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Mother of Charlottesville car attack victim sues murderer
The Associated Press ^ | 9/5/2019 | AP

Posted on 09/05/2019 11:35:41 AM PDT by one4perl

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The mother of a woman killed when a man rammed his car through a crowd protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, is suing the convicted murderer for wrongful death.

Susan Bro filed a $12 million lawsuit Aug. 30 against 22-year-old James Alex Fields Jr., who is now serving life sentences plus 419 years on numerous convictions.

The Daily Progress reports Thursday that Bro said she doesn’t want Fields’ “blood money.” She just wants to make sure he can’t profit from selling the rights to his story or publishing a memoir.

(Excerpt) Read more at wtop.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: charlottesville; fatkills; heatherheyer; jamesfields; lawsuit; protest; trump; virginia
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I didn't know he was serving life sentence + 419 years for other convictions. Wonder what convictions those are.
1 posted on 09/05/2019 11:35:41 AM PDT by one4perl
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To: one4perl

Groan. Her daughter died of a heart attack, not injuries sustained from a hit from his vehicle.


2 posted on 09/05/2019 11:37:54 AM PDT by montag813
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To: one4perl

Not being a Democrat. He could have gotten off with a couple years of probation.


3 posted on 09/05/2019 11:38:48 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: one4perl

When Fields was reached for comment, he said:

Don’t Sue Me, Bro!


4 posted on 09/05/2019 11:39:14 AM PDT by Meatspace
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To: one4perl
Two attention whores...the woman and her lawyer. Of course the guy has a net worth of $75 so one can only assume she's gonna set up a “gofundme” page and she'll get many thousands.
5 posted on 09/05/2019 11:41:37 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (A joke: Brennan,Comey and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
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To: montag813

What? There was blood on the perp’s car from the impact, how could it have been a heart attack? It was trauma that did her in.

I don’t have any opinion on the case, he screwed up and was likely freaked out when he did it, but I’ve also seen the video.


6 posted on 09/05/2019 11:42:39 AM PDT by one4perl
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To: wastoute
Not being a Democrat.

Also, he is a white male, so I'm sure that tacked on about 300 years to his sentence.

7 posted on 09/05/2019 11:43:51 AM PDT by Major Matt Mason (Washington, D.C. is America's biggest problem.)
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To: one4perl
The Left just keeps piling on. Fields will never publish any memoirs or get any money for his story. This is simply to make the point that the Left owns the courts and the "justice system".

Message received. Plan accordingly.

8 posted on 09/05/2019 11:43:52 AM PDT by flamberge (The wheels keep turning)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Regardless of how vile she is politically, her daughter died, have some heart.


9 posted on 09/05/2019 11:44:11 AM PDT by one4perl
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“she doesn’t want Fields’ “blood money.” She just wants to make sure he can’t profit from selling the rights to his story or publishing a memoir”

Called the “Son of Sam” law, most states have this prohibition already on the books, and I suspect this state does too. Yes, it is about the bucks she will make WHEN she has a book ghost-written for her.


10 posted on 09/05/2019 11:45:20 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: one4perl
She definitely died from a heart attack.
11 posted on 09/05/2019 11:45:25 AM PDT by Major Matt Mason (Washington, D.C. is America's biggest problem.)
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To: flamberge

I agree, very unlikely. It seems to me like it’s posturing for the sake of it knowing the public opinion will continue to be on her side.


12 posted on 09/05/2019 11:46:04 AM PDT by one4perl
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To: one4perl

No sympathy for communists and fellow travelers.


13 posted on 09/05/2019 11:47:00 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: Major Matt Mason

Any links to where I can research this further? Like I said, a bit of research shows that the coroner determined she died of blunt force trauma, and the wiki page says a major artery severing, which fits the situation. There’s also the blood traces from the car hit. I don’t like conspiracy theories.


14 posted on 09/05/2019 11:47:45 AM PDT by one4perl
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It’s a Slam Dunk case for Bro.

James Fields cannot afford a lawyer.


15 posted on 09/05/2019 11:48:40 AM PDT by Meatspace
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OK, I guess. Humanity has greater bounds than simply politics. Remember how FR reacted when Ed Kennedy died? It was almost as nasty as the libs reacted when Clarence Thomas and David Koch died. I guess my perspective is a little different, but I get where you’re coming from.


16 posted on 09/05/2019 11:51:24 AM PDT by one4perl
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Was not her blood.
According to her autopsy she was 4’11”, 335 lbs.


17 posted on 09/05/2019 11:52:57 AM PDT by glasseye ("24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." ~ H. L. Mencken)
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To: one4perl
Regardless of how vile she is politically, her daughter died, have some heart.

Her daughter died instigating hate and violence against the USA. Screw her.

18 posted on 09/05/2019 11:52:58 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: one4perl

Clarence Thomas died? What did I miss?


19 posted on 09/05/2019 11:53:25 AM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: one4perl
What? There was blood on the perp’s car from the impact, how could it have been a heart attack?

It was not her blood on Field's car. She was struck by a secondary impact from the vehicle that Field hit.

The coroner's report said that she died from a heart attack, brought on by stress from the event. The secondary impact injuries were minor by themselves.

Field was correctly held responsible for the death. The sentencing was extravagantly disproportional, reflecting the Leftist political agenda.

20 posted on 09/05/2019 11:53:32 AM PDT by flamberge (The wheels keep turning)
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