Murder on Fourth Street

With vehicular attacks on protests on the rise and elected officials encouraging the tactic, old conspiracy theories about one vehicular attack in particular are circulating once again. This is the story of what actually happened on Fourth Street in downtown Charlottesville on August 12, 2017.

Sources:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/08/us/la-immigration-protests-photos-map.html

https://files.integrityfirstforamerica.org/14228/1641845853-dillon-hopper-deposition-as-played-at-trial.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/us/politics/florida-desantis-protests-warning.html

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6168921/sines-v-kessler/

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7299259/united-states-v-fields/

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