https://www.foxnews.com/us/charlotte...-official-saysThe man accused of killing a woman while he plowed a car into a crowd of counter-protesters at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia last year was assaulted in jail, officials said.
James Alex Fields Jr. was allegedly hit "twice on the left side of his body above his shoulders" on Oct. 22 by Timothy Ray Brown Jr., Col. Martin Kumer, superintendent of the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, said in a news release.
Brown was walking past a correctional officer when he allegedly assaulted Fields.
"At no time did Inmate Fields have an opportunity to defend himself or respond in any manner," Kumer stated.
Fields is facing first-degree murder, along with other charges, in the death of Heather Heyer on Aug. 12, 2017. The 32-year-old woman was counter-protesting the Charlottesville rally when Fields allegedly drove a vehicle into a group of people, leaving her dead and dozens of others wounded.
Sounds like he was just sucker-punched. Nothing too serious.
You'd think they'd escort a high-profile inmate like that in isolation, not move him when any other inmates are around.
I'm assuming he was cuffed at the time and unable to defend himself. That's how they generally deal with those in "protective custody", when moving them from say their cell to the rec yard.
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