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Mayor Tweets ‘GO HOME’ After Killer Driver Plows Car Into Virginia Protesters

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By Dave Goldiner August 12, 2017

Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer pleaded for calm after a car plowed into a crowd of demonstrators protesting a gathering of white supremacists in the Virginia college town, killing at least one person.

Signer, who is Jewish, later said at least one person was killed.

Video footage showed the driver apparently intentionally driving into a group of protesters opposed to the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who gathered for a rally downtown.

That suggested the driver might be a supporter of the far right groups that called the torch-lit rally in the normally peaceful town.

Signer earlier blamed President Trump for fanning the flames of hatred with his divisive rhetoric and policies.

Dave Goldiner is the Forward’s director of digital media. Dave is a veteran journalist who has spent two decades working at newspapers in the United States and Africa. A native New Yorker, Goldiner wrote for the New York Daily News, where he covered some of the biggest stories of our time, including the attacks of September 11, along with thousands of stories of hope and heartbreak. He also studied and worked in Southern Africa and has written for publications in South Africa and Zimbabwe. He holds masters degrees in journalism and public administration from Columbia University. Dave can be reached at [email protected], or follow him on Twitter @davegoldiner

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