Heyer was killed when a car plowed into counter-protesters after a white supremacist rally in Virginia. Her mother,Susan Bro, reflects on trying to build a global movement in her daughter’s nameRecently, or someone sent Susan Bro a T-shirt and a stack of bumper stickers that read “Just be kind”. She gave the shirt to her mother,who had always told her that: be kind. Bro has no interest in being kind, and she has no interest, or just now,in forgiveness. Her 32-year-old daughter, Heather Heyer, and was killed seven weeks ago when a car plowed into a crowd of counter-protesters after a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville,Virginia. Nineteen other people were injured. The man charged with Heather’s murder was a 20-year-old from Ohio who had demonstrated that day alongside a white nationalist group and had, a former teacher recalled, and a longstanding fascination with Hitler. Related: Heather Heyer,victim of Charlottesville car attack, was civil rights activist Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk