Charlottesville Antifa Steamrolled By Car

[TheCount]

The basement stairs are a substantial obstacle.

They were there in spirit.

They claimed to have brought their citronella-scented tiki torches to the last one. But, of course, post rates have fallen rather dramatically since mid-2017... we'll just have to find out when they come back prior to the 2020 election.

 

[Madison320]

Wow its been a year since this incident happened.

And still no trial. I wonder if this counts towards his sentence?

 

[devil21]

And still no trial. I wonder if this counts towards his sentence?

Yes, it does.

 

[Swordsmyth]

And still no trial. I wonder if this counts towards his sentence?

Yes, it does.

What if he is found Not Guilty?

 

[Madison320]

What if he is found Not Guilty?

Exactly. And that seems likely given the existing data.

 

[devil21]

What if he is found Not Guilty?

What do you mean?

Lots of profit was made already. Attorneys got paid, judges got paid, court staff got paid. The BAR is happy.

He agreed to be warehouse property and the custodians of the property have enjoyed the fruits of his decision.

 

[Swordsmyth]

What do you mean?

Lots of profit was made already. Attorneys got paid, judges got paid, court staff got paid. The BAR is happy.

He agreed to be warehouse property and the custodians of the property have enjoyed the fruits of his decision.

My point is that there is a reason for this:

[h=3]Amendment 6[/h]

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In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial...

 

[devil21]

My point is that there is a reason for this:

[h=3]Amendment 6[/h]

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In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial...

Unless it is waived. It's almost always waived in major cases. Attorneys are not your friends. The longer a case drags on the more money the BAR makes.

 

[Valli6]

Charlottesville suspect, James Alex Fields Jr assaulted in jail

Ironically, the guy who hit him was convicted of felony hit-and-run involving a death.

https://apnews.com/fffc409c77a0461c8f056b70c05b83bb

Officials say Charlottesville suspect assaulted in jail
October 26, 2018

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A man in custody at a Virginia jail assaulted fellow inmate James Alex Fields Jr., the man accused of driving a car into counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally, the facility’s superintendent said Friday.

Fields was being seen by jail staff in an office Monday morning when Timothy Ray Brown Jr. made his way past a correctional officer and hit Fields “twice on the left side of his body above his shoulders,” Col. Martin Kumer, superintendent of the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, said in a news release.

“At no time did Inmate Fields have an opportunity to defend himself or respond in any manner,” the news release said.

A friend of Brown’s told The Associated Press on Friday that Brown was a friend of Heather Heyer, the woman killed in the Aug. 12, 2017, attack, which left dozens more injured.

Fields — who has been described by authorities and others who knew him as an admirer of Adolf Hitler — faces first-degree murder and other charges in Heyer’s death.

Both Fields and Brown were evaluated after the incident and neither had serious injuries, Kumer said.

Brown has been charged with assault and Fields has been given the chance to pursue criminal charges, according to the news release.

Fields’ attorney didn’t respond to requests for comment.

Jay Scott, a friend of Brown’s who said he was with him and Heyer in downtown Charlottesville when the car plowed into the crowd, learned of the jail fight and started a GoFundMe page this week to raise money for an attorney.

“He shouldn’t have to fight it alone,” said Scott.

The August 2017 “Unite the Right” rally drew hundreds of white nationalists to the college town, where officials planned to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Hundreds more came out to protest against the white nationalists.

Prosecutors allege that after the crowd broke up, Fields drove his car toward the area where a racially diverse group of people had gathered to protest the rally. They say he rapidly accelerated his gray Dodge Challenger into the crowd. The car then reversed and fled.

Fields was arrested a relatively short while after the attack. Kumer told AP he was not aware of any other assaults or threats against Fields during his time in custody.

Fields, of Maumee, Ohio, is scheduled to go on trial next month on the state charges he faces. He also faces federal hate crime charges.

...In an interview with The Associated Press, area resident Lucinda Carter said Brown is her son and that he called her from jail saying that he had gotten into a fight with Fields.

Carter said Brown told her he hit Fields twice in the face. When asked what she thinks led to the altercation, Carter said: “I think Timothy was affected by [Heyer’s death].”...

...Court records show Brown was found guilty in September of destruction of property and misdemeanor assault. He has appealed the conviction and is scheduled for a December hearing in Albemarle County Circuit Court.

