Susan Bro, left, mother of Heather Heyer who was killed in August 2017 while counterprotesting during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, gets a hug from a supporter after the June 28 federal court sentencing of James A. Fields Jr. in Ms. Heyer’s death.
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White supremacist gets life sentence in Charlottesville rally death
An avowed white supremacist who deliberately drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injuring dozens, apologized to his victims before being sentenced on June 28 to life in prison on federal hate crime charges.