VA - Car plows through counter-protest marchers at Klan/White Nationalist Rally, Aug 2017 *Guilty*

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  • #101
NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 2h2 hours ago
Before Bower testified, Peter Jasiurkowski testifed. He and his friend were riding bicycles in downtown Charlottesville on Aug. 12, 2017.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 2h2 hours ago
Peter and his friend rode on Market Street and turned down 4th Street. Going down, they passed a gray Dodge Challenger that was creeping down the hill then turned on reverse lights.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 2h2 hours ago
The two stopped in front of Timberlake's on the pedestrian mall and then heard a loud acceleration. They turned and saw the Challenger hit a speed bump, catch air, hit ground on mall, hit second speed bump, and continue speeding down 4th Street.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 2h2 hours ago
The two stood in shock and then saw the car come back up 4th Street in reverse traveling as fast as it was going before.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 2h2 hours ago
During cross examination, the defense asked Peter if he saw any barriers on Market Street near 4th Street. He said he did not.
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  • #102
Henry Graff‏Verified account @HenryGraff 2h2 hours ago
UPDATE: Prosecutor in James Fields, Jr. trial says they are "far ahead of schedule." DNA expert expected to witness stand next. Prior, medical examiner reviewed Heather Heyer's autopsy report, describing injuries, adding Heyer died from blunt force trauma to the torso. @NBC29


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 55m55 minutes ago
BREAKING: DNA analyst Kristin Van Itallie says Heather Heyer cannot be elminated as a contributor to the DNA profile developed from known sample owindshield of Fields's car. Says it is a 1 in 7.2 billon chance that the DNA profile is not hers.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 38m38 minutes ago
MORE: Van Itallie says Heyer cannot be eliminated as a contributor to DNA profiles developed from the passenger side-view mirror of Challenger, grill of Challenger, and roadway on 4th Street.
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  • #103
NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 37m37 minutes ago
The commonwealth's next witness was UVA police officer Dean Dotts. Officer Dotts was a responding officer to a hit-and-run on Aug. 12, 2017


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 36m36 minutes ago
Dotts arrived to the scene on Monticello Avenue where Fields' Challenger was pulled over on the side of the road by police. Dotts parked in front to block a potential escape.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 35m35 minutes ago
Dotts then turned on his body clip camera. That video was shared with the jury. When Dotts approached the car, he saw what appearanced to be blood and flesh on the car. He called in forensics.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 34m34 minutes ago
During cross examination, the defense asked if Fields was compliant while being questioned by police. Dotts said he was and no weapons were found on him.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 33m33 minutes ago
Court has ended for the day. Judge Moore said the prosecution is confident they will rest their case before lunch tomorrow. Court will pick back up at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow.
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White nationalist rally victim 'pulseless' after crash: rescue worker

December 3, 2018

"CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) - The woman killed by a car at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, looked lifeless after being struck, the rescue worker who tried to save her life testified on Monday at the trial of the man charged with murdering her.

The woman, 32-year-old Heather Heyer, was “pulseless,” with no heartbeat or breath, Charlottesville fire Captain Steward “Nick” Barrell, a paramedic, testified in Charlottesville Circuit Court.

The testimony launched the second week of the murder trial of James Fields, in which Virginia prosecutors are seeking to prove that the death of Heyer was premeditated...."

White nationalist rally victim 'pulseless' after crash: rescue worker | Reuters

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  • #106
Facebook blocks reporter’s meme post in Charlottesville car murder case

December 3, 2018

"WASHINGTON — Three months before James Alex Fields allegedly drove his Dodge Challenger into a crowd of counter-protesters at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017, he posted an Instagram meme showing a car plowing into a group of protesters — but Facebook blocked a reporter who posted the meme in his coverage of Fields’ murder trial.

Charlottesville journalist Hawes Spencer, whose book “Summer of Hate,” detailed the tension and violence before, during and after the Unite the Right rally, posted the meme after Charlottesville Circuit Court Judge Richard Moore ruled the meme admissible as prosecution evidence during Fields’ trial.

In addition, jurors have also heard testimony from Ryan Kelly, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his photo showing Marcus Martin and others flying through the air after being struck.

Prosecutors have argued the meme served as a “blueprint” for the attack.

“I posted the two images side by side,” said Spencer. “The Instagram meme, and the photo of people being killed an injured.”

