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$25 million awarded in case against white supremacists responsible for ‘Unite the Right’ in Charlottesville

Wednesday, November 24 by ABC News

(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- Four years after "Unite the Right" was held in Charlottesville, Virginia, a federal jury has ordered the white nationalist leaders and organizations who backed the deadly rally to pay more than $25 million in damages to nine plaintiffs.The rally began as...

Charlottesville civil trial over deadly 2017 ‘Unite the Right’ rally set to begin

Monday, October 25 by ABC News

(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- A dark moment in U.S. history is set to be revisited when a federal civil trial begins in Charlottesville, Virginia, over a violent 2017 white nationalist rally that ended with an alleged neo-Nazi ramming his car into counterprotesters, killing one and...

Charlottesville removes statues of Confederate generals, Sacagawea

Sunday, July 11 by ABC News

(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- Two bronze Confederate statues at the center of yearslong debate in Charlottesville, Virginia, will be removed this weekend, officials announced.The city will remove statues of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson on Saturday.The removal comes more than...

Confederate statues in Charlottesville to be removed after yearslong legal battle

Friday, July 9 by ABC News

(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- Two bronze Confederate statues at the center of yearslong debate in Charlottesville, Virginia, will be removed this weekend, officials announced.The city will remove statues of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson on Saturday.The removal comes more than...

Charlottesville unanimously votes to remove Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson statues

Wednesday, June 9 by ABC News

(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- Nearly four years after white supremacists marched through Charlottesville, Virginia, protesting a proposal to take down a Confederate statue, city leaders have unanimously voted to remove the Robert E. Lee monument -- and another.The Charlottesville City Council voted Monday night to...