Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with indepth reporting and investigations. Order simply disrespecting the flag, but about social injustice, a dispute about the Justice System and police brutality. Whats notable here is that though President Trump argues that his players have a difficult time defining exactly what theyre protesting, he revealed earlier this year that he clearly understands their motives. I want you to listen to this sound bite from President Trump in june. We have a great country you. Should stand for our National Anthem. You shouldnt go in a locker room when our National Anthem playing. Im going ask all of those people to recommend to me, because thats what theyre proegt, people that they think were unfairly treated by the Justice System. And i understand that. And im going ask them to recommend to me people that were unfairly treated, friends of theirs or people that they know about, and im going to take a look at those applications. And if i find a
it sets a precedent, which is if you conspire to commit violent acts, especially on racial grounds, you should expect plaintiffs will file suit against you under these federal and state laws in the future. so the trial in that way is a deterrent against future white supremacist conduct of the kind we saw in charlottesville in august 2017. reporter: two attorneys for white nationalists told us after the verdict that they re going to try to get the damage assessments against their clients reduced. this and other similar lawsuits have already succeeded in financially crippling some white supremacists but it s not over for them. regarding those two counts the jury was not able to reach verdicts on, those federal counts of conspiracy to commit racially motivated violence, the plaintiff s attorneys say they re going to try to get those cases brought again. brian todd, cnn, charlottesville, virginia. the suspect in the wisconsin christmas parade rampage is expected to face another charg
expect that plaintiffs will file suit against you under these federal and state laws in the future. so the trial in that way is a deterrent against future white supremacist conduct of the kind we saw in charlottesville in august 2017. the attorneys for defendants, at least two of the attorneys for the defendants have told us a short time ago that they are going to try to reduce the amount of damages, to reduce those dollar amounts assessed to their clients in this case. some of these people, these white supremacists have already been financially crippled by this and other similar lawsuits. but this is not over for many of them because the plaintiffs attorneys also told us on those two counts that they could not reach verdicts on, those two counts of conspiracy to commit racially motivated violence, those federal counts, they are going to try to bring those cases again, jim, so they ll keep going after these people. a bad day for people who spread hate and violence. brian todd, tha
was arrested and charged. he s pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial. that same day, two state troopers were killed when their helicopter crashed while patrolling the area. in response to it all, president donald trump didn t denounce the hate groups involved. instead, he said this. we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides. on many sides. go away, racist, sexist, anti-gay! reporter: the backlash was swift, yet three days later, the president doubled down on his remarks. you look at both sides, i think there is blame on both sides. the neo-nazis started this thing in charlottesville. they started in excuse me, excuse me. they didn t put themselves down. and you had some very bad people in that group. but you also had people that were very fine people, on both
jews will not replace us! reporter: this was the scene one year ago this weekend in charlottesville, virginia. dozens of white nationalists carrying torches and shouting racist chance. the protest was in response to the charlottesville city council s plan to remove a statue of confederate general robert e. lee from a nearby park. officers were hoping the rally would be peaceful. they were wrong. by morning, fistfights and screaming matches broke out before the rally even started. some neo-nazis carried a guns and chanted white lives matter. both sides fired pepper spray. police desperately tried to disperse the crowd, declaring it an unlawful assembly. by early afternoon, police were in riot gear. it turned deadly when around 1:30 p.m. a man drove a dodge challenger into a crowd of people. the car deliberately targeting, lining up and then