Black Man Beaten At Charlottesville White Nationalist Rally Is Acquitted Of Assault
Images of DeAndre Harris, 20, being pummeled by white men with poles surfaced after the rally last August. Harris was later charged with assault himself — and, on Friday, found not guilty.
by Colin Dwyer
Mar 16, 2018
2 minutes
DeAndre Harris, a black man brutally beaten after a white nationalist rally last August in Charlottesville, Va., has been found not guilty of misdemeanor assault for his role in the incident. The city's General District Court handed down the ruling Friday.
Harold Crews, 48, an attorney and chairman of , had pressed charges against Harris for the Unite the Right rally. followed that demonstration, including the beating Harris sustained at the hands of several white men, which was and later went viral.
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