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On in charlottesville, and we really only knew i think half of it before we saw the truth told on the witness stand at trial. we saw a theme emerge. we saw that people came to plow through counterprotesters with their bodies, with shields, and finally, as everyone tragically knows, with a car. it was all versions of the same thing. we also got an admission today from one of the defense counsel, who after the verdict told a reporter that actually they had implemented a strategy to desensitize the jury to the hateful rhetoric and violence and just the racial epithets that were used by saying the...

Tiki torches and chanted things like "jews will not replace us." on the second day a man plowed his car into a group of counterprotesters, killing 32-year-old heather heyer. today a jury concluded that nine counterprotesters are entitled to financial compensation from those very same white supremacists. substantial compensation, awarding them more than $25 million in damages. the jury failed to reach a decision on two claims about whether the defendants had engaged in a race-based violent conspiracy which is illegal under a federal law known as the ku klux klan act. amy spitalnek is the direct...

Just and due consideration because that's what our legal system commands. however, i do think that this is also a very straightforward case in many regards, and hopefully a quick verdict will be a sign that justice -- that there is an attempt to have justice for ahmaud arbery. >> charles f. coleman jr., thank you so much for talking with us. i appreciate it. >> no problem. a federal jury has found the white nationalists who organized a violent demonstration in charlottesville, virginia, four years ago liable for more than $26 million in damages. the unite the right rally became a new front i...

>> reporter: the jury awarded the plaintiffs in the unite the right trial more than $26 million in compensatory and punitive damages on several claims. among them, finding five defendants were liable for racial, religious, or ethnic harassment or violence under a virginia state law and that all the defendants participated in a conspiracy. >> i think this verdict today is a message that this country does not tolerate violence based on racial and religious hatred in any form. >> reporter: in addition, james alex fields jr., the driver of the car that plowed into the crowd of counterprotesters, k...

Learned about the so-called alt-right, what you learned about the status of the white supremacist, white nationalists and, indeed, neo-nazi movement in this country? did you feel like your understanding grew, became more serious, more nuanced in terms of the extent of that movement and its capabilities? >> absolutely. i mean even for people like robbie and me who spent four years completely immersed in this, we saw with clarity for the first time some of the most dangerous parts of this movement. first of all, we saw the meticulous planning of what went on in charlottesville, and we really onl...