Timeline of Charlottesville

Keeping you up to date with the acts of terrorism in Charlottesville.

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Thursday August 10th

• Jason Kessler organized the Unite the Right rally and sued the city of Charlottesville for making the group move their rally from Emancipation Park to McIntire Park

Friday August 11th

• Federal judge allows the rally to stay in Emancipation Park
• Gov. McAuliffe officially calls for the National Guard and State Police to standby for the Unite the Right rally on the 12th
• Hundreds of nazis, white nationalists, and white supremacists march through the University of Virginia’s campus carrying tiki torches, which turned violent

Saturday August 12th

• The nazis, white nationalists, and white supremacists arrive at the park before their allotted time
• Violence breaks out around 11:30a
• By noon the Governor declares state of emergency and UofV cancels all campus activities
• At 1:19 Trump responds via Twitter
• A car plows through a crowd killing one woman and injuring 19 at 1:42
• Trump gives speech around 3 in New Jersey calling for unity
• State trooper helicopter assisting with public safety crashed at 5pm killing two troopers
• At 6pm Governor McAuliffe held press conference calling out and condemning white nationalists
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• Virginia State Police arrested four people in total at rally