Dramatic photos of Charlottesville protest turning violent, car ramming crowd
People fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to liquidate a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress via AP)
A vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to eliminate a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them. /The Daily Progress via AP)
A vehicle reverses after driving into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to liquidate a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress via AP)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – AUGUST 12: The car that allegedly plowed through a crowd of protestors marching through a downtown shopping district is seen after the vehicle was stopped by police several blocks away August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car allegedly plowed through a crowd, and at least one person has died from the incident, following the shutdown of the ‘Unite the Right’ rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the ‘alt-right’ and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Pictures)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – AUGUST 12: The car that allegedly plowed through a crowd of protestors marching through a downtown shopping district is seen after the vehicle was stopped by police several blocks away August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car allegedly plowed through a crowd, and at least one person has died from the incident, following the shutdown of the ‘Unite the Right’ rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the ‘alt-right’ and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Photos)
Rescue personnel help injured people after a car ran into a large group of protesters after an white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to liquidate a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Rescue workers and medics tend to many people who were injured when a car plowed through a crowd of anti-facist counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
Rescue personnel help injured people after a car ran into a large group of protesters after an white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to liquidate a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Rescue personnel help injured people after a car ran into a large group of protesters after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to liquidate a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
People receive first-aid after a car accident ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, announcing a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDSPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Pictures
Rescue workers stir victims on stretchers after car plowed through a crowd of counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pics)
Rescue workers and medics tend to many people who were injured when a car plowed through a crowd of anti-facist counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pics)
Rescue workers and medics tend to many people who were injured when a car plowed through a crowd of anti-facist counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
Rescue workers and volunteer medics tend to people who were injured when a car plowed through a crowd of anti-facist counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
Volunteers help a victim after a car plowed through a crowd of anti-facist counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
Rescue workers and medics tend to many people who were injured when a car plowed through a crowd of anti-facist counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pics)
Rescue personnel help an injured woman after a car ran into a large group of protesters after an white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to liquidate a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them.(AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Rescue personnel help an injured woman after a car ran into a large group of protesters after an white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to liquidate a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them.(AP Photo/Steve Helber)
A woman is received first-aid after a car accident ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, proclaiming a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDSPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Pics
A woman is received first-aid after a car ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, proclaiming a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDSPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Pics
People receive first-aid after a car ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, announcing a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDSPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Photos
People receive first-aid after a car accident ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, proclaiming a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDSPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Photos
Rescue workers and volunteers help get victims to the hospital after a car plowed through a crowd of counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
People receive first-aid after a car accident ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, announcing a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDSPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Pics
Volunteers help a victim into the back of a truck to be taken to the hospital after a car plowed through a crowd of anti-facist counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pics)
People receive first-aid after a car ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017. A vehicle plowed into a crowd of people Saturday at a Virginia rally where violence erupted inbetween white nationalist demonstrators and counter-protesters, witnesses said, causing an unclear number of injuries. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDSPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Pictures
People receive first-aid after a car ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017. A vehicle plowed into a crowd of people Saturday at a Virginia rally where violence erupted inbetween white nationalist demonstrators and counter-protesters, witnesses said, causing an unclear number of injuries. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDSPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Pictures
Rescue workers and medics tend to people who were injured as a car with the license plate GODKPME that was hit after another car plowed through a crowd of counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
Rescue personnel help injured people after a car ran into a large group of protesters after an white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to eliminate a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
State Police in riot gear guard Lee Park after a white nationalist demonstration was announced illegal and the park was cleared in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Hundreds of people chanted, threw punches, hurled water bottles and released chemical drizzles on each other Saturday after violence erupted at the white nationalist rally. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” clash with counter-protesters in the street after the “Unite the Right” rally was delcared a unlawful gathering by Virginia State Police August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were compelled out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pics)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” take refuge in an alleyway after being hit with pepper splatter after the “Unite the Right” rally was announced an unlawful gathering August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” clash with counter-protesters in the street after the “Unite the Right” rally was delcared a unlawful gathering by Virginia State Police August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pics)
White nationalist demonstrators class with counter demonstrators at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Gov. Terry McAuliffe proclaimed a state of emergency and police dressed in riot gear ordered people to disperse after chaotic violent clashes inbetween white nationalists and counter protestors. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
A white nationalist demonstrator walks into Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Hundreds of people chanted, threw punches, hurled water bottles and let out chemical rockets on each other Saturday after violence erupted at a white nationalist rally in Virginia. At least one person was arrested. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
