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In an Aug. 12, 2017, photo, David Duke arrives to give remarks after a white nationalist protest was declared an unlawful assembly, in Charlottesville, Va. (Shaban Athuman/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) **FILE**

Right-wing think tank ordered to pay man hurt at rally $2.4M

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

In an Aug. 12, 2017, photo, David Duke arrives to give remarks after a white nationalist protest was declared an unlawful assembly, in Charlottesville, Va. (Shaban Athuman/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) **FILE**

David Duke agrees to pay $5K to man hurt at Virginia rally

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer who was killed in 2017 during a white supremacist rally, gives a thumbs up to the press after the sentencing of James Alex Fields Jr. in federal court in Charlottesville, Va., Friday, June 28, 2019. Fields was sentenced to life in prison for his role in a car attack during a white supremacist rally in 2017. Bro gave a thumbs up to the press for their coverage of the tragedy. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Heather Heyer’s mother rejects murderer’s apology: ‘He’s the least sincere person I’ve ever met’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

This undated file photo provided by the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail shows James Alex Fields Jr. Fields who was convicted in a deadly car attack on a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia is expected to change his plea to federal hate crime charges. An online court docket updated late Tuesday, March 26, 2019, says Fields is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville on Wednesday for a change-of-plea hearing. (Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail via AP) **FILE**

James Alex Fields Jr., Charlottesville car attacker, pleads guilty in federal court

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Susan Bro, center, mother of Heather Heyer, is escorted down the steps of the courthouse after a guilty verdict was reached in the trial of James Alex Fields Jr., Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, at Charlottesville General district court in Charlottesville, Va. Fields was convicted of first degree murder in the death of Heather Heyer as well as nine other counts during a &quot;Unite the Right&quot; rally in Charlottesville . (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

The Latest: Slain woman’s mom ‘content’ with life sentence

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Susan Bro, center, mother of Heather Heyer, is escorted down the steps of the courthouse after a guilty verdict was reached in the trial of James Alex Fields Jr., Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, at Charlottesville General district court in Charlottesville, Va. Fields was convicted of first degree murder in the death of Heather Heyer as well as nine other counts during a &quot;Unite the Right&quot; rally in Charlottesville . (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

The Latest: No sentence yet for man who rammed protesters

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This undated file photo provided by the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail shows James Alex Fields Jr. (Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail via AP, File)

The Latest: Charlottesville hopes verdict will help healing

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Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer who was killed during last year's Unite the Right rally, speaks with reporters at the spot where her daughter was killed in Charlottesville, Va., Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. The governor has declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the anniversary of the rally. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Latest: Anti-fascist demonstrators march in Charlottesville

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In this Monday, Aug. 6, 2018 photo, Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer, who was killed during the Unite the Right rally last year, looks over memorabilia in her office in Charlottesville, Va. &quot;I just would like people to focus on the anniversary, not on Heather, but on the issues that she died for, Black Lives Matter, overpolicing, affordable housing, for more truth and the telling of the history of Charlottesville, and to focus on where they need to go as a community,” Bro said. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

A year after deadly Virginia rally, wounds are still raw

By SARAH RANKIN - Associated Press

In this Monday, Aug. 6, 2018 photo, Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer, who was killed during the Unite the Right rally last year, looks over memorabilia in her office in Charlottesville, Va. &quot;I just would like people to focus on the anniversary, not on Heather, but on the issues that she died for, Black Lives Matter, overpolicing, affordable housing, for more truth and the telling of the history of Charlottesville, and to focus on where they need to go as a community,” Bro said. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

A year after deadly Virginia rally, wounds are still raw

By SARAH RANKIN - Associated Press

In this Aug. 12, 2017, file photo, people fly into the air as a vehicle is driven into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. Federal hate crime charges have been filed against James Alex Fields Jr., accused of driving the car. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress via AP, File)

Hate crime charges leveled after Charlottesville attack

By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 17, 2017, file photo, &quot;Infowars&quot; host Alex Jones arrives at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas. Brennan Gilmore, a former State Department official who became the target of harassment after posting a video showing the car attack during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, is suing right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and others. Gilmore’s defamation lawsuit was filed Tuesday, March 13, 2018, in federal court in Charlottesville, Va. (Tamir Kalifa/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Charlottesville car attack witness sues Alex Jones, others

By SARAH RANKIN - Associated Press

Susan Bro, the mother of Heather Heyer, holds a photo of Bro's mother and her daughter, Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, in Charlottesville, Va. Heyer was killed Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, when police say a man plowed his car into a group of demonstrators protesting the white nationalist rally. Bro said that she is going to bare her soul to fight for the cause that her daughter died for. (AP Photo/Joshua Replogle)

Grave of slain Charlottesville protester Heather Heyer kept secret due to threats, mother says

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A makeshift memorial of flowers and a photo of victim, Heather Heyer, sits in Charlottesville, Va., Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. Heyer died when a car rammed into a group of people who were protesting the presence of white supremacists who had gathered in the city for a rally. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Charlottesville considers designating street in honor of Heather Heyer, slain protester

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this frame from video, Jason Kessler, a blogger based in Charlottesville, Va., speaks to the media on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. (AP Photo)

Charlottesville police charge two with assaulting Jason Kessler, ‘Unite the Right’ rally organizer

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE- In this Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, file photo, Rev. Robert Wright Lee, a descendant of Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee, poses in the press room at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. Lee is stepping down as pastor of the Bethany United Church of Christ in Winston-Salem, N.C., after negative reactions to his comments supporting racial justice activists on an MTV broadcast. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Lee descendant resigns as pastor over racial justice comment

By JONATHAN DREW - Associated Press

Kendrick Lamar accepts the award for best hip hop video for &quot;HUMBLE.&quot; at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

The Latest: Kendrick Lamar wins MTV video of the year award

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In this frame from video, Jason Kessler, a blogger based in Charlottesville, Va., speaks to the media on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. (AP Photo)

Jason Kessler, ‘Unite the Right’ organizer, calls slain protester’s death ‘payback time’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

White supremacists once again can easily access Stormfront.org, the internet's oldest-operating hate site, after its sudden disappearance last month. (Associated Press/File)

The Daily Stormer, infamous neo-Nazi site, resurfaces at .lol address following Cloudflare ban

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

People march in the streets of Durham protesting against a possible march by the Ku Klux Klan, Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, in Durham, N.C. Hundreds of anti-racist demonstrators gathered in a North Carolina city in response to rumors of a white supremacist march. The sheriff had issued a statement that he was investigating the rumors, but no gathering of white supremacists was apparent by midafternoon. However, officers blocked streets and businesses closed. (AP Photo/Jonathan Drew)

The Latest: Family: Remove Arlington’s Confederacy monument

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