opened fire on the route 91 harvest festival from his hotel room, killing dozens and injuring hundreds more. his estate has also been sold off about 1.3 million dollars will be evenly split among the loved ones of the victims and dispersed in the next 4 to 6 weeks. three men who carried tiki torches and marched at a white nationalist rally in charlottesville or facing charges nearly six years later. each of those men has been indicted on a single felony charge of burning an object with the intent to intimidate and that charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. and that 2017 rally ultimately led to violent clashes with counter protesters. 32 year old woman, heather heyer lost her life. cnn s brian todd explains why it took nearly six years for these charges to be brought. august 11th 2017, a menacing torch march in charlottesville, virginia. hundreds of white
this case are expected to appear to set the scene for our viewers. we have to kind of differentiate this. these defendants are charged in the case that s related to that friday evening rally on august 11th 2017. that is when a group of white nationalists and white supremacists marched on the campus of the university of virginia wielding torches menaced several people. on the campus that evening, and they are charged and we re going to go over the charges in a second. but that, of course, is different from what happened the day after that, that was the unite the right rally on that saturday of august 12th 2017 when there was so much violence in the streets here in charlottesville, another two events are related, of course, but they are separate in this case has only to do with the events on that. friday evening. we should point out now the charges involved. two of the three men charged are going to appear this hearing. there will zachary smith from texas and tyler bradley dykes from sou
tell me @ari melber on social media or connect with me at arimelber.com. that does it for me. the reidout with joy reid starts now. i shall put in a vote for we shall overcome which seems like a strong contender. it s not final but that s my contender. have a good day. thank you very much. have a good night. good evening, everyone. we begin the reidout with a five-alarm warning this country somehow missed. four years ago tonight we got our first on-camera glimpse of the fascism right in front of us. on the evening of august 11th, 2017, a horde of young white supremacists, including neo-nazis, right wing militias and members of the ku klux klan descended on charlottesville, virginia, for an event they called unite the right.