Charlottesville
13 Nov 2022
It was a tragic day that became a symbol of the rise of the far right in the US during the presidency of Donald Trump. On August 12, 2017, during a rally by White supremacists in the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, a young neo-Nazi sympathiser rammed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters. One young woman was killed and dozens of other people were injured. Five years on, FRANCE 24's reporters Fanny Allard and Matthieu Mabin returned to Charlottesville to meet residents.
14 Aug 2018
A white supremacist rally in Washington fell flat when only a small group of white nationalists showed up, confronted by hundreds of angry counterprotesters and shielded by the police on the anniversary of deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
13 Aug 2018
Police took a moment to rest in the shade at a rally in Charlottesville on Sunday (August 12), which marked the anniversary of last year's white nationalist gathering, before stepping in to arrest a man at the rally.
21 Aug 2017
A planned far-right rally in California and expected counter-demonstation comes on the heels of massive protests in U.S. cities over the weekend in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump's response to the violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last week.
17 Aug 2017
President Donald Trump’s turnabout on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia has rocked his administration, leading to rising speculation that some top officials may be looking for a way out.
13 Aug 2017
After at least three people were killed in violent white nationalist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe tells white supremacists and Nazis to "go home and never come back."
13 Aug 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump says hatred in the nation must stop in wake of the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia.
13 Aug 2017
Virginia State Police say two people were killed after a helicopter crashed near Charlottesville, Virginia.
13 Aug 2017
White nationalists clashed with counter-demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday ahead of a rally to protest the planned removal of a Confederate general's statue that critics say glorifies the era of slavery.