Grand jury indicts torch-wielding Unite the Right marchers from 2017 (Charlottesville)

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https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/grand-jury-indicts-torch-wielding-marchers-from-2017/article_3edf2634-dd6f-11ed-b610-b31caa6fb8a2.html

Nearly six years after marching across the Grounds of the University of Virginia carrying flaming torches and shouting phrases including “Blood and soil” and “Jews will not replace us,” some of those marchers appear to have been hit with felony indictments for violating Virginia law against burning to intimidate.

“These indictments were issued as part of a criminal investigation that is active and ongoing,” Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Hingeley said in a statement announcing the actions by an Albemarle County grand jury, which has jurisdiction over UVa’s Central Grounds.

Hingeley, who declined to respond to inquiries on Monday from The Daily Progress, did not name the criminal suspects or say how many there were. Likewise, Albemarle Circuit Court clerk Jon Zug was tight-lipped about the charges, which he said were sealed.

“I cannot release sealed indictments until I’ve gotten confirmation that the people have been served,” Zug told The Daily Progress. “At that time, I’ll be able the release the names.”

Ever since the Unite the Right rally-turned-riot on Aug. 12, 2017, which brought hordes of neo-Nazis and neo-Confederates onto the streets of Charlottesville and claimed the life of anti-racist counter-protester Heather Heyer, there have been efforts to punish the racists.

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[B.See]

1. Better late than NEVER. LOCK THEM UP.

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2. Bet those bastards had long forgotten what they did. The law didn't though.

Wonder how they're notified? Registered mail, FedEx, door knock? I imagine the ones recognizable in many photos of those torch-bearing, antisemitic, racists are frantically searching for lawyers right about now.