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Driver in Charlottesville rally never braked, photographer testifies [View all]
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS NOVEMBER 30, 2018 / 12:51 PM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Driver in Charlottesville rally never braked, photographer testifies
Gary Robertson
3 MIN READ
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) - A photojournalist who took a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of the car plowing into a crowd of counterprotesters during a white nationalist rally in Virginia last year said in court on Friday that no image in the series showed its brake lights on.
“I heard screeching tires and an engine revving as it sped past me up the street,” Ryan Kelly said, testifying at the trial of James Fields Jr., the white nationalist behind the wheel of the gray Challenger car that struck the victims, killing one and injuring 19 others.
“It was faster than any car I’ve seen on that street. It was speeding, going directly into that crowd,” Kelly said.
Fields, 21, faces 10 charges for his role in the violence at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville in August 2017, including for the murder of Heather Heyer, a counterprotester killed when the car struck, which was captured in widely seen videos.
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Driver in Charlottesville rally never braked, photographer testifies
Gary Robertson
3 MIN READ
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Reuters) - A photojournalist who took a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of the car plowing into a crowd of counterprotesters during a white nationalist rally in Virginia last year said in court on Friday that no image in the series showed its brake lights on.
“I heard screeching tires and an engine revving as it sped past me up the street,” Ryan Kelly said, testifying at the trial of James Fields Jr., the white nationalist behind the wheel of the gray Challenger car that struck the victims, killing one and injuring 19 others.
“It was faster than any car I’ve seen on that street. It was speeding, going directly into that crowd,” Kelly said.
Fields, 21, faces 10 charges for his role in the violence at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville in August 2017, including for the murder of Heather Heyer, a counterprotester killed when the car struck, which was captured in widely seen videos.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-virginia-protests/driver-in-charlottesville-rally-never-braked-photographer-testifies-idUSKCN1NZ2AG
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