Jury awards $25 million in Charlottesville "Unite the Right" rally civil case

A federal jury has returned a partial verdict in a civil case about whether the white nationalist organizers of the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville four years ago conspired to commit racially motivated violence that left one person dead and scores injured.

Judge Norman Moon announced Tuesday that the jury considers that it has arrived at a verdict in this case. 

The jury was not able to reach a decision on whether the defendants had, under an obscure federal statute, conspired to commit racially motivated violence. It did conclude that they had committed conspiracy under state laws and awarded plaintiffs a total of about $25 million in damages.