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A Verona-based law group is planning to file a lawsuit against Charlottesville, its police chief and the Virginia State Police for failing to protect citizens in the Aug. 12 white nationalist rally that erupted into violence and chaos.

Officials with Nexus Caridades Attorneys Inc. said a prepared statement that they will sue city and state officials for “standing down” and not intervening in the violence, during which their client, Robert Sanchez Turner was injured.

Organization officials could not be reached for comment beyond the prepared statement. The statement did not further indentify Turner or describe his injuries, nor did it specify in which court the lawsuit would be filed, although state and federal laws allow civil rights cases to be filed in either local courts or federal courts.

The organization will officially announce the lawsuit at an 11 a.m. news conference on Friday in Emancipation Park, the site of the rally.

“Mr. Turner was assaulted while police officers watched but failed to act to keep him safe or arrest those responsible for the attacks,” Jen Little, public relations director for the organization, wrote in an email.