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Vigil held Saturday night at SC State House for Charlottesville victims

Posted by Rachael Myers Lowe

rlowe@thestate.com
COLUMBIA, SC

The group Indivisible Midlands held a vigil Saturday night at the South Carolina State House for the victims of the events earlier in the day in Charlottesville, Virginia.

One person was killed and as many as 19 others were injured when a car plowed into a crowd of demonstrators who were gathered to protest a rally by white nationalists.

Rescue personnel help injured people after a car ran into a large group of protesters after an white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them.
Rescue personnel help injured people after a car ran into a large group of protesters after an white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. There were several hundred protesters marching in a long line when the car drove into a group of them. Steve Helber AP

“Citizens in Columbia will peacefully gather at the Statehouse at 8:30pm for an emergency flashlight vigil,” the organizers said in their Facebook post on Saturday.

This story was originally published August 12, 2017 at 5:45 PM with the headline "Vigil held Saturday night at SC State House for Charlottesville victims."

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