US Justice Department opens investigation into violence in Virginia

In the United States, the Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the crackdown on the mob during a protest against a demonstration of white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Prosecutor General Jeff Sessions said that “Dhuna and deaths in Charlottesville are a serious blow to American law and justice. When such actions stem from fanaticism and hatred, they constitute a betrayal of our basic values and cannot be tolerated. ”

Governor Terry McAuliffe declared the state of emergency in Charlottesville, after the outbreak of clashes between white nationalists, carrying shields, and anti-proposors who were also equipped with protective means.

3 people were killed at the rally of white Supremeists in Charlottesville, Virginia: A woman was killed by a car that hit the crowd, two police officers found her death in a helicopter crash -- an incident police said was linked to the protest rally.

At a press conference he delivered following Saturday's events, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe said extreme right-wing protesters are not patriots, as they claim.

I have a message for all the white primacys and the Nazis that came to Charlottesville today. Our message is clear and simple: Go home”, Mr. McAuliffe said at a press conference. “You are not wanted in this country. Shame, he said.

Governor Terry McAuliffe declared the state of emergency in Charlottesville, after the outbreak of clashes between white nationalists, carrying shields, and anti-proposors who were also equipped with protective means.

Speaking from New Jersey, where he is on vacation, President Donald Trump condemned the violence in Charlottesville:

We're closely following the terrible events in Charlottesville, Virginia. We strongly condemn this scandalous expression of hatred, fanaticization and violence in all directions. This has been happening for a long time in our country -- not just during the presidency of Barack Obama, nor that of Donald Trump -- it's been a long time. There is no place in America for this violence. ”

Mr. Trump, who was preparing to sign a bill to expand the health care programme for veterans, called for the rapid relocation of the order and law” in the city, adding that no resident should ever fear for his safety. ”

Police said they had arrested the car driver, identifying him later as James Alex Fields Jr, 20, from Ohio. Fields is being held as a second-degree murder suspect. / VoA