother in James Alex Fields murder trial

    By Neil Augenstein
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    WASHINGTON — James Alex Fields told Charlottesville authorities he thought he was in danger when his car collided with a crowd counterprotesting 2017’s “Unite the Right” rally, killing one and injuring dozens.

    On what was the final day of prosecution witnesses, prosecutors showed jurors a text message James Alex Fields sent to his mother — which included a photo of Adolf Hitler — to demonstrate he expected a violent confrontation at that white nationalist rally in Charlottesville.

    On Tuesday, jurors heard from detective Steve Young, whose body-camera video of Fields being searched provided jurors their first chance to hear Fields’ voice.

    “I’m sorry that — I don’t know. I didn’t want to hurt people, but I thought they were attacking me,” Fields told Young.

    Later, in a police headquarters interview room, Fields was read his Miranda rights, and declined to speak. When told several people were severely injured and one had died, Young testified Fields hyperventilated for several minutes.

    At the Charlottesville jail, when questioned by magistrate, Fields said he was trying to leave the scene, and saw a crowd gathered around the cars in front of him.

    He didn’t describe the crash to the magistrate.

    In addition, jurors heard a jailhouse call between Fields and his mother, in which he referred to Heyer’s mother, Susan Bro, as “anti-white” and “a communist.” After his mother told him to stop talking, Fields said, “She is the enemy.”

    In another call, several months after the crash, Fields described “getting mobbed by a violent group of terrorist,” and described “antifa” — or anti-fascists — waving ISIS flags.

    Earlier, Charlottesville prosecutors were granted permission to show jurors a text exchange between Fields and his mother that they say shows his intent, motive and state of mind on Aug. 12, 2017, when Fields drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at the Unite the Right rally.

    Three days before Fields left Ohio for Charlottesville, he texted his mother, “I got the weekend off, so I’ll be able to go to the rally,” according to the prosecution motion, which asked the judge to rule the text exchange admissible as evidence in Fields’ trial for the murder of Heather Heyer and malicious wounding of dozens of others.

    On Aug. 11, as Fields departed for the rally, his mother texted, “Be careful.” Fields replied: “We’re not the one [sic] who need to be careful” — together with a photo of Hitler.

    The defense argued that showing the text exchange to jurors would be unfair and prejudicial.

    “Adolf Hitler is one of the most, if not the most hated man in the history of western civilization and perhaps the world,” defense attorney John Hill wrote. “Identifying a defendant with Hitler presents the possibility for prejudice to the defense.”

    In addition, the defense said the text exchange took place almost 24 hours before the fatal car crash, and “there is no other evidence of the Defendant’s intent to commit acts of violence before August 12, 2017.”
    Commonwealth’s Attorney Joseph Platania said the image is relevant to Heyer’s death and the injuring of various others.

    “The inclusion of Hitler implies both aggression and violent intent toward opponents Fields expected to encounter the next day,” Platania wrote. “Fields’ own statements, close in time to the conduct he is charged with, are the most probative evidence possible as to his state of mind and intent.”

    Judge Richard Moore agreed, saying jurors should be able to determine “whether he acted in fear or malice.”

    In its motion, the defense argued that courts have declined to admit evidence of other defendants’ affinity for Hitler, saying it risked confusing or misleading the jury.

    “Sometimes, evidence expressing an intent to violently harm others is by definition grave, atrocious and callous,” prosecutor Platania countered. “But that does not render it inadmissible.”

    After the prosecution rested, Fields’ lawyers had their opportunity to call witnesses.

    WVIR-TV in Charlottesville reported
    that the first witness for the defense was Officer Tammy Shifflett, who directed traffic in the area Aug. 12. She recounted how a violent, angry crowd was fighting, and that she had to fall back when she felt the effects of tear gas.

    Deputy Paul Critzer of the Charlottesville sheriff’s office took the stand next, recounting how he arrested Fields after a pursuit that lasted around five minutes. Critzer said he was on duty when Fields’ car passed him after leaving the scene of the crash, of which the deputy was still unaware.

    Critzer stopped Fields’ car at one point, and when the deputy stepped out of his squad car, he told jurors, Fields’ car took off again. Critzer stopped it again 100 yards away.

    The defense is expected to call seven or eight more witnesses to the stand on Wednesday.

    If convicted, Fields faces the possibility of life in prison.

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    Charlottesville jury begins deliberations in James Fields murder trial

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    A jury has begun deliberating in the murder trial of an Ohio man accused of intentionally driving his car into a crowd of counter-protesters at a white nationalist rally, killing one woman and injuring dozens.

    A prosecutor told jurors in closing arguments on Thursday that 21-year-old James Alex Fields Jr had hate and violence on his mind when he plunged the car into the crowd. Defense attorneys argued Fields had plowed into the crowd out of fear.

    The jury, which consists of seven women and five men, got the case on Friday morning.

    Fields is charged with first-degree murder and other felonies for the August 2017 crash that killed 32-year-old Heather Heyer. Her death came after police forced a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville to disband after participants had clashed with counter-demonstrators earlier.

