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Dramatic testimony opens day five of Fields trial
The testimony about the vehicular assault is upsetting to me. This is a trial under Virginia law for multiple charges including the murder of Heather Heyer and is taking place in the Charlottesville Circuit Court.
From the Daily Progress 11/30/18
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4:45 p.m. update:
Two witnesses have testified so far in the afternoon session of the fifth day of the trial of James Alex Fields Jr., including the lead investigator for Charlottesville Police Department. Fields is being tried on a raft of state charges including first-degree murder in the car attack that killed Heather Heyer and injured 35 others.
Corporal Steve Young confirmed that Fields did not stop his car after hitting the crowd at Fourth and Water streets. Earlier in the day, Young said, Fields was in what is now Market Street Park with other Unite the Right protesters and had acquired a shield.
During Young’s testimony, prosecutors played several videos of the rally, the car attack and its aftermath.
Before Young, Wednesday Bowie, a counter-protester whose pelvis was broken in six places, said she saw a flash of silver go by her and then heard a “loud booming noise.”
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4:45 p.m. update:
Two witnesses have testified so far in the afternoon session of the fifth day of the trial of James Alex Fields Jr., including the lead investigator for Charlottesville Police Department. Fields is being tried on a raft of state charges including first-degree murder in the car attack that killed Heather Heyer and injured 35 others.
Corporal Steve Young confirmed that Fields did not stop his car after hitting the crowd at Fourth and Water streets. Earlier in the day, Young said, Fields was in what is now Market Street Park with other Unite the Right protesters and had acquired a shield.
During Young’s testimony, prosecutors played several videos of the rally, the car attack and its aftermath.
Before Young, Wednesday Bowie, a counter-protester whose pelvis was broken in six places, said she saw a flash of silver go by her and then heard a “loud booming noise.”
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https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/dramatic-testimony-opens-day-five-of-fields-trial/article_bb1182a0-f4c7-11e8-a9d5-5bb1df14b79b.html