Review finds law enforcement unprepared, mishandled violent clashes in Charlottesville

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Law enforcement that responded to the “Unite the Right” rally and subsequent violent clashes in Charlottesville, Va., over the summer lacked preparation and failed to protect citizens, according to an independent review of the August events released Friday.

Timothy Heaphy, a former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, led a team in investigating the response to the Aug. 12 clashes between white nationalist groups and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Va., that left one woman dead.

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