Records also show Brown was convicted in April in Albemarle Circuit Court of felony hit-and-run involving a death and making a false statement on his criminal history. He is scheduled for a presentencing report hearing on Monday.

https://www.richmond.com/news/virgi...cle_c3db0592-e36a-5435-bdf9-e6070589ce4a.html

https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/...cle_861c1452-d960-11e8-8bb4-4ffd3386f737.html

 

[devil21]

Field's trial quietly started today. Not even a mention on drudge.

 

[Madison320]

Field's trial quietly started today. Not even a mention on drudge.

I just happened to check today and noticed that the trial just started. He's been in the slammer for a year and a half.

The challenge will be finding an unbiased description of the events of the trial.

So far I've not heard one mention of the fact that his car was hit before he accelerated into the crowd. I think this is the most biased news coverage I've ever seen. Even worse than the Zimmerman trial.

 

[Swordsmyth]

A self-proclaimed neo-Nazi was found guilty of first-degree murder for killing a woman at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., last year.
A jury rejected James Alex Fields Jr.'s argument that he acted in self-defense when he drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters during a “Unite the Right” rally on Aug. 12, 2017.
Fields, 21, killed 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injured dozens of counterprotesters when he sped his car into a crowd marching through Charlottesville in response to a far-right rally that had been organized to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate leader Robert E. Lee.

Fields was also convicted on nine other charges, including aggravated malicious wounding and hit and run, according to the Associated Press.
During his trial, prosecutors showed jurors a meme Fields had shared on Instagram months before the rally that showed bodies being thrown in the air after a car rammed into a crowd of protesters.
Fields lawyer argued that he drove into the crowd because he feared for his life and was “scared to death” by the violent clashes between the white nationalists and counterprotesters.
The jury will decide his prison sentence Monday. The law stipulates that they can recommend up to life in prison.






https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...sville-rally-convicted-of-first-degree-murder

 

[dannno]

A self-proclaimed neo-Nazi was found guilty of first-degree murder for killing a woman at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., last year.
A jury rejected James Alex Fields Jr.'s argument that he acted in self-defense when he drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters during a “Unite the Right” rally on Aug. 12, 2017.
Fields, 21, killed 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injured dozens of counterprotesters when he sped his car into a crowd marching through Charlottesville in response to a far-right rally that had been organized to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate leader Robert E. Lee.

Fields was also convicted on nine other charges, including aggravated malicious wounding and hit and run, according to the Associated Press.
During his trial, prosecutors showed jurors a meme Fields had shared on Instagram months before the rally that showed bodies being thrown in the air after a car rammed into a crowd of protesters.
Fields lawyer argued that he drove into the crowd because he feared for his life and was “scared to death” by the violent clashes between the white nationalists and counterprotesters.
The jury will decide his prison sentence Monday. The law stipulates that they can recommend up to life in prison.






https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...sville-rally-convicted-of-first-degree-murder

As much as I'm opposed to his views, hopefully he can appeal or something, that is ridiculous.. I doubt Trump would pardon him, but he deserves one.

 

[dannno]

So far I've not heard one mention of the fact that his car was hit before he accelerated into the crowd.

Ya, it's really incredible how nobody gets exposed to the basic facts of a case unless you are in some alternative internet subculture.

 

[devil21]

As much as I'm opposed to his views, hopefully he can appeal or something, that is ridiculous.. I doubt Trump would pardon him, but he deserves one.

Trump can't pardon state charges.

 

[PursuePeace]

As much as I'm opposed to his views, hopefully he can appeal or something, that is ridiculous.. I doubt Trump would pardon him, but he deserves one.

I agree.

Not sure who this guy is but he brings up some valid points:

https://twitter.com/AltRightTruth/status/1071090454953889792

Especially #8. Why wasn't that brought up?
Also how could he be charged with hit and run (leaving the scene) when people were attacking his car immediately after? They busted out his side window and rear window. What was he supposed to do? Sit there and wait to be dragged out of the car and beaten to death?? Of course he was scared. He saw the violent mobs of antifa earlier, he had urine thrown on him. He decided to get out of there and go home (according to the people that he met there who were also trying to get out of the city and go back home.)

I may not agree with his beliefs, but I do not think this man received a fair trial.

 

[devil21]

I may not agree with his beliefs, but I do not think this man received a fair trial.

Read up on Field's attorney.^^^^^^

I'm certain there was a lot of screwery with the entire event, however he was never meant to receive a fair trial in the first place. His court appointed attorney has a long history worth looking into.

 

[dannno]

When Fields is told several people are severely hurt and one has died, Fields begins crying and hyperventilating for several minutes.

