Faun, post: 21371138
Thatās another good point about the minivan and Toyota. It shows that cars were driving through that street without being attacked. There was nothing for Fields to fear until he chose to attack the crowd with his car.
Apparently farther up Fourth Street opposite the direction that Fields attacked were Naziās marching with Confederate flags and weapons.
Yes, And in sworn testimony during the trial the driver of the minivan told her story.
āLizete Short, the driver of a burgundy minivan that was one of two vehicles hit in the attack, also took the stand Friday.
She explained someone in a colored vest waved for her to make a left turn from Market Street onto Fourth Street, causing her to drive into two crowds of people.
There were three other passengers in Short's vehicle, including her daughter.
She said the first crowd walking in the street had guns and Confederate flags, and "did not look very friendly."
Short then said she drove up on a friendlier crowd singing and chanting at the corner of Fourth and Water streets.
"They were saying positive things, positive enough to where I felt like I could roll the windows down," she said.
Short said she felt like the crowd was making history, and since she could not move out of the intersection, she got out of her vehicle and decided to take pictures.
Short explained it was after that moment when the crash occurred.
"It happened so fast, my van hit me," she said. "I don't remember anything after that."
Short said she ended up on the hood of her minivan and was bleeding, but does not recall much of what happened next.ā
James Fields convicted of first-degree murder in Charlottesville car attack
Very interesting summary of the trial in the link.
This Nazi was so easy to convict of premeditated murder his defense attorney did not even try to address the self defense claims involving any kind of attack against Fields until after he struck over thirty people.
