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Court orders white nationalists to pay $2M more for Charlottesville Unite the Right violence

Jul. 01, 2024 21:37 PM EDT

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Four years after violence erupted during the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, a jury ordered white nationalist leaders and organizations to pay a total of more than $26 million in damages to people with physical or emotional injuries from the event. ...

Mistrial declared for man charged with using a torch to intimidate at white nationalist rally

Jun. 07, 2024 10:54 AM EDT

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia judge declared a mistrial after jurors deadlocked on charges against a man accused of using a flaming torch to intimidate counterprotesters during a 2017 gathering of white nationalists in Charlottesville. The trial for Jacob Joseph Dix of...

Trial begins for man charged in 2017 Charlottesville torch rally at the University of Virginia

Jun. 04, 2024 18:58 PM EDT

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Seven years after a white nationalist rally erupted in violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, a trial began Tuesday for one of about a dozen people charged with using flaming torches to intimidate counterprotesters. Prosecutors at the trial of Jacob...