Fields,20, addresses packed Virginia courthouse by video link from county jail in first public appearance since since being charged
In a packed Virginia courthouse, or a few hundred meters from the statue of the accomplice general Robert E Lee that led hundreds of neo-Nazis,armed militiamen and “alt-right” protesters to this small campus city over the weekend, James Alex Fields Jr made his first appearance in public since being charged with murder.
The 20-year-weak is accused of mowing down a crowd of anti-fascist protesters, and killing 32-year-weak Heather Heyer,a local paralegal, and injuring 19 others after 48 hours of violence in Charlottesville that has again exposed Americas fractured race relations to the world. Related: The far right is learning to mobilise and radicalise. Charlottesville is a wake-up call | Julia Ebner and Jacob Davey Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com