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The man who allegedly drove into a group of people who were protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Saturday, killing a woman and injuring several others, is set to appear at a bond hearing this morning.James Alex Fields Jr., 20, is charged with second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and one count related to leaving the scene.The crash that killed Heather Heyer took place at a Unite the Right rally spurred on by Charlottesville's plan to remove a Confederate statue from a local park.The rally was attended by neo-Nazis, skinheads and Ku Klux Klan members, and the white nationalists were met with hundreds of counterprotesters, which led to street brawls and violent clashes.Fields is accused of driving into the counterprotesters.Mother of Charlottesville suspect: 'I just knew he was going to a rally ... I thought it had something to do with Trump'What we know about the violent clashes and car-ramming in Charlottesville'Everyone’s hearts are aching': Cities hold vigils in wake of Charlottesville violenceA former high school classmate of the suspect told ABC News that Fields had proclaimed himself a neo-Nazi and white supremacist.Fields' mother, Samantha Bloom, told The Associated Press she knew her son, who had recently moved to Ohio from where he grew up in Kentucky, was attending a rally, but she thought it was a rally for President Donald Trump, not for white nationalists."I don't really talk to him about his political views," she said.

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