The father of the deceased in Charlottesville girls ready to forgive the killer of his daughter

The father of the deceased in Charlottesville girls ready to forgive the killer of his daughter

Among the 20 victims of the attacks in Virginia Heather Heyer was the only victim. On Saturday, she died under the wheels of the Dodge Challenger, the wheel which was 20-year-old supporter of Nazism James Alex fields.

32-year-old Heyer worked as a paralegal and was an ideological opponent of his killer. During a meeting of white nationalists in Charlottesville , she went out in the group kontrprotestuyuschih.

The father of the deceased in Charlottesville girls ready to forgive the killer of his daughter

«Heather was my only daughter, my heart. She was the embodiment of virtue and a true champion for social equality,» says the heartbroken father of the deceased mark Heyer.

The man admits that he could not accept the loss and still completely conscious. Nevertheless, he was ready to forgive his daughter’s murderer, because hating him would be contrary to the beliefs that gave life Heather.

«I don’t hate him, otherwise I would stoop to his level. I think it beguiled the devil,» said Heyer, Sr.

Meanwhile, his noble views are not shared by all. The public outcry caused by the crime of the fields, as big as a storm of indignation and hatred. Because of the numerous threats in the address, the attacker will not even personally attend the review of his case in court. Fearing physical violence, he will hear the verdict in the online mode.

The next day after the death of Heather Heyer in many U.S. cities held protests against chauvinism, and on Monday the Illinois Senate equated neo-Nazi terrorist organizations and declared them illegal.

«Maybe she was born precisely in order to initiate change,» suggested the girl’s mother.

 

 

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