Network Take: “Without a Doubt” Charlottesville an Act of Terror

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – AUGUST 12: White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the “alt-right” exchange insluts with counter-protesters as they attempt to guard the entrance to Emancipation Park during the “Unite the Right” rally August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police the rally was declared an unlawful gathering and people were forced out of Emancipation Park, where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is slated to be removed. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Three days after the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, President Donald Trump said “racism is evil” and called out the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, “and other hate groups” as “criminals and thugs.”

A 20-year old Ohio man believed to be a Nazi sympathizer has been charged with second degree murder, malicious wounding, and hit-and-run for slamming his car into a crowd, killing one woman and injuring 20 others, during an outbreak of violence between white nationalists and counter-protestors on Saturday.

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