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In Charlottesville Suspect's Hometown, People Respond To Deadly Attack

By Eleanor Klibanoff
Published August 14, 2017 at 1:39 PM PDT

People in northern Kentucky are reacting to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. It is near the hometown of James Alex Fields Jr., the man who drove his car into a crowd of protesters, killing one woman.

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Eleanor Klibanoff
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