In that same recording, Fields says “I didn’t want to hurt people, but I thought they were attacking me. Even if they were attacking, they’re still people. I feel bad for them”

A woman who met James Fields at the rally and also got a ride from him to her car said she initially didn’t think it could be Fields who drive through the crowd. “He didn’t seem like the kind of person who would do that,” she testified.

Bolstad said nobody in their group had any weapons, helmets or flags. She said she did not feel uneased around Fields. They were invited to go to lunch with Matthews and Fields, but declined because they wanted to go home

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[dannno]

Read up on Field's attorney.^^^^^^

I'm certain there was a lot of screwery with the entire event, however he was never meant to receive a fair trial in the first place. His court appointed attorney has a long history worth looking into.

Fields' attorney is friends with Antifa leaders on facebook.

 

[PursuePeace]

Read up on Field's attorney.^^^^^^

I'm certain there was a lot of screwery with the entire event, however he was never meant to receive a fair trial in the first place. His court appointed attorney has a long history worth looking into.

Wow. This is a long article, but it's a very good read. I wanted to quote the entire thing. So this poor guy spent over 2 years in jail, lost his job, lost his home and all of his savings over this.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics...a-steiniger-text-case-finally-overturned.html

Three years ago, one of the strangest criminal cases in recent memory began in Charlottesville, Virginia, where I live, when a young woman sent a series of text messages telling her boyfriend that a man had abducted her, followed by a series of texts, allegedly from her captor, taunting her boyfriend with threats of sexual violence. Her story was strange, and the case was fraught with complications from the get-go, but the accused ended up in prison long after the doubts outweighed the evidence.

This story is bizarre, but it’s not all that unusual: Prosecutors can prosecute even the weakest, most clearly flawed cases relentlessly, and innocent people can end up in jail.

This week, after two and a half years in prison, Mark Weiner saw his conviction vacated. It finally ended a saga in which Weiner was arrested, convicted, and sentenced to eight years in jail on charges of abducting a woman with the intent to sexually harm her.

The Albemarle County prosecutor, who is elected to the post, is currently Commonwealth’s Attorney Denise Lunsford (Note: She lost her bid for reelection and is now a public defender.) . As part of her prosecution strategy, Weiner’s trial lawyer later said, Lunsford “sought the advice of two respected detectives in the city and the county” to pinpoint where the alleged victim’s text messages had originated. Each cop concluded independently that the texts had been sent from near where Steiniger’s mother lived. Lunsford interviewed the first officer for the first time at the courthouse, just before he was scheduled to testify. He told the prosecutor he’d guess the calls came from Steiniger’s mother’s house, not the abandoned propert


Some prosecutors would call that sort of thing exculpatory information that must legally be turned over to the defense. Lunsford thanked the officer for stopping by and said she would no longer be needing his testimony after all. (This officer would later call the defense attorney and tell him what had transpired.) The second law enforcement officer offered up the same conclusion. He didn’t get to testify, either.

When defense counsel learned of the cellphone evidence and attempted to use one of the detectives as a defense witness, Lunsford had him disqualified as an expert, objecting to the fact that the defense attorney hadn’t subpoenaed the right witnesses to get the phone record evidence in. When the defense lawyer asked in chambers for a continuance so that he could call the correct witnesses, the motion was denied by trial court Judge Cheryl Higgins. Jurors would never hear what the phone tower records showed. Local lawyers and trial observers were shocked.


Deirdre Enright, director of investigation for the University of Virginia School of Law’s Innocence Project Clinic (disclosure: and a friend of mine), notes that this is where the idea of justice got confused with the promise of winning. As she says, “Lunsford appears to have learned in the middle of her case against Mark that the ‘victim’s’ cell phone tower records contradicted the victim’s version of events, and corroborated the defendant’s. Leaving aside the fact that a competent prosecutor is not learning the underlying facts of her case mid-trial, this was the kind of exculpatory evidence that would cause a fair prosecutor, honoring her obligation to seek and serve justice, to dismiss the charge. Instead, she successfully argued against their admissibility in court. In the wrongful conviction world, the nicest description we have for this phenomenon is ‘tunnel vision.’ ”

At the trial, no physical evidence was presented that in any way connected Weiner to the abandoned house or to Steiniger’s cellphone. No rag was found soaked with a chemical that could knock you out in 15 seconds.

Weiner was convicted by the jury on Steiniger’s testimony. He was immediately sent to jail.