A man who drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia was convicted Friday of first-degree murder for killing a woman in an attack that inflamed long-simmering racial and political tensions across the United States. A state jury rejected arguments that James Alex Fields Jr. acted in self-defence during a "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville on Aug. 12, 2017. Fields, 21, drove to Virginia from his home in Maumee, Ohio, to support the white nationalists. Prosecutors told the jury that Fields was angry after witnessing violent clashes between the two sides earlier in the day. People flew into the air as Fields drove his car into a group of protesters demonstrating against the white nationalist rally.

Source: CBC News December 07, 2018 22:32 UTC