Heather Heyer

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Memorial to Heather Heyer (2017)

Heather Heyer (born May 29, 1985 - August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville , Virginia ) was an American paralegal and civil rights activist.

biography

Heather Heyer was killed in a counter-demonstration to a far-right demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia. It became a symbol of civil rights.

The assassin, James Alex Fields Jr., accelerated sharply and raced into a crowd on a narrow downtown street. In the attack, 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed and 19 other participants were injured. He was found guilty of murder by a jury in December 2018 and received 419 years in prison.

Heyer's last words were posted on Facebook: "If you don't get upset, just don't look."

In December 2017, 4th Street in Charlottesville was renamed Heather Heyer Way in her honor .

Web links

Commons : Heather Heyer memorials  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lilian Häge: Killed Woman: "A heroine who did not die in vain" .
  2. ↑ Cell phone videos, surveillance cameras, and a police helicopter documented James' death voyage - NewsMedio.com .
  3. ↑ Neo-Nazi convicted of murder on faz.net, accessed December 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ Man gets life plus 419 years in deadly Charlottesville car attack , in: CBS.com , July 15, 2019.
  5. ^ Right-wing extremist perpetrators from Charlottesville sentenced to life imprisonment , Der Spiegel June 28, 2019,
  6. ↑ Violence in Charlottesville: What is Known About the Charlottesville Riots .
  7. ↑ Harriet Sinclair: Charlottesville Street Dedicated To Heather Heyer, Killed Protesting Nazis , Newsweek, December 21, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Heyer, Heather
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American paralegal and civil rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1985
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 2017
Place of death Charlottesville , Virginia