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Aug 10, 2018, 8 tweets

LIVE: 1 year later, we're continuing to examine the consequences of #Charlottesville, including how the events of that day have changed life and politics in America.

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It has been one year since the fatal white nationalist rally in Charlottesville.

Virginia has already declared a state of emergency ahead of this weekend, and another “Unite the Right” rally is planned in Washington D.C. nbcnews.to/2MhBt9O

.@SimoneBoyce speaks to Christian Piccolini, a reformed extremist, about why people become involved with extremist groups. nbcnews.to/2MhBt9O

@SimoneBoyce "It's usually not about ideology. People aren't necessarily born to hate," says Christian Piccolini, a reformed extremist. nbcnews.to/2MhBt9O

These two sisters were directly hit by the driver in the Charlottesville attack.

"I can't pay a bill. I can't work. I can't drive for too long. I need help taking care of my 9-year-old child." nbcnews.to/2MhBt9O

There are still hundreds of Confederate monuments around the United States.

@MSNBC's Trymaine Lee journeyed to the South to see them for himself. nbcnews.to/2MAIwHC

Was the Charlottesville rally organized to resist the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee?

“It’s never about what they say it’s about,” says reformed extremist Christian Piccolini. nbcnews.to/2MAIwHC

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