Yet, Facebook twice removed the images, saying they violated community standards. After the second instance, the social media giant blocked Spencer from posting content for 24 hours.

Spencer, who is also an adjunct professor at James Madison University, said he was simply doing his job as a journalist, in reporting on evidence being used in trial...."

Facebook blocks reporter’s meme post in Charlottesville car murder case | WTOP
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Updated: Fields Jury Hear Details of Heather Heyer's Death

Dec 03, 2018

"CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) -
Experts and witnesses called to the stand by the commonwealth are taking jurors through the grim details in the James Alex Fields, Junior trial.

Heather Heyer had an "almost zero chance" of surviving her injuries, according to testimony Monday, December 3, from Charlottesville Fire Chief Captain Steward "Nick" Barrell. He told the court that CPR was attempted, but Barrell noted bruising across Heyer's chest that suggested she suffered a very serious injury. A Virginia State Police trooper had to also apply a tourniquet to a large laceration on Heyer's leg.

Testimony in the Fields trial has largely featured first-hand accounts from people who were injured by the car attack on Fourth Street, by the intersection with Water Street. ...

Court ended for the day just before 3 p.m. Friday. Judge Richard Moore said the prosecution is confident it will rest its case before lunch Tuesday, December 4."

Updated: Fields Jury Hear Details of Heather Heyer's Death
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  • #107
Henry Graff‏Verified account @HenryGraff 14m14 minutes ago
Judge set to rule Tuesday on evidence in James Fields Jr. trial. Prosecutors want to show jurors a text conversation between Fields and his mother. In it, Fields says “we’re not the one who needs to be careful.” along with an image of Adolf Hitler. Defense says it’s prejudicial.

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  • #110
Hawes Spencer‏ @HawesSpencer 4h4 hours ago
On the afternoon of August 11, 2017, after his mother texted him to be careful at the Charlottesville rally he was planning to attend, James Alex Fields Jr. texted his mother an image of Adolf Hitler along with an assurance that "we're not the one [sic] who need to be careful."

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Hawes Spencer‏ @HawesSpencer 4h4 hours ago
The prosecutor argues that this message implies "aggression and violent intent against perceived opponents." Via counsel, Fields argues that the text is inflammatory and unfairly prejudicial to the murder case against him. The judge may decide today whether to admit the evidence.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 1h1 hour ago
Before witness testimony this morning, Judge Moore is hearing arguments from attorneys on both sides for the commonwealth's motion to admit more evidence. Arguments are being made in the judge's chambers and the jury is in recess. Expected to be around a 30 minute wait.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 59m59 minutes ago
ICYMI: Yesterday, the commonwealth moved to admit evidence obtained from text messages between Fields and his mother in the days leading up to the Unite the Right Rally. In his reply on August 11th, Fields included a picture of Adolf Hitler.

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NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 4m4 minutes ago
JUST IN: Judge Moore rules to allow use of evidence from commonwealth involving texts between Fields and his mom, including a picture of Adolf Hitler. Moore said the picture shows intent or motive of violence.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 2m2 minutes ago
Judge Moore said the picture modifies Fields words, saying if his text were accompanied by a photo of Mahatma Ghandi, the message would be different. Also says it's still up to the jury to decide, but that's why he is allowing it to be shown.
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  • #111
NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 20m20 minutes ago
MORE: Judge Moore is also granting a motion by the commonwealth to use phone calls between Fields and his mother as evidence.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 20m20 minutes ago
Moore is admitting use of parts of phone calls from December 7, 2017 and March 21, 2018. He says each of these conversations relate to matters of August 12, 2017 and the consequences that came after as well as his views on the events and people involved.
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  • #112
THANK YOU YESorNO for posting tweets from the courthouse, I so appreciate it.
 
  • #113
NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 36m36 minutes ago
Detective Steve Young, a responding officer to a hit-and-run on August 12, 2017, is on the witness stand. Young also previously testified last week.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 5m5 minutes ago
Young was patrolling Emancipation Park on August 12 when he was told to look into a possible hit-and-run on the downtown mall. He hears over the radio of a police evasion and follows location. He arrives to see Fields out of the car and in handcuffs.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 3m3 minutes ago
The commonwealth shared evidence obtained from Fields' phone after Young got a search warrant for data on the phone. The data shared included a text messages between Fields and his mom in the days before the rally. One text included a photo of Adolf Hitler.

