Defense Rests In Virginia Murder Trial of White Nationalist

According to Reuters, prosecutors in the murder trial of a white nationalist said on Thursday the defendant was motivated by hatred when he drove his car into crowd of counterprotesters last year. The prosecutor Nina-Alice Antony said the 21-year-old defendant had no reason to be fearful, and that he came to the rally from Ohio intending to harm others. Defense attorneys suggested that James Fields was intimidated by a hostile crowd and acted in self defense.

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