Feds arrest four men connected to 2017 Charlottesville riots

By Kelly Cohen

Published October 2, 2018 6:59pm ET

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Feds arrest four men connected to 2017 Charlottesville riots — The father of a North Dakota man who marched in a white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., this weekend has denounced his son's behavior, saying that "he is not welcome at our family gatherings any longer." | (Steve Helber/AP)

Federal authorities have arrested and charged four men in connection with the violent riots in Charlottesville, Va., in August 2017 that left one person dead and inflamed racial tensions around the nation.

Cole Evan White, Benjamin Drake Daley, Michael Paul Miselis, and Thomas Walter Gillen were each charged one count of conspiracy to violate the federal riots statute and one count of violating the federal right statute related to the Aug. 11 and 12 rallies.

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