Prosecutors in the us state of Virginia accuses a man behind an alleged attack on protesters Sunday to be the Ku Klux Klan leader.
It informs the public prosecutor.
the 36-year-old Harry H. Rogers is charged with assault, legemsangreb, to hurt people deliberately, as well as vandalism, informs politiafdelingen in Henrico County, in a statement on Monday.
In the declaration says further that the Rogers on Sunday night drove into a group of protesters who blocked a street near Richmond, Virginia, during a protest over the black american George Floyd’s death in police custody in Minneapolis.
A person was hit by Harry H. Rogers’ pickup, but was not seriously injured.
Prosecutor Shannon Taylor informs on Monday that ‘upon closer examination and a look at social media is Rogers an acknowledged leader of the Ku Klux Klan and a supporter of the confederacy’.
the Tv station WTVR has published the archive film of the Harry H. Rogers wearing KKK-robes, and a sydstatsflag in the hand.
Prosecutor Shannon Taylor adds that the prosecution is investigating whether Rogers should also be charged with hate crimes in connection with the case.
In another case a man on Monday have been charged with having shot a protester in Seattle.
According to the prison authorities in King County drove the man in his car up to a demonstration. He was surrounded by protesters, after which he fired shots.
The alleged attacks in Virginia is reminiscent of another case from the land from 2017. Here drove a 20-year-old right-wing extremist into a crowd in Charlottesville and killed a 32-year-old woman.
James Alex Fields Jr. confessed that he intentionally drove into a group of anti-racist protesters at high speed and was sentenced to life in prison.
