nationalist march on the campus of the university of virginia, recorded in this documentary by the news outlet, vice wielding torches, chanting racist slogans . including one slogan that was a notorious reference. a prelude to what happened the next day, so called unite the right rally on saturday, august 12th white supremacist clashing with counter protesters a car driven by a white nationalist rammed into a crowd of protesters killing 32 year old heather heyer. three white nationalists involved in that august 11th torch march facing justice in charlottesville. will zachary smith, tyler bradley dikes and dallas medina all charged with burning an object with intent to intimidate a felony? one of the men will zachary smith is also charged with violating a statute that makes it illegal to maliciously release a chemical irritant, such as tear gas accountability. for efforts to
freeman s family attorneys had to say. mr. freeman ran out and he was subjected to a gauntlet of punches, kicks. he was stricken with implements ranging from handcuffs to heavy rings of jail keys. he was hit with canisters of chemical irritant in addition to being sprayed with chemical irritant. it was not the way that our community, the people we put in place to watch over the detainees in the jail, should allow things to operate. a shelby county sheriff s office put out this statement indicating that they took immediate action. they claim that they contacted the district attorney s office and the tennessee bureau of investigation immediately on the day of that incident and are also saying that anything dealing with jail health care and the number of mental health
attorneys, the parents of freeman and also tyre nichols there in support. they say shelby county jail lacks serious mental health resources for the inmates there. take a listen. mr. freeman ran out and he was subjected to a gauntlet of punches, kicks, he was stricken with implements from handcuffs to jail keys. he was hit with canisters of chemical irritant in addition to being sprayed with chemical irritant. it was not the way that our community, the people we put in place to watch over the detainees in the jail should allow things to operate. they go home every night to their family, whereas for me and my granddaughter we have to see my son, her father in a box. we want answers.
to school. feels like we can t trust, you know, the staff at all. reporter: well, mika, the newport news police department says their investigation is ongoing into potential charges. it should wrap up sometime in the next two weeks. in the meantime, that 6-year-old s parents released a statement saying he suffers from an acute disability, and they continue to pray for the full recovery of abigail zwerner. mika? nbc s catie beck, thank you very much. we ll be following that. one of the men charged with assaulting capitol police officer brian sicknick on january 6th, 2021, has been sentenced to more than six years in prison. julian cater, who admitted to spraying sicknick and another officer with a chemical irritant, was sentenced to 80 months in prison on friday with credit for 22 months of time served. his co-defendant, george tanos,
parliament hill had been the sight of protests and partying for three weeks. police took it back with force. freedom! wearing additional protective gear, they pushed demonstrators passed that warmer morial. i ve got nothing else to lose, so arrest. me they made history by the prime minister s office. the other side of the street was blocked off by a second, line backed with police on horses with warnings to disperse. each time the line moved, slowly, deliberately, more scuffles. more arrests. parolees responded with you called a chemical irritant, pepper. spray some police wore body armor. at least one through a smoke grenade. others carried a small children, despite days of warning to take them away from danger. move, move! squeezed between two flanks, protesters were pushed down the street running away from the hill. some drop to their knees to pray. the police line kept advancing