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NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 9m9 minutes ago
Young activated his body camera on the way to the scene. That video was seen by the jury. The video was mostly inaudible to reporters, but Fields is cooperative to Young as he is being searched. Young says at this point, he knows little information and treats Fields with respect.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 7m7 minutes ago
Fields repeatedly says "I'm sorry" during the video while being searched. He is asked why. Fields says "I don't know.. I didn't want to hurt anyone...I thought they were attacking me." Fields later said he thought Antifa members were attacking him.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 6m6 minutes ago
After meeting with investigators at 4th and Water Street, Young brought Fields to the CPD interview room. Video of that was shared with the jury. Detective Kirby read Fields his miranda rights and Fields chooses not to speak.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 6m6 minutes ago
After hearing of many injuries and one casualty at 4th and Water, Fields went into a panic state and hyperventilated for 2 to 3 minutes before calming down.
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  • #114
NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 21m21 minutes ago
Fields was taken to jail and questioned by a magistrate. Fields said he was trying to go home and saw crowd forming around cars in front of him. He didn't know what to do and said he got a feeling he didn't know how to describe.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 21m21 minutes ago
Fields said his back windshield was broken and didn't know he was being following by police.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 19m19 minutes ago
The commonwealth shared phone calls made by Fields from jail attained by Young. In one call made to his mom on March 21, 2018, Fields said he spent most of his life doing nothing wrong. Fields also described the crowd at 4th and Water as a violent group of terrorists.

Hawes Spencer‏ @HawesSpencer 44m44 minutes ago
Fields: "I get mobbed by a violent group of terrorists for defending my right to assembly."


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 19m19 minutes ago
In the call, Fields also said the crowd was waving ISIS flags.


molly ‏ @socialistdogmom 11m11 minutes ago
in those calls, fields sounds angry. he tells his mother the media is showing “propaganda” about him. “they’re trying to push a narrative.” he tells his mother that the antifa were carrying ISIS flags that day, to which she says she doesn’t think nazi flags are much better.



NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 17m17 minutes ago
In a second call made to his mom on Dec. 7, 2017, Fields said that Susan Bro (Mom of Heather Heyer) was slandering his namr. He called her an "anti-white communist" and said "she's the enemy." Fields' mom did not agree with his statements.

molly ‏ @socialistdogmom 12m12 minutes ago
in the dec 2017 call, fields tells his mother “she’s one of those anti-white commies. it doesn’t matter. she’s a f-ing communist.” she tells him to stop talking, probably because she knows the call is recorded. “she is the enemy. you need to hear me, mother,” he says angrily.


molly ‏ @socialistdogmom 14m14 minutes ago
the portion of the call that would tell us who the “she” in that conversation refers to is not played, likely because it would be prejudicial. i’m willing to hazard a guess he is referring to the woman he murdered, heather heyer.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 15m15 minutes ago
During cross examination, Young told the defense that approximately one call was made by Fields from the jail beteeen August 2017 and March 2018. He also said Fields was not flagged when his information was bring run during his initial detainment.
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  • #115
NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 15m15 minutes ago
The commonwealth's next witness was Brent Meyer, who is a special operstions specialist with the FBI. Meyer was in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017 serving in a support role.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 13m13 minutes ago
As part of the investigation, Meyer ran a report on Fields' Facebook profile. The report shared geo-locations that showed Fields's trip from Ohio (leaving early evening on August 11, 2017) and arriving to Charlottesville in the early morning the next day.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 10m10 minutes ago
In another return, the FBI received data from Fields' Instagam account. They found one picture privately sent to a another Instagram user (left) and another similar photo posted by Fields to his account (right) showing a car driving into a crowd of people.

