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At least five people were killed and many more were injured after an SUV crashed into a Christmas parade. A terrorism expert explains how vehicles have been weaponized.

At least five people were killed and many more were injured after an SUV crashed into a Christmas parade. A terrorism expert explains how vehicles have been weaponized.

Wolf? >> what damages, brian, are the plaintiffs asking for? did they name any specific amounts? >> it's an interesting question, wolf. they d one of the plaintiff's attorneys asked the jurors to award the people who were hit with james fields' car, several were injured, to award them $7 million to $10 million each in damages. and to award other plaintiffs who were injured that weekend $3 to $5 million each. as for punitive damages, roberta caplin did not put a number on that. what would it take to make sure the defendants never did anything like that again? we'll see what kind of punitive dam...

Well and richard spencer defended themselves during this trial. now, during the trial some of the white supremacists even turned on themselves in court, confronted each other in court. and used the trial as a soap box to spout off their views on racial hatred. it is important to note that the jurors have to weigh just a preponderance of the evidence, meaning that it's not necessary for them to determine beyond a reasonable doubt that these defendants conspired to commit racial violence. they only have to determine whether there was about a 51% chance that they did that. one interesting note, t...