Two witnesses shared that James Alex Fields Jr. showed no remorse prior to ramming into the counterprotestors and killing Heather Heyer
The man who crashed into a crowd of protesters at the Charlottesville rally, reportedly referred to the victim’s mother as a recorded jailhouse phone call as a ‘communist’ and ‘one of those anti-white supremacists.’
The news comes as two witnesses also shared that James Alex Fields Jr. showed no remorse prior to ramming into the counterprotestors and killing Heather Heyer.
Sarah Bolstad and Hayden Calhoun were with Fields just 30 minutes before the 2017 rally and said that he had appeared calm and made plans to meet with a friend for lunch, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.
Fields is on trial for first-degree murder and other charges stemming from the incident that killed the one woman and injured dozens of others.
Fields is on trial for first-degree murder and other charges stemming from the incident that killed the one woman and injured dozens of others
Prosecutors say Fields was there to support white nationalists and was angry when he intentionally struck the crowd of counterprotesters
One of the witnesses said counterprotesters yelled at them as they were walking. She said one man in their group yelled back, but Fields did not.
Prosecutors stated Fields was there to support white nationalists and was angry when he intentionally struck the crowd of counterprotesters.
Fields’ lawyers said he believed he was acting in self-defense when he drove into the crowd.
A call made on December 7, 2017, between Fields and his mother while he has been in jail also indicated that he didn’t feel any remorse after the crash
He was said to have had a text conversation with his mother in the days leading up to the rally.
‘We’re not the one [sic] who need to be careful,’ he responded in August 11. He is said to have also sent her a small image of Adolf Hitler.
He referred to the victim’s mother – Susan Bro – in a recorded jailhouse phone call as a ‘communist’ and ‘one of those anti-white supremacists’
But a call made on December 7, 2017, between Fields and his mother while he has been in jail also indicated that he didn’t feel any remorse, according to prosecutors.
Following his ‘communist’ comment, the driver’s mother commented that Susan Bro ‘lost her daughter.’
‘It doesn’t f*****g matter,’ he retorted, according to WVAW.
Fields also referred to the counterprotestors as ‘mobbed by a violent group of terrorists’ in a March 21, 2018, call.
He added: ‘They were waving the ISIS flag. They support them.’
The man makes mention of the Nazi flag and Antifa in both the calls.