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DEANDRE HARRIS AQUITTED OF ALL CHARGES AFTER BEING BEATEN BY WHITE NATIONALISTS
Friday, March 16, 2018 at 04:43PM 
DeAndre Harris, an African American beaten by at least six white nationalist demonstrators at the August 12 Unite the Right rally, has been found not guilty by a court in Charlottesville.
Harris, whose case was decided by a judge on Friday, had been facing charges of misdemeanour assault and battery.
His defence team had argued that he was acting in self-defence.
A video of Harris's beating went viral in the days following the white nationalist rally, prompting an outcry.
Harris was initially charged with a felony, but it was later reduced to a misdemeanour.
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