2017 Charlottesville rally defendant Jacob Dix's trial begins for using flaming torches to intimidate counterprotesters, testing a 2002 intimidation law.

Jacob Joseph Dix's trial begins in Charlottesville, VA for using flaming torches to intimidate counterprotesters at the 2017 white nationalist rally, marking the first test of a 2002 law making it a felony to burn objects for intimidation. The rally, which included 600 white nationalists, is linked to the death of a counterprotester and injuries to others. Dix's defense argues for free speech rights under the First Amendment.