GoFundMe<\/a>\u00a0page for her, with her mother writing: ‘She died doing what was right. My heart is broken, but I am forever proud of her.’<\/span><\/p>\nBlair added: ‘I’m still numb. My friend is dead. Heather was with us because this is what Heather believed in. She died standing up for what she believed in.<\/span><\/p>\n‘We had been witnessing everything that was going on. We’ve been here for it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n‘We couldn’t have hate groups walking around our city with no peaceful opposition.<\/span><\/p>\n‘We knew the risk we were taking. But we said they aren’t going to do this anymore.’<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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The woman who was mowed down and killed at <\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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\nBlair had live-streamed to Facebook the moment James Alex Fields Jr allegedly drove through a line of innocent counter-protesters.<\/span><\/p>\nShe later informed her Facebook followers that she and Martin were safe following the tragic events.<\/span><\/p>\nThe video shows people screaming ‘look out’ and a commotion ensues.<\/span><\/p>\nBlair is shoved away from the street and onto the sidewalk. The videos shakes while the crowd runs for safety.<\/span><\/p>\nBlair realizes that\u00a0Martin isn’t with her and begins screaming out his name, trying to find him. In a panic, she says to a friend, ‘Where is he, Marcus?’<\/span><\/p>\nBlair begins moving through the throngs of injured people, looking for Martin when the video suddenly cuts off.<\/span><\/p>\nShe returned to Facebook to post an update later that day. She wrote: ‘A car intentionally ran through a crowd of peaceful counter protesters. This is right when it happened.’\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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\nBlair continued: ‘My fianc\u00e9 pushed me out the way. He got hit, his leg is broke. We’re alive. I lost a good friend today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n‘Everyone has an opinion, but we were out there spreading love and not allowing hate groups to terrorize our city! Our country!!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n‘The only person is wrong is the person behind that wheel. Feel what you do, but spread LOVE today. Spread LOVE everyday. Promote LOVE. Send LOVE out to the universe.’\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe couple got engaged in February after dating a little more than a year.<\/span><\/p>\nBlair also shared that it was her friend,\u00a0Heyer who died
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Martin didn’t hesitate to push his bride-to-be out of the way, resulting in him being hit by the accelerating vehicle.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nBlair added: ‘I lost one of my good friends today, killed for peacefully standing up for what she believed in. Rest In Peace you sweet sweet soul.’<\/span><\/p>\nHeyer had worked with Blair at the Miller Law Group PC in Virginia for the past three years.<\/span><\/p>\nCharlottesville Police Chief Alfred Thomas Jr. told reporters Heyer was killed while crossing the street after Fields Jr plowed his Dodge Challenger into the protesters.<\/span><\/p>\nDespite the efforts of those on the scene to revive her, she died.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nVideo of the Dodge Challenger, which is registered to Fields, showed the driver accelerating into the crowd, throwing bodies into the air as people scream, before reversing at high speed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nFields was charged with\u00a0second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and failing to stop at the scene of a crash that resulted in a death, according to police.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nJames Alex Fields Jr, of Maumee, Ohio, was arrested on Saturday after he allegedly drove his vehicle into a crowd of anti-fascists at white nationalist rally, killing Heyer and injuring 19.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Video of the Dodge Challenger, which is registered to Fields, showed the driver accelerating into the crowd throwing bodies into the air as people scream before reversing at high speed<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe deadly crash came after violent clashes erupted as hundreds of white supremacists including armed militias marched into Charlottesville.<\/span><\/p>\nPolice cleared the scene with tear gas but the violence continued. Charlottesville Police Chief Al Thomas said a total of 35 people had been treated for injuries, 14 of those were from individual engagements on the streets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHorrifying video from the scene of the car attack showed the silver muscle car speeding towards a group of fleeing anti-fascist counter-protesters.<\/span><\/p>\nAnother clip showed the vehicle ramming into the crowd at high speed and victims crying out in pain as they desperately sought medical help.<\/span><\/p>\nWitnesses said the car was traveling up to 40mph when it hit and reversed before ramming into the crowd again and speeding off with Martin’s shoe attached to its bumper.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCharlottesville Police Chief Al Thomas said a total of 35 people had been treated for injuries, 14 of those were from individual engagements on the streets.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n
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