Charlottesville Grieves • Trump Doesn't Call Out Nazis • Suspected Driver In Custody: Patch Morning Briefing

Good morning — it's Monday, and the weekend was full of news. We're here to help you make sense of it all.

Violence In Charlottesville Echoes Across the Nation

The people of Charlottesville, Virginia, are grieving and striving to cope with the traumatic and fatal events of the weekend. Violence erupted in the city as white nationalists took to the streets to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Saturday, but the deadly encounter began brewing the night before. Three people were killed in events related to the "Unite the Right" rally, including a counter-protester and two Virginia State Police troopers. Read a full timeline of events. (Patch)

Trump Doesn't Call Out White Supremacists Or Nazis

President Trump is facing blowback even by members of his own party for refusing to explicitly call out the hateful ideologies behind the initial Charlottesville protests. Instead, he denounced bigotry and violence "on many sides," seeming to lump the anti-white supremacists and anti-Nazi protesters in with their opponents. The White House later said that Trump was denouncing, in part, white supremacy, but he never personally addressed the issue, despite multiple opportunities to do so. (Patch)

One Killed In Deadly Car Attack

One of the most tragic parts of the weekend chaos in Charlottesville is now the subject of a civil rights investigation. A man reported to have Nazi views allegedly drove into a crowd of protesters in the city Saturday, killing the 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injuring at least 19 others, using a terrorist technique previously employed by criminals aligning themselves with the Islamic State. Police took James Alex Fields, 20, into custody for the crime, and he is facing charges of second-degree murder. (Patch)

Quick Hits

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Jerome Schaffer, Former Bengals Linebacker, Sentenced For Exposing Himself Near Church

The 26-year-old pleaded no contest to the charges, but his lawyer says his mental health should be considered a mitigating factor. (Patch)

3 Shot Dead At Wisconsin Drag Strip

Three victims were shot and killed at "point blank" range. Authorities are conducting an aggressive search for the suspect. (Patch)

Great White Shark Leaps, Steals Catch Off Cape Cod

A great white shark was caught on camera leaping out of the water and stealing a Cape Cod fisherman's catch this week. (Patch)

Raucous Protest In Seattle Surrounds Alt-Right Rally

Seattle reacted to the Charlottesville attack Sunday by mounting a large counter-protest to a pro-Trump group's rally. (Patch)

FBI's Most Wanted Fugitive Caught In Woodbridge, VA

A New Jersey gang member wanted for beating and stabbing a man to death was arrested in Woodbridge, Virginia, on Friday, the FBI says. (Patch)

This Day In History

1935 — President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law, which provides supports for millions of seniors to this day

2003 — The Northeast blackout of 2003 darkens much of the United States and Canada

Famous Birthdays

1912 — Frank Oppenheimer, a physicist whose work related to the Manhattan Project

1987 — Tim Tebow, football player, baseball player and sportscaster

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