
Jury to resume deliberations in Charlottesville Unite the Right civil trial
CNN
The jury in the civil trial against organizers of the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, will begin their second day of deliberations Monday morning.
Jurors finished their first day Friday without reaching a verdict.
The Unite the Right rally was held over two days in August 2017 to oppose the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. As the violence unfolded, it reached a tipping point when James Fields -- who was protesting the statue's removal -- drove his car through a crowd of counterprotesters, injuring dozens and killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer.

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