A Virginia man who allegedly drove his truck into a crowd of peaceful protesters over the weekend is an “admitted leader” of the Ku Klux Klan, officials say.
In a statement, Henrico Commonwealth Attorney Shannon Taylor described the man, identified by NBC affiliate WWBT as Harry Rogers, 36, as “a propagandist of Confederate ideology.
” A"cursory glance" at his social media and his own admissions to authorities revealed that he was a leader of the white supremacist group, she said.Rogers has been charged with assault, battery, attempted malicious wounding and felony vandalism in the Sunday night incident north of downtown Richmond, she said. Authorities are also investigating whether hate crime charges should be brought against him, she said.
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