If Harris had been convicted, he would have faced up to 12 months in jail and a $2,500 (U.S.) fine. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A Black man brutally beaten at last year’s “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville — and who was later charged with assaulting a white nationalist — was acquitted Friday. As he spoke, it was unclear how he would rule, and many attendees — nearly all of them Harris supporters — looked worried. “I [saw] Mr. Crews driving his flag into Corey, and that’s when I tried to break up the altercation with the flashlight,” Harris told the judge. By then, the report said, Harris’ head had been split open, and he was bleeding.

Source: thestar March 17, 2018 00:22 UTC