The organiser of a white nationalist rally in Virginia was chased away from a news conference Sunday, a day after the event erupted in violence and left three people dead.

Blogger Jason Kessler had to be escorted by law enforcement into a police station to avoid protesters.

Video of the incident shows Mr Kessler running with a police officer from an angry mob that heckled him, including a man who accused him of being responsible for the death of a woman killed during the anti-racism protests Saturday.

Mr Kessler briefly made remarks before he fled, criticising the people who were booing him.

"That hate that you hear around you, that is the anti-white hate," Mr Kessler said at his outdoor news conference in downtown Charlottesville.