Originally Posted by kane

I don't know who ran the car into the protesters as it just happened. There was a number of Alt-right/white supremacist/white nationalist holding a "unite the right" rally. Another group then began protesting that group. Things got heated, fights broke out, and chaos erupted. Then someone plowed a car into a group that was protesting the white nationalist.

I suppose the car thing could be some crazy accident, but it was likely someone trying to take out protestors.