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Neo-Nazi guilty of murder in Charlottesville rampage
AFP, Published on 08/12/2018
» WASHINGTON: A 21-year-old Nazi sympathizer was found guilty of first-degree murder on Friday, 16 months after ramming his car into counter-protesters at a white supremacist rally in the US city of Charlottesville.
Trump condemns 'all types of racism' a year after Charlottesville
AFP, Published on 11/08/2018
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Saturday that he condemned racism as the nation marked the anniversary of deadly unrest triggered by a neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Trump condemns 'all types of racism' a year after Charlottesville
AFP, Published on 11/08/2018
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump, often accused of denigrating non-white people, said Saturday that he condemned racism as the nation marked the anniversary of deadly unrest triggered by a neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
US city removes flashpoint statues including Confederate generals
AFP, Published on 11/07/2021
» CHARLOTTESVILLE (UNITED STATES) - The southern US city of Charlottesville on Saturday took down controversial statues including two honoring Civil War pro-slavery generals which had become the focus of protests.
White supremacists to rally outside White House a year after clash
AFP, Published on 12/08/2018
» WASHINGTON: White supremacists are set to rally outside the White House on Sunday, one year after torch-wielding neo-Nazis clashed with counter-demonstrators in a deadly protest that highlighted the growing boldness of the extreme right in the United States.
US neo-Nazi murder accused was 'scared to death' says lawyer
AFP, Published on 30/11/2018
» CHARLOTTESVILLE (UNITED STATES) - An American neo-Nazi was "scared to death" when he mowed down and killed a counter-protester at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, his lawyers said Thursday as they opened the defense in his murder trial.
Flashpoint US statue of Confederate general removed in Richmond
AFP, Published on 09/09/2021
» RICHMOND (UNITED STATES) - A towering statue of a Confederate general that became a focal point of protests for racial justice was removed Wednesday in Richmond, the Virginia city that served as the capital of the pro-slavery South during the American Civil War.
Trump slammed for 'silence' on white supremacist threat
AFP, Published on 18/03/2019
» WASHINGTON - Democrats led by an Arab-American lawmaker attacked President Donald Trump's "silence" on the rise of white supremacy Sunday as reaction to the New Zealand mosque massacre spilled into a heated US debate over religious and racial bigotry.
Trump tweets, then deletes, video of fan yelling 'white power'
AFP, Published on 29/06/2020
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Sunday shared a video of a stand-off between anti-Trump protesters and his supporters in which a man chants "white power" -- before deleting it amid an outcry.
Pelosi seeks removal of Confederate statues from US Capitol
AFP, Published on 11/06/2020
» WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Wednesday for removal of 11 Confederate statues from the US Capitol, part of a nationwide push to dismantle such memorials after a black man's killing in police custody sparked mass anti-racism protests.