A judge has denied bond for an Ohio man accused of plowing his car into a crowd at a white nationalist rally.

Judge Robert Downer said during a bond hearing Monday he would appoint a lawyer for James Alex Fields Jr.

Fields is charged with second-degree murder and other counts after authorities say he drove into the crowd, fatally injuring one woman and hurting 19 others.

The rally was held by white nationalists and others who oppose a plan to remove from a Charlottesville park of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

Fields has been in custody since Saturday.

A high school teacher said Fields was fascinated with Nazism, idolized Adolf Hitler and had been singled out by school officials in the 9th grade for his "deeply held, radical" convictions on race.

He is charged with second-degree murder and could also face federal charges, depending on the outcome of a FBI investigation.

The person who died, 32-year-old Heather Heyer, was among counter protesters in Charlottesville opposing a "Unite the Right" rally.

A vigil was held for her Sunday night in Charlottesville. Heyer worked as a paralegal for a law firm and her father said she stood up for what she believed in.

Violent clashes broke out Saturday between white nationalists and other alternative right-wing groups and counter protesters.

The chaos erupted around what is believed to be the largest group of white nationalists to come together in a decade to protest the city's decision to remove a Confederate statue of Robert E. Lee.

Two state troopers were also killed when their helicopter crashed when they were deployed to the violent protests.

President Donald Trump's words about the riots caused a reaction among political leaders when he said the following.

"We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides," said Trump. "It's been going on for a long time in our country. Not Donald Trump. Not Barack Obama. It's been going on for a long, long time."

The mayor of Charlottesville said Sunday that President Donald Trump bears some responsibility for the violence.

"Look at the campaign he ran. I mean, look at the intentional courting both on the one hand of all these white supremacist, white nationalist groups like that, anti-Semitic groups, and look on the other hand the repeated failure to step up, condemn, denounce, silence, you know, put to bed, all those efforts," Michael Signer said.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.

Political leaders react to Charlottesville violence

Other political leaders are reacting to President Donald Trump's statement on the Charlottesville violence.

Members of both parties have criticized the president's response to Saturday's violence.



Kriseman also shared "A Prayer for the World," which he said he recited following the mass shooting in Orlando. He said it was worth sharing again.

Others also tweeted out their reactions to what happened in Charlottesville.