Jurors to decide whether Charlottesville Unite the Right rally organizers prepared for a violent showdown from the start – CNN

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(CNN)Four years after White supremacists descended on Charlottesville, Virginia, for the “Unite the Right” rally, a civil trial starting Monday will decide whether organizers had predetermined the event would turn violent. Dozens were injured and one person died in the chaos surrounding the rally.

        People fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of people demonstrating against a white nationalist rally after police cleared Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, August 12. People fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of people demonstrating against a white nationalist rally after police cleared Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, August 12.
        The vehicle moments before it struck the crowd.The vehicle moments before it struck the crowd.
        A woman receives first aid after a speeding car slammed into this silver convertible as it navigated through a crowd of counterprotesters. A woman receives first aid after a speeding car slammed into this silver convertible as it navigated through a crowd of counterprotesters.
        A man embraces an injured woman after a car rammed into the crowd. A man embraces an injured woman after a car rammed into the crowd.
        Right-wing rally members clash with counterprotesters in Emancipation Park, where white nationalist groups gathered for a rally. Right-wing rally members clash with counterprotesters in Emancipation Park, where white nationalist groups gathered for a rally.
        A counterprotester strikes a white nationalist with a baton during clashes at Emancipation Park, where white nationalists are protesting the removal of the Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee monument. A counterprotester strikes a white nationalist with a baton during clashes at Emancipation Park, where white nationalists are protesting the removal of the Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee monument.
        A counterprotester throws a newspaper box at a right-wing rally member at the entrance to Emancipation Park.A counterprotester throws a newspaper box at a right-wing rally member at the entrance to Emancipation Park.
        A counterprotester uses a lighted spray can against a white nationalist at the entrance to Emancipation Park.A counterprotester uses a lighted spray can against a white nationalist at the entrance to Emancipation Park.
        Counterprotesters try to burn a Confederate battle flag taken from white nationalist protesters. Counterprotesters try to burn a Confederate battle flag taken from white nationalist protesters.
        White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the "alt-right" clash with counterprotesters.White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the "alt-right" clash with counterprotesters.
        A white nationalist is seen with a cut below his eye suffered during clashes with counterprotesters at Emancipation Park .A white nationalist is seen with a cut below his eye suffered during clashes with counterprotesters at Emancipation Park .
        White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the alt-right movement exchange volleys of pepper spray with counterprotesters as they enter Emancipation Park.White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the alt-right movement exchange volleys of pepper spray with counterprotesters as they enter Emancipation Park.
        A woman is treated for exposure to pepper spray during clashes between white nationalists and counterprotesters at Emancipation Park.A woman is treated for exposure to pepper spray during clashes between white nationalists and counterprotesters at Emancipation Park.
        White nationalists use shields as they guard the entrance to Emancipation Park.White nationalists use shields as they guard the entrance to Emancipation Park.
        Counterprotesters line the route taken by white nationalists and neo-Nazis during the "Unite the Right" rally. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police, the rally was declared an unlawful gathering and people were forced out of Emancipation Park, formerly called Lee Park and home to a controversial statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Counterprotesters line the route taken by white nationalists and neo-Nazis during the "Unite the Right" rally. After clashes with anti-fascist protesters and police, the rally was declared an unlawful gathering and people were forced out of Emancipation Park, formerly called Lee Park and home to a controversial statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
        White nationalist Richard Spencer and his supporters clash with Virginia State Police in Emancipation Park.White nationalist Richard Spencer and his supporters clash with Virginia State Police in Emancipation Park.
        Riot police form a line of defense in front of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Emancipation Park, recently renamed from Lee Park.Riot police form a line of defense in front of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Emancipation Park, recently renamed from Lee Park.
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          Hundreds of White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the "alt-right" are confronted by protesters during the "United the Right" rally August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Hundreds of White nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the "alt-right" are confronted by protesters during the "United the Right" rally August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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