Virginians and others deeply grieve the murder of Heather Heyer of Charlottesville. our deepest condolences to her family. ... one would expect the charges against James Fields of Maumee, Ohio to grow beyond the initial charges. one would also expect Virginia to conduct rigorous investigations of the involvement of others (e.g., Kessler, Spencer, etc.) leading up to the murder of Ms. Heyer. ... regardless of the sentences of those charged and found guilty, they will never equal the loss of Ms. Heyer, her family, Charlottesville and Virginia.
Officials identify Charlottesville woman, 32, as victim of Saturday attack at 4th St | Local | dailyprogress.com
a comment to another article in The Daily Progress:
Robert Swift
Kesler shows that, like most bullies, he's weak and ineffectual. By refusing to relocate his Klan Koncave to a larger, safer facility he is directly complicit in the death of Ms Heyer. He can try to deflect the blame but he will never relieve himself of the responsibility for her murder. It is unfortunate that folks did not heed the city's call to simply ignore Kesler's and Spencer's show, but the responsibility for the violence and the tragic deaths fall on the ones who stirred up the hate and vitriol and brought it to C-ville.
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an excerpt from an article in the National Review:
"...violent crime remains primarily a state responsibility. Field committed a heinous intentional homicide, a capital offense in Virginia. The attack resulted in vicious assaults on several others, also serious crimes. The Old Dominion, moreover, is among several states that added domestic-terrorism crimes to their penal codes following 9/11. Virginia’s terrorism provision is a potential death-penalty offense.
For prosecutors, the state crimes are the most straightforward to prove. They prescribe more than adequate punishments, and they do not require juries to wrestle with recondite federal jurisdictional elements — e.g., did the violence in question affect interstate commerce? Consequently, while the Justice Department should be offering Virginia all the assistance it can muster for a prosecution of Field (and any potential conspirators), it should content itself with this support role. Let the state prosecutors and police do the heavy lifting."
Charlottesville Terrorist Attack -- Virginia, Not the Feds, Should Prosecute It | National Review
step up, Virginia.
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