Charlottesville suspect allegedly abused his disabled mother

James Alex Fields Jr., the white supremacist and the driver of the car that killed a woman at the Charlottesville white nationalist rally, was previously accused of beating his mother, threatening her with a 12-inch knife and overall was not a good son.

The evidence came from transcripts of 911 calls released Monday.

Fields' mother, Samantha Bloom, is disabled and is wheelchair bound. The records show she repeatedly called police in 2010 and 2011, telling them that her son was on medication to control his anger.

Fields was arrested and put in juvenile detention after Bloom told police in 2011 that her son stood behind her wielding a knife.

In that same year, she called 911 to say her son was "being very threatening toward her" and she didn't feel "in control on the situation," according to 911 dispatcher's notes obtained by The Washington Post.

In 2010, Bloom said her son smacked her in the head and locked her in the bathroom after she told him to stop playing video games. It's unclear if he was arrested for that incident.

Overall, there were nine calls from Bloom's home to police that were logged since 2010.

Fields, 20, is accused of killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer Saturday in Charlottesville. He is described as a big Adolf Hitler fan and doesn't take well to blacks, Jews, Muslims, French folks, and people who aren't like him. 

He was charged with second-degree murder. 

Fields has been denied bail Monday after the public defender's office said that a relative of one of the office staff was injured in the confrontations and they could not represent him. He was assigned a local attorney and another hearing is set for August 25th.


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