Watch Charlottesville Victim’s Dad Call For People to Forgive Each Other

The father of Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer, who was killed on Saturday, says he has forgiven the man who allegedly drove deliberately into a crowd of anti-racism protesters, mowing down Heyer’s daughter… and calls on people everywhere to change their hearts and forgive each other.

Mark Heyer said: “People need to stop hating, and they need to forgive each other. I include myself in that in forgiving the guy who did this. He didn’t know better.”

At least a dozen people were also injured in the attack in Virginia, USA which occurred during a counter-protest to a protest about the removal of a statue of Robert E Lee.

President Donald Trump has come under fire for not condemning the white supremacist group that was protesting the removal. On Tuesday he argued that he’s not putting anybody on a “moral plane” and that “you had people that were very fine people on both sides”. He said: “Not all those people were neo-Nazis, not all those people were white supremacists.” He did condemn suspect James Alex Fields Jr, and said the “murderer” is a “disgrace to himself, his family and his country”.

Heyer said he’s proud of his 32-year-old daughter who was protesting against the white supremacists – “I’m proud of her, proud of her for standing up. She had more courage than I have” – and said: “I hope all of this stuff that’s come out isn’t twisted into something negative, but there comes a positive change in people’s hearts, in their thinking, in their understanding of their neighbour.

“We just need to forgive each other… and I hope that’s what comes out of all of this. I hope that her life and what has transpired changes people’s hearts.”

Watch Charlottesville Father Calls for Forgiveness

WATCH: Heather Heyer's father says he forgives the man who killed his daughter. "She had more courage than I had." pic.twitter.com/S1aVQzfvW8

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