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White Nationalists Indicted for Torch-Carrying Charlottesville Rally

  • A grand jury in Virginia has indicted multiple people on felony charges for carrying flaming torches with the intent to intimidate.
  • The indictments relate to an event on Aug. 11, 2017, when a group of white nationalists carrying torches marched through the campus of the University of Virginia.
  • Three people have been indicted, including William Zachary Smith, Tyler Bradley Dykes, and Dallas Medina.
  • Each is charged with a single count of burning an object with the intent of intimidating a person or group of people, which carries a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison.
  • The indictments were issued in February but only recently unsealed, almost six years after violence broke out during two days of demonstrations by the largest gathering of white nationalists in a decade.
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