White nationalist demonstrators use shields as they guard the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” are compelled out of Lee Park after the Unite the Right rally was announced an unlawful gathering August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” with figure armor and combat weapons evacuate comrades who were pepper sprayed after the “Unite the Right” rally was delcared a unlawful gathering by Virginia State Police August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering and people were compelled out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” with assets armor and combat weapons evacuate comrades who were pepper sprayed after the “Unite the Right” rally was delcared a unlawful gathering by Virginia State Police August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” with figure armor and combat weapons evacuate comrades who were pepper sprayed after the “Unite the Right” rally was delcared a unlawful gathering by Virginia State Police August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering and people were compelled out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” with figure armor and combat weapons evacuate comrades who were pepper sprayed after the “Unite the Right” rally was delcared a unlawful gathering by Virginia State Police August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pics)
A white nationalist demonstrator helps a demonstrator after a clash with counter demonstrators at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced a state of emergency and police dressed in riot gear ordered people to disperse after chaotic violent clashes inbetween white nationalists and counter protestors. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
A white nationalist demonstrator, bloodied after a clash with a counter demonstrator, talks on the radio receiver at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced a state of emergency and police dressed in riot gear ordered people to disperse after chaotic violent clashes inbetween white nationalists and counter protestors. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
White nationalist demonstrators walk into Lee park surrounded by counter demonstrators in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced a state of emergency and police dressed in riot gear ordered people to disperse after chaotic violent clashes inbetween white nationalists and counter protestors. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Anti-fascist counter-protesters wait outside Lee Park to hurl insluts as white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” are compelled out after the “Unite the Right” rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were compelled out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
A white nationalist demonstrator with a helmet and shield walks into Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Hundreds of people chanted, threw punches, hurled water bottles and whipped out chemical spills on each other Saturday after violence erupted at a white nationalist rally in Virginia. At least one person was arrested. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” clash with police as they are coerced out of Lee Park after the “Unite the Right” rally was announced an unlawful gathering August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
White nationalist demonstrators clash with counter demonstrators at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced a state of emergency and police dressed in riot gear ordered people to disperse after chaotic violent clashes inbetween white nationalists and counter protestors. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
White nationalist Richard Spencer (C) and his supporters clash with Virginia State Police in Lee Park after the “United the Right” rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” clashed with anti-facist protesters and police as they attempted to hold a rally in Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” march down East Market Street toward Lee Park during the “United the Right” rally August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pics)
Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” march down East Market Street toward Lee Park during the “United the Right” rally August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pics)
In this twitter hand-out photo courtesy the Virginia State Police Arrests are being made following declaration of unlawful assembly at Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12, 2017. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, proclaiming a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / Virginia State Police / Virginia State Police / == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: “AFP PHOTO / VIRGINIA STATE POLICE / HAND-OUT / NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==VIRGINIA STATE POLICE/AFP/Getty Photos
An anti-fascist counter-protester hurls a newspaper box toward white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” during the “Unite the Right” rally outside Lee Park August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pics)
A protester hurls insults at Virginia State Police officer as rescue workers and medics tend to many people who were injured when a car plowed through a crowd in the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
A counter demonstrator gets a splash of water after being hit by pepper bust at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Gov. Terry McAuliffe proclaimed a state of emergency and police dressed in riot gear ordered people to disperse after chaotic violent clashes inbetween white nationalists and counter protestors. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” march down East Market Street toward Lee Park during the “United the Right” rally August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were compelled out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” are compelled out of Lee Park after the “Unite the Right” rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were compelled out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pics)
Protesters march in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12, 2017. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, proclaiming a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDSPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Photos
Protesters use their banners to block the view of victims injured when a car plowed through a crowd of demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” are confronted by protesters as they march down East Market Street toward Lee Park during the “United the Right” rally August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were compelled out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pics)
Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” march down East Market Street toward Lee Park during the “United the Right” rally August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were compelled out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” march down East Market Street toward Lee Park during the “United the Right” rally August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
Colleen Cook, 26, holds a sign as hundreds of people are facing off in Charlottesville, Va., ahead of a white nationalist rally planned in the Virginia city’s downtown, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Cook, a teacher who attended UVA, said she sent her black son out of town for the weekend. “This isn’t how he should have to grow up,” she said. (AP Photo/Sarah Rankin)
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President Donald Trump speaks about the ongoing situation in Charlottesville, Va., at Trump National Golf Club, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Donald Trump speaks to the press about protests in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, Fresh Jersey. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, announcing a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSONJIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Pictures
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President Donald Trump speaks to the press about protests in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, Fresh Jersey. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, proclaiming a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSONJIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Pics
Photos: Charlottesville protest violence, car ramming crowd
Dramatic photos of Charlottesville protest turning violent, car ramming crowd
People fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to liquidate a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress via AP)
A vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to liquidate a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them. /The Daily Progress via AP)
A vehicle reverses after driving into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to eliminate a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress via AP)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – AUGUST 12: The car that allegedly plowed through a crowd of protestors marching through a downtown shopping district is seen after the vehicle was stopped by police several blocks away August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car allegedly plowed through a crowd, and at least one person has died from the incident, following the shutdown of the ‘Unite the Right’ rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the ‘alt-right’ and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Photos)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – AUGUST 12: The car that allegedly plowed through a crowd of protestors marching through a downtown shopping district is seen after the vehicle was stopped by police several blocks away August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car allegedly plowed through a crowd, and at least one person has died from the incident, following the shutdown of the ‘Unite the Right’ rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the ‘alt-right’ and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Pictures)
Rescue personnel help injured people after a car ran into a large group of protesters after an white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to liquidate a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Rescue workers and medics tend to many people who were injured when a car plowed through a crowd of anti-facist counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
Rescue personnel help injured people after a car ran into a large group of protesters after an white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to liquidate a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Rescue personnel help injured people after a car ran into a large group of protesters after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to liquidate a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
People receive first-aid after a car accident ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, proclaiming a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDSPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Pictures
Rescue workers budge victims on stretchers after car plowed through a crowd of counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
Rescue workers and medics tend to many people who were injured when a car plowed through a crowd of anti-facist counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
Rescue workers and medics tend to many people who were injured when a car plowed through a crowd of anti-facist counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
Rescue workers and volunteer medics tend to people who were injured when a car plowed through a crowd of anti-facist counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
Volunteers help a victim after a car plowed through a crowd of anti-facist counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pics)
Rescue workers and medics tend to many people who were injured when a car plowed through a crowd of anti-facist counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pics)
Rescue personnel help an injured woman after a car ran into a large group of protesters after an white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to liquidate a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them.(AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Rescue personnel help an injured woman after a car ran into a large group of protesters after an white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to liquidate a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them.(AP Photo/Steve Helber)
A woman is received first-aid after a car accident ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, announcing a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDSPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Pics
A woman is received first-aid after a car ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, announcing a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDSPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Photos
People receive first-aid after a car ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, proclaiming a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDSPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Pictures
People receive first-aid after a car accident ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, proclaiming a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDSPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Photos
Rescue workers and volunteers help get victims to the hospital after a car plowed through a crowd of counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
People receive first-aid after a car accident ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, proclaiming a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDSPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Pictures
Volunteers help a victim into the back of a truck to be taken to the hospital after a car plowed through a crowd of anti-facist counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
People receive first-aid after a car ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017. A vehicle plowed into a crowd of people Saturday at a Virginia rally where violence erupted inbetween white nationalist demonstrators and counter-protesters, witnesses said, causing an unclear number of injuries. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDSPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Pictures
People receive first-aid after a car ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, VA on August 12, 2017. A vehicle plowed into a crowd of people Saturday at a Virginia rally where violence erupted inbetween white nationalist demonstrators and counter-protesters, witnesses said, causing an unclear number of injuries. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDSPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Photos
Rescue workers and medics tend to people who were injured as a car with the license plate GODKPME that was hit after another car plowed through a crowd of counter-demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pics)
Rescue personnel help injured people after a car ran into a large group of protesters after an white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to eliminate a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
State Police in riot gear guard Lee Park after a white nationalist demonstration was announced illegal and the park was cleared in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Hundreds of people chanted, threw punches, hurled water bottles and pulled out chemical busts on each other Saturday after violence erupted at the white nationalist rally. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” clash with counter-protesters in the street after the “Unite the Right” rally was delcared a unlawful gathering by Virginia State Police August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” take refuge in an alleyway after being hit with pepper sploog after the “Unite the Right” rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were compelled out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” clash with counter-protesters in the street after the “Unite the Right” rally was delcared a unlawful gathering by Virginia State Police August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were compelled out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
White nationalist demonstrators class with counter demonstrators at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced a state of emergency and police dressed in riot gear ordered people to disperse after chaotic violent clashes inbetween white nationalists and counter protestors. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
A white nationalist demonstrator walks into Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Hundreds of people chanted, threw punches, hurled water bottles and pulled out chemical spills on each other Saturday after violence erupted at a white nationalist rally in Virginia. At least one person was arrested. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
