Demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia, held a peaceful vigil
 Wednesday evening in the wake of the deadly violence the town faced last weekend. 

During the “Unite the Right” rally on Saturday, held by white supremacists and neo-Nazis to protest the removal of a Confederate statue, a car driven by James Fields Jr. plowed into counterprotesters, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injuring many others.

Speaking at a service Wednesday afternoon, Heyer’s mother told a crowd, “They tried to kill my child to shut her up. Well guess what? You just magnified her,” Reuters reported.

In case you haven’t watched this, an emotional candlelight vigil at UVA tonight. #Charlottesville pic.twitter.com/o8yk9TkGac
— Gabrielle Smith (@GabbySmithTV) August 17, 2017

A speaker read part of Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” at the #UVA–#Charlottesville vigil/march. Very moving. pic.twitter.com/3SHqKvhb0x
— Geoffrey Skelley (@geoffreyvs) August 17, 2017

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