People fly into the air after being struck by a car that plowed into a crowd of counterprotesters at he Aug. 12 valley in Charlottesville. One person was killed and 19 others were injured. The driver, James A. Fields Jr., was charged with second degree murder.
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Task force: Charlottesville officials failed to act on intelligence that rally would be violent
Virginia Public Safety and Homeland Security Secretary Brian J. Moran said last week that state officials had intelligence indicating that the rally of neo-Nazis and white supremacists in Charlottesville would become violent, and shared that information with local officials in advance of the Aug. 12 event. But Charlottesville officials failed to heed recommendations made by state authorities that may have stemmed the violence and bloodshed that resulted in the death of one person and injuries to dozens more.