    In closing arguments Thursday, a prosecutor reminded jurors about a text message sent by Fields the day before the rally that included an image of Adolf Hitler, and a meme he posted on Instagram showing bodies tossed into the air after a car plows into a crowd identified as “protesters”.

    But the defense attorney stressed the chaos of the day, when street fights broke out between white nationalists and counter-protesters and tear gas was used. She said Fields had urine thrown at him, had been yelled at, and saw a large crowd down the street surrounding two other cars and feared he would be attacked.

    Fields also faces lesser charges of manslaughter and unlawful wounding for the injuries he caused to other victims.

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    James Fields guilty of first-degree murder in Charlottesville car attack at white nationalist rally

    By Lucia I. Suarez Sang
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    Just over a year after he plowed his vehicle into a crowd protesting a white nationalist rally, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer, James Alex Fields Jr. was convicted Friday of first-degree murder and other felonies – and now faces the possibility of life in prison.

    A jury needed a little more than seven hours to convict Fields, of Maumee, Ohio, in the killing of Heyer during a “Unite the Right” rally in Virginia on Aug. 12, 2017.

    He was also found guilty of five counts of aggravated malicious wounding, three counts of malicious wounding and a count of leaving the scene of an accident. Fields faces life in prison.

    During closing arguments Thursday, prosecutor Nina-Alice Antony portrayed Fields as a hateful young man who idled his vehicle for more than a minute before backing up and then speeding into the crowd, killing Heyer and injuring dozens of other people.

    Video from a Virginia State Police helicopter captured the incident, showing a grey muscle car as it rammed the group and then drove away.

    Antony also referenced a text message sent by Fields the day before the rally after his mother told him to be careful.

    In the text, accompanied by a picture of Adolf Hitler, Fields wrote: “we’re not the one (sic) who need to be careful.”

    Antony also repeatedly reminded jurors about a meme Fields posted on Instagram three months before the crash. The image showed a crowd, identified as “protesters,” being rammed by a car, and depicted bodies being tossed in the air.

    "What we have is a man who had a decision, and he decides to turn his Instagram post into reality," she said.

    Defense attorney Denise Lunsford urged the jury to consider the chaos of the day, including the use of tear gas and a series of street fights between white nationalists, Antifa activists and counter-protesters.

    Lunsford said Fields only drove into the crowd out of fear after finding himself alone and unprotected.

    “Look at the circumstances as they appeared to him,” Lunsford said. “He says he felt he was in danger, there were people coming at him.”

    On Thursday, she urged the jury to find Fields guilty of “no more than” the lesser charges of manslaughter in Heyer’s death and unlawful wounding for the injuries to others.

    The “Unite the Right” rally was organized to protest plans to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

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    Jury to begin sentencing phase for James Fields Jr.

    The same jury that convicted a man of 1st-degree murder for driving his car into counterprotesters at a 2017 white nationalist rally will now decide his punishment.

    The jury in the trial of James Alex Fields Jr. will reconvene Monday to hear additional evidence and come up with a sentencing recommendation for Judge Richard Moore on murder and other charges.

    Fields, who is from the Toledo area, was convicted Friday in the death of Heather Heyer during the "Unite the Right" rally organized to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

    Fields also injured dozens when he drove into a crowd of people who showed up to protest against the white nationalists.

    Fields is also facing federal hate crime charges. If he is convicted in that case, he could face the death penalty.

    (source: Associated Press)
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    ALERT: Jury recommends life in prison for James Fields for first degree murder of Heather Heyer when he drove into crowd following white nationalist rally Aug. 12, 2017; Options were 20-life.

    Recommendations still being read on other counts.

    Recommendation: 70 years x 5 for aggravated malicious woundings, 20 x 3 for malicious woundings, 9 years for hit and run, plus life in prison for first degree murder.

    Also a fine of $100k.

    It will be up to Judge Richard Moore to decide on the punishment at Fields’s sentencing, set for 29 March.

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    James Fields, Jr. to Enter Plea Deal to Avoid Death Penalty

    The federal case against James Alex Fields, Jr., will likely not head to trial

    By Henry Graff
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    CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The federal case against James Alex Fields, Jr., will likely not head to trial.

    The white supremacist who’s already convicted on a state murder charge is set to enter into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.

    Fields is set to go before a federal judge on Wednesday, March 27.

    Sources say he will enter into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in order to avoid the death penalty.

    Back in June, federal prosecutors announced indictments against Fields on 30 federal civil rights charges.

    Twenty-nine of Fields' federal charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison while one carries the death penalty.

    This all stems from the car attack near Charlottesville's Downtown Mall following the Unite the Right rally in August 2017.

    A jury convicted Fields on a slew of state charges in December, including first-degree murder for the death of Heather Heyer.

    He's facing a recommended life sentence along with hundreds of more years from the state court.

    Formal sentencing on that is set for July 15.

    Fields will be present in-person at federal court on Wednesday.

    His hearing gets underway at 2:30 p.m.

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