Black Man Beaten During Charlottesville Rally Charged With Felony<br />DeAndre Harris, 20, was beaten with a metal pipe and wooden boards by at least six men inside a parking garage on Aug. 12,<br />and efforts to identify his assailants became a rallying cry on social media in the days after the “Unite the Right” rally.<br />The warrant issued on Monday stems from a statement given by one of Mr. Harris’s unnamed<br />assailants, referred to in a police statement as “the victim,” to the authorities.<br />A Charlottesville Police Department detective did respond, verified the facts and a warrant for Unlawful Wounding (Va Code 18.2-51) was issued.”<br />Join a deep and provocative exploration of race with a diverse group of New York Times journalists<br />“The victim went to the Magistrate’s office, presented the facts of what occurred<br />and attempted to obtain the warrant,” the police in Charlottesville said in the statement.
