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A woman demonstrates in front of the court in Charlottesville, Virginia
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More than four years after the death of a counter-demonstrator on the sidelines of a neo-Nazi demonstration in the United States, a court sentenced the demonstration organizers to more than $ 25 million in damages.
The jury reached its verdict Tuesday in a civil trial against nine residents of the city of Charlottesville, Virginia.
During the demonstration in August 2017, a neo-Nazi raced his car into a group of counter-demonstrators.
One woman was killed and 29 other people injured.
The death driver was a right-wing extremist, he was sentenced to life plus 419 years in prison in 2019.
Twelve individuals and five neo-Nazi and racist organizations were convicted on Tuesday.
The plaintiff's attorney Roberta Kaplan welcomed the judgment as a clear signal "that this country does not tolerate any violence based on racist or religious hatred."
The march of neo-Nazis and other racists in Charlottesville - motto: "Unite the rights" - made headlines internationally, especially because US President Donald Trump shortly afterwards equated the behavior of right-wing extremists and counter-demonstrators and of "violence against many Pages «had spoken.
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