“I just remember seeing Heather Heyer’s eyes. I thought ‘that’s what someone’s eyes look like when you’re dead'” said Jean Peterson, who was run over by James Fields during the "Unite the Right" rally. Today, prosecutors focused on the moment Fields drove his car into the crowd.
Charlottesville Police Detective Jeremy Carper said Fields' car had blood stains on it, and sunglasses + a water bottle were stuck to it. The grill + passenger side mirror fell off. Ryan Kelly, a former photographer for the @DailyProgress, said Fields didn’t hit the brakes.
@DailyProgress “It was faster than any car I’d seen go down that street,” Kelly told jurors.
@DailyProgress Prosecutor Nina Antony tried to dispel the notion that Fields had been attacked before driving into the crowd. “Is the damage there [on the back of the car] before the car goes into the crowd?” she asked Kelly.
“No,” Kelly replied.
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“No,” Kelly replied.
Read more on the blog. splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018…
