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THE MOTHER OF a woman killed while protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville urged mourners at a memorial service to “make my daughter’s death worthwhile” by confronting injustice.
Susan Bro said people should channel “anger into righteous action,” stirring applause from the hundreds of people who packed into a downtown theatre wearing the victim’s favourite colour, purple.
“They tried to kill my child to shut her up. Well, guess what? You just magnified her,” she said, pointing a defiant finger as her audience gave her a standing ovation.
The white nationalists who had pledged to show up and potentially disrupt services for Heather Heyer were absent from the crowd of clergy people and out-of-town tourists who gathered outside the Paramount Theatre to remember her.
Heyer was among the hundreds of protesters who had gathered Saturday in Charlottesville to decry what was believed to be the largest gathering of white nationalists in a decade – including neo-Nazis, skinheads and Ku Klux Klan members.
They descended on the city for a rally prompted by the city’s decision to remove a Confederate monument.
Counter-protesters had converged for a march along a downtown street when suddenly a Dodge Challenger car barreled into them, hurling people into the air.
The Ohio man who police say was driving, 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr, was described by a former high school teacher as an admirer of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany.
He was quickly taken into custody and has been charged with second-degree murder and other counts.
Heyer’s family members and friends said her death would only inspire them to fight harder for justice.
“This is not the end of Heather’s legacy,” Bro said. “It was just the beginning of Heather’s legacy.”
Bro urged those who wanted to honour her daughter to “find in your heart that small spark of accountability.”
“You poke that finger at yourself like Heather would have done, and you make it happen,” she said.
You take that extra step and you find a way to make a difference in the world.
Heyer’s grandfather said his 32-year-old granddaughter always wanted fairness, even from a young age.
Elwood Shrader said Heyer showed her passion for equality and swiftly called out something that wasn’t right. He said she wanted respect for everyone and believed “all lives matter”.
Mark Heyer, her father, said his daughter wanted to “put down hate”.
In a tweet today, President Donald Trump called Heyer “beautiful and incredible” and a “truly special young woman”. He said “she will be long remembered by all!”
Trump told reporters yesterday that he planned to reach out to Heyer’s family. The White House did not respond to questions today about whether Trump has contacted Heyer’s family.
Heyer was a Charlottesville resident and legal assistant. She grew up in nearby Greene County and worked as a legal assistant at a law firm. Her boss, Larry Miller, said the young woman was active in the firm’s bankruptcy practice and was like a family member to him.
“She’s very compassionate, she’s very precise, got a big heart,” Miller said. “She wants to make sure that things are right. She cares about the people that we take care of.”
Also killed on Saturday were two Virginia State Police troopers who were aboard a helicopter that was providing video of the event before it broke off to lend support to a motorcade for Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe.
The helicopter crashed outside of Charlottesville; an investigation into the crash is ongoing.
A funeral for Trooper-Pilot Berke MM Bates has been set for this Friday and a funeral for Lieutenant H Jay Cullen, the helicopter’s pilot, is scheduled for Saturday.
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Was an avid viewer of them all, specially Corrie. All of a sudden, I just stopped. I don’t know what happened, I just suddenly lost complete interest in all of them. Go figure.
@Anna Carr: omg I’m the same no interest at all
@Anna Carr: same watched then all just stopped over pandemic, think I was just sick of all the doom and glum, and uv no interest now
I’d rather go to the dentist.
Every day.
I admit to it, freely and often but only ever one soap, that’s more than enough and, even after 60 years The Journal still managed to get that record holding actor’s character name wrong, it’s Ken not Kevin Barlow.
@Tom Hogarty: I used to go out with someone that had to watch all the soaps… Honest to god… Add up the amount of hours a week that is… Home and Away, Fair City, Neighbours, Coronation Street, Eastenders, Emmerdale, and Hollyoaks.
@FiannaFáilness FineGaelness: I guess you never went out so .
@Gearoid O Chorraigh: Clever boy! Haha
@FiannaFáilness FineGaelness: rented with a lad like that years ago, 10 sisters he had and they watched every soap made, a bit lighter straight after school, the Australian ones, warming up with the northern English soaps to follow, fair city and EastEnders to finish off, although he always said he didn’t like fair city..
Emigrated to Australia then 8 years ago and we havent heard from him since
The last time I watched soaps Emmerdale was still a farm and Dirty Den managed the Queen Vic
As someone born into the single TV generation in 1979, I had to watch them because my parents did. Though I chose to watch Home and Away after school back in the day.
@Reuben Gray: yeah has to watch Corrie growing up but I did watch Eastenders for a few years willingly. The shows I actively watched were Neighbours, Holly oaks and some US ones back in the day on Sky General Hospital and As the world turns
Tolka Row and The Riordans
I watched home and away fairly religiously for about 25 years, grand to watch with the dinner. Used to watch eastenders in fits and starts but got a bit too grim.
Have never watched a single episode of Corrie, Emmerdale Farm, East Enders, Fair City etc. Used to watch the Aussie soaps back in my school days when Scott & Charlene and Shane & Angel were a thing. Really showing my age. Lost interest in them at some point. Also watched Glenroe on Sunday nights; the theme tune still haunts me as once it was over, I had to go to bed ahead of a new school week
Ros na Rún all the way for me. Makes it all the better that it is set in rural Ireland in a Gaeltacht area
I do listen The Archers before turning in for the night. Does that count?
I used to watch Shortland Street but one day I didn’t bother and I never went back to it, that was about 2 years ago.
YouTube, Channel 4 player and (my father-in-law’s) Netflix all the way. Haven’t had “channels” in years and will never bother with them again.
Fair City and more recently i’ve become a fan of Ros na Rún – better than watching nonstop news and comment
Only watch Shortland Street, Neighbours and Home and Away. I used to watch Corrie and Emmerdale but I just didn’t enjoy them anymore.
@Carùl O’Hickey: only
@Gareth Keenan: they’re on at a time when people are preparing/eating and cleaning up afterwards, easy to leave on in the background and half pay attention
Real Life is shirty enough…
Amazon Prime, Netflix [piggyback], Now and YouTube. Haven’t watched terrestrial channels in a long time, except the Smithsonian channel on occasion. I like watching stuff that might educate me about the world, instead of rotting away my brain..
Absolute rubbish shows. I never watched them and the children were never allowed to watch then when they were younger.
Somebody must be watching the soaps because they have the highest TV viewing ratings.
But no one here wants to admit to it.
@Roger Bond: we probably get counted as watching eastenders tbh. We don’t. It’s just it’s on at a time where we are between programs, and using the time to do other things before having a final settle for the evening. So it’s on but not actually watched. I only know it’s eastenders from the horrible accents of some of them.
I don’t watch television unless visiting a pub or friend’s house. Darts is fascinating on tv.
Fair City only
@Veronica Conway: God love ya watching that scutter
@Daniel Carry: Fair $hitty
Doctors on BBC is the only soap we watch now. Used to watch corrie,but gave up when we were nearly 50 episodes behind and there was no hope of catching up. Deleted all the recorded episodes and just stopped.
I watched several as a teenager and they were fun for a while but I soon realised the plots were just recycled every few years and it felt like I was watching the same thing over and over on an endless loop.
No. I like things that have a beginning and an eventual end.
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