Protesters gather in San Francisco, Oakland after deadly crash at Charlottesville rally

Saturday, August 12, 2017
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Protesters gathered in Oakland and San Francisco to unite against white supremacy and violence after a deadly crash at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia Saturday.

Protestors held their own demonstrations to remember the victims killed and injured in Virginia, and to protest the White House response to it.
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Hundreds gathered in downtown Oakland carrying signs proclaiming "Solidarity Forever," and "White Supremacy Is Terror." A group of protesters also gathered in San Francisco, where Candles lit up Union Square for a silent protest.

Demonstrators covered their mouths with tape.

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An act to symbolize this moment when President Donald Trump ignored a reporter who asked if he wants support from white nationalists, like the group at the center of violent clashes in Charlottesville.
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"We have got to call out the hatred and the bigotry and say no, this is not who we are," activist Cat Brooks said.



At least one person was killed when a car plowed into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville during a white nationalist rally. The car was allegedly driven by a 20-year-old man from Ohio who has been identified as James Alex Fields Jr.

James Alex Fields Jr. is seen in this mugshot after allegedly driving into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday, August 12, 2017.

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Fields is being held on suspicion of second-degree murder, malicious wounding, and failure to stop in an accident that resulted in death.



He is accused of driving a car into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town, killing a 32-year-old woman, sending at least 26 others to hospitals and ratcheting up tension in an increasingly violent confrontation.
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