A judge has denied bond for an Ohio man accused of plowing his car into a crowd at a white nationalist rally.
Judge Robert Downer said during a bond hearing this afternoon that he would appoint a lawyer for James Alex Fields, Jr. Fields is charged with second-degree murder and other counts after authorities say he drove into the crowd, killing a woman and hurting 19 others.
The rally was held by white nationalists and others who opposed a plan to remove from a Charlottesville park of a statue of a confederate general.
a high school teacher said fields was fascinated with Nazism, idolized Adolf Hitler and had been singled out by school officials in the 9th grade for his "deeply held, radical" convictions on race.
Fields' mother said that she was not aware of his views and became emotional when she learned of his arrest.
"I don't really talk to him about his political views so I don't really understand what the rally was about or anything. I didn't know it was white supremacist. I thought it had something to do with Trump. Trump's not a supremacist. So authorities are looking for him?" said Samantha Bloom, mother of James Alex Fields, Jr.
Reporter: "Yes, he's in custody."
