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Violence in Virginia
A far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia turned violent this weekend. The "Unite the Right Rally," organized and filled with white supremacists, neo-Nazis, neo-Confederates, and other members of the Alt-Right, marched together and protested the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue from a local park. The protestors of the Unite the Right Rally were met with crowds of counter-protesters speaking against the rally, and many brawls between the two groups ensued. The violence culminated when a member of the Unite the Right Rally ran his car into a group of counter-protestors, killing one instantly and injuring 19 more. The attacker is being tried in court today for second-degree murder and malicious wounding.
This map shows the major locations involved in the rally this weekend. Click on the map to learn more.
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