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NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 10m10 minutes ago
During cross examination, Meyer said the Instagram photo posted by Fields was later deleted. He also said he was not able to determine if Fields was the original creator of the memes.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 9m9 minutes ago
The court has broken for lunch and will resume around 2:30 p.m. The prosecution has not yet rested its case.
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  • #116
molly ‏ @socialistdogmom 10m10 minutes ago
fields was sitting in an interrogation room, hands cuffed in his lap, when he asked detective kirby “are they ok?” kirby tells him people have serious injuries and that one of them has passed away. fields immediately begins loudly hyperventilating.


molly ‏ @socialistdogmom 10m10 minutes ago
the choking, gasping, sobbing sounds are audible from the video for several minutes. in the courtroom, fields is anxiously tapping a pencil on the defense table. the version of himself from over a year ago is having a panic attack.
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  • #117
NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 2h2 hours ago
The commonwealth has rested its case. Prosecutors brought in two more items of evidence into the record and went over list of indictments before resting.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 2h2 hours ago
Those items of evidence included one photo and one thumb drive (containing previous items of evidence).


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 1h1 hour ago
Judge Moore has denied the defense's motion to strike down some of the indictments by the commonwealth. "I don't know what intent he would have other than to kill" he said referring to Fields driving into the crowd.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 1h1 hour ago
The commonwealth rebutted the defense's argument that Fields could not intend to kill Heyer by saying he intended to kill anyone, not specifically Heyer. #FieldsTrial


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 1h1 hour ago
Moore also said that Fields may not have created the memes shared on Instagram, but he certainly adopted them.
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  • #118
NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 27m27 minutes ago
The defense's first witness was Detective Jeremy Carper, who previously testified. He checked the interior of Fields' car on August 12, 2017 after Fields had been detained #FieldsTrial


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 26m26 minutes ago
Photos taken of the inside of the car were shared with the jury. Carper said the photos were in line with what he saw that day. The interior was clean with the exception of broken glass consistent with the incident.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 25m25 minutes ago
Carper also said clothes worn by Fields were retieved. A stain on the front of his shirt was also seen in a photo of Fields during the rally. No weapons, helmets, or shields were found in his car.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 25m25 minutes ago
During cross examination, the prosecution asked Carper if there was a detectable odor of mace or pepper spray. Carper said no.
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  • #119
NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 24m24 minutes ago
The defense's first witness was officer Tammy Shifflett, who was assigned to direct traffic at the intersection of 4th and Market Street on August 12, 2017. #FieldsTrial


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 24m24 minutes ago
Shifflett said cars driving south on 4th Street that day had to turn left on Market. Barriers were blocking other directions.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 22m22 minutes ago
After police declared unlawful assembly at the rally, a large crowd started toward Shifflett. She described the crowd as angry, mad, and had violent behavior such as throwing bottles. She couldn't tell people apart and people from both sides were bunched together.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 21m21 minutes ago
She called for assistance. She tried breaking up fights and began feeling the affects of tear gas. She was told by her commander to leave the location. She was not aware if a replacement was sent to the location, but a barrier was still in place when she left.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 19m19 minutes ago
During cross examination, Shifflett told the prosecution that there was no crowd on Market Street at the time of the car crash and nobody at the intersection of 4th and Market Street.
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  • #120
NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 17m17 minutes ago
Deputy Paul Critzer of the Charlottesville Police Department took the stand next for the defense. One of Critzer's jobs on August 12, 2017 was to pick up a magistrate and bring them to the jail in anticipation for the need later that day. #FieldsTrial


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 17m17 minutes ago
After brining the magistrate to the jail, Critzer was passed by Fields' Challenger after it had left the scene of the crash. Critzer was still unaware of what had happened.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 16m16 minutes ago
Critzer persued Fields with his lights and sirens on. He followed him down Market, then across the Belmont Bridge, then down Monticello Ave before it finally stopped.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 15m15 minutes ago
Critzer ordered Fields to put his hands out of the window. Critzer stepped out of his car and the Challenger took off at approximately 30 to 40 mph. Critzer stopped him again about 100 yards later.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 14m14 minutes ago
After he was stopped again, Fields was ordered to toss the keys out of the window. Critzer aporoached the Challenger from the passenger side. No airbag had been deployed and Fields seemed calm.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 14m14 minutes ago
CORRECTION: Critzer is with the Charlottesville Sheriff's Office, not CPD.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 12m12 minutes ago
Critzer said Fields was saying "I'm sorry" while being detained. Between turning his lights on and detaining Fields, Critzer traveled approximately .9 miles and drove for 4-5 minutes.


NBC29 Fields Trial‏ @NBC29Trials 12m12 minutes ago
During cross examination, Critzer told the prosecution there are four signs for Interstate 64 on the route of his pursuit of Fields.
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