1 dead after car reportedly strikes protesters marching against alt-right rally

Car strikes crowd in Charlottesville protest
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A car reportedly plowed through peaceful protesters marching against an alt-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday. At least one person was reportedly killed and an unknown number of people injured. "A car appeared to deliberately mow down pedestrians," said an eyewitness.

Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer tweeted an announcement of the death and encouraged demonstrators to disperse:

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.