White nationalist demonstrators use shields as they guard the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” are compelled out of Lee Park after the Unite the Right rally was announced an unlawful gathering August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” with bod armor and combat weapons evacuate comrades who were pepper sprayed after the “Unite the Right” rally was delcared a unlawful gathering by Virginia State Police August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” with bod armor and combat weapons evacuate comrades who were pepper sprayed after the “Unite the Right” rally was delcared a unlawful gathering by Virginia State Police August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” with assets armor and combat weapons evacuate comrades who were pepper sprayed after the “Unite the Right” rally was delcared a unlawful gathering by Virginia State Police August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” with bod armor and combat weapons evacuate comrades who were pepper sprayed after the “Unite the Right” rally was delcared a unlawful gathering by Virginia State Police August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were compelled out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
A white nationalist demonstrator helps a demonstrator after a clash with counter demonstrators at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Gov. Terry McAuliffe proclaimed a state of emergency and police dressed in riot gear ordered people to disperse after chaotic violent clashes inbetween white nationalists and counter protestors. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
A white nationalist demonstrator, bloodied after a clash with a counter demonstrator, talks on the radio receiver at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced a state of emergency and police dressed in riot gear ordered people to disperse after chaotic violent clashes inbetween white nationalists and counter protestors. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
White nationalist demonstrators walk into Lee park surrounded by counter demonstrators in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced a state of emergency and police dressed in riot gear ordered people to disperse after chaotic violent clashes inbetween white nationalists and counter protestors. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Anti-fascist counter-protesters wait outside Lee Park to hurl insluts as white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” are compelled out after the “Unite the Right” rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were compelled out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
A white nationalist demonstrator with a helmet and shield walks into Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Hundreds of people chanted, threw punches, hurled water bottles and extracted chemical splashes on each other Saturday after violence erupted at a white nationalist rally in Virginia. At least one person was arrested. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” clash with police as they are compelled out of Lee Park after the “Unite the Right” rally was announced an unlawful gathering August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were compelled out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
White nationalist demonstrators clash with counter demonstrators at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced a state of emergency and police dressed in riot gear ordered people to disperse after chaotic violent clashes inbetween white nationalists and counter protestors. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
White nationalist Richard Spencer (C) and his supporters clash with Virginia State Police in Lee Park after the “United the Right” rally was announced an unlawful gathering August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” clashed with anti-facist protesters and police as they attempted to hold a rally in Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” march down East Market Street toward Lee Park during the “United the Right” rally August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” march down East Market Street toward Lee Park during the “United the Right” rally August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pics)
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An anti-fascist counter-protester hurls a newspaper box toward white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” during the “Unite the Right” rally outside Lee Park August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
A protester hurls insults at Virginia State Police officer as rescue workers and medics tend to many people who were injured when a car plowed through a crowd in the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pics)
A counter demonstrator gets a splash of water after being hit by pepper splatter at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced a state of emergency and police dressed in riot gear ordered people to disperse after chaotic violent clashes inbetween white nationalists and counter protestors. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” march down East Market Street toward Lee Park during the “United the Right” rally August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pics)
White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” are coerced out of Lee Park after the “Unite the Right” rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pics)
Protesters march in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12, 2017. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, proclaiming a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / PAUL J. RICHARDSPAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Pics
Protesters use their banners to block the view of victims injured when a car plowed through a crowd of demonstrators marching through the downtown shopping district August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. The car plowed through the crowed following the shutdown of the “Unite the Right” rally by police after white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” and counter-protesters clashed near Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” are confronted by protesters as they march down East Market Street toward Lee Park during the “United the Right” rally August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was proclaimed an unlawful gathering and people were compelled out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be eliminated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photos)
Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” march down East Market Street toward Lee Park during the “United the Right” rally August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were coerced out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” march down East Market Street toward Lee Park during the “United the Right” rally August 12, two thousand seventeen in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-facist protesters and police the rally was announced an unlawful gathering and people were compelled out of Lee Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be liquidated. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
Colleen Cook, 26, holds a sign as hundreds of people are facing off in Charlottesville, Va., ahead of a white nationalist rally planned in the Virginia city’s downtown, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. Cook, a teacher who attended UVA, said she sent her black son out of town for the weekend. “This isn’t how he should have to grow up,” she said. (AP Photo/Sarah Rankin)
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President Donald Trump speaks about the ongoing situation in Charlottesville, Va., at Trump National Golf Club, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Donald Trump speaks to the press about protests in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, Fresh Jersey. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, announcing a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSONJIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Photos
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President Donald Trump speaks to the press about protests in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, Fresh Jersey. A picturesque Virginia city braced Saturday for a flood of white nationalist demonstrators as well as counter-protesters, proclaiming a local emergency as law enforcement attempted to quell early violent clashes. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSONJIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Photos