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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 15 augusT 2017

Charlottesville driver previously

accused of beating his mother

an admirer of Adolf Hitler
and Nazi Germany, was
charged with second-de-
gree murder.
A judge denied him bail
Monday after the public
defender’s office said it
couldn’t represent him be-
cause a relative of some-
one in the office was in-
jured in Saturday’s protest.
Fields was assigned a lo-
cal attorney, and another
hearing was set for Aug. 25.
This photo provided by the Records show that Fields
Albemarle-Charlottesville was arrested and put in
Regional Jail shows James
Alex Fields Jr., who was juvenile detention after his
charged with second- mother reported in 2011 President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville,
degree murder and other that he stood behind her Va., Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington.
counts after authorities say wielding a 12-inch knife. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
he rammed his car into a In another incident in 2010, Bowing to pressure:
crowd of protesters Sat- she said her son smacked
urday, Aug. 12, 2017, in her in the head and locked Trump denounces hate groups by name
Charlottesville, Va., where
a white supremacist rally her in the bathroom after
took place. she told him to stop playing
(Albemarle-Charlottesville video games.
Regional Jail via AP) There was no indication in Continued from front a need for law and order, released — but attribut-
the records that he was ar- which he did. He later ex- ed only to an unnamed
By DAKE KANG rested. Trump’s softer statement pressed anger to those spokesperson.
SARAH RANKIN Also Monday, a former on Saturday had come as close to him about what he Tougher condemnations
Associated Press classmate told The Associ- graphic images of a car perceived as the media’s began Sunday night with
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) ated Press that on a school plowing into a crowd in unfair assessment of his re- Vice President Mike Pence,
— The driver charged with trip to Europe in 2015, a Charlottesville were play- marks, believing he had traveling in South America,
killing a woman at a white teenage Fields couldn’t ing continually on televi- effectively denounced all declaring that “these dan-
nationalist rally in Char- stand the French and said sion. White nationalists had forms of bigotry, accord- gerous fringe groups have
lottesville was previously he only went on the trip so assembled in the city to ing to outside advisers and no place in American pub-
accused of beating his that he could visit “the Fa- protest plans to take down White House officials. lic life.”
mother and threatening therland” — Germany. a statue of Confederate Several of Trump’s senior On Monday, Trump had
her with a knife, according “He just really laid on about Gen. Robert E. Lee, and advisers, including new planned to interrupt his 17-
to police records released the French being lower counter-protesters gath- chief of staff John Kelly, day working vacation at
Monday. than us and inferior to us,” ered in opposition. Fights had urged him to make his New Jersey golf club to
Samantha Bloom, who said Keegan McGrath. broke out, and then a man a more specific condem- travel to Washington for an
is disabled and uses a McGrath, now 18, said he drove into the opponents nation, warning that the announcement he hoped
wheelchair, repeatedly challenged Fields on his of the white supremacists. negative story would not would showcase some
called police about her beliefs, and the animos- One woman was killed and go away and that the rising tough talk on China’s trade
son, James Alex Fields Jr., in ity between them grew so many more badly hurt. tide of criticism from fellow practices.
2010 and 2011, telling offi- heated that it came to a Twenty-year-old James Republicans on Capitol Hill But by the time he arrived
cers he was on medication boil at dinner on their sec- Alex Fields Jr. of Ohio is could endanger his legisla- at midmorning, it was clear
to control his temper, tran- ond day. charged with second- tive agenda, according to all other messages would
scripts from 911 calls show. He said he went home af- degree murder and other two White House officials. be drowned out until he
Fields, 20, is accused of ter three or four days be- counts. The outside advisers and said more about Charlot-
ramming his car into a cause he couldn’t handle Loath to appear to be ad- officials demanded ano- tesville.
crowd of counter-protest- being in a room with Fields. mitting a mistake, Trump nymity to discuss private Trump returned to a White
ers on Saturday in Charlot- The incident shocked Mc- was reluctant to adjust his conversations. House undergoing a major
tesville, killing 32-year-old Grath because he had remarks. Aides were dispatched renovation.
Heather Heyer. been in German class with The president had indicat- to Sunday talk shows but With the Oval Office un-
Fields, described by a for- Fields for two unremark- ed to advisers before his struggled to explain the available, he worked from
mer high school teacher as able years. q initial statement Saturday president’s position. the Treaty Room as aides
that he wanted to stress A stronger statement was drafted his remarks. q