CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Jason Kessler, organizer of "Unite the Right," a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was unable to complete a press conference one day after the death of a counter-protester.
According to WVIR and other media outlets, Kessler's statement was immediately drowned out by the sound of protesters screaming "shame."
Two Virginia state troopers also were killed when their helicopter crashed on a golf course as they were going to assess the situation in Charlottesville.
Officers standing nearby escorted Kessler away after a few moments when a few protesters sought to confront him face-to-face:
Violent clashes between white supremacists and counter-protesters escalated on Saturday when James Alex Fields, Jr., 20, of Ohio, allegedly drove his vehicle into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing Heather Heyer, 32.