Ahead of presenting at the MTV VMAs on Sunday night, Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer's mother, Susan Bro, walked the red carpet with Achy Breaky Heart singer, Billy Ray Cyrus.
Bro is at the event, hosted by Katy Perry, to announce the winner of the Best Fight Against the System award, a newly added VMAs category designed to reflect "the audience's passion and activism surrounding environmental justice, immigration, LGBTQ equality, and racial justice".
In a statement, Bro said:
"Since my daughter Heather Heyer's death two weeks ago I have committed myself to making her death count. That is why I am launching the Heather Heyer Foundation. I can think of no better platform to promote this foundation to the world than at the MTV's Video Music Awards. It's going to be an honour for me to be presenting the Best Fight the System award there tonight."
Heyer, 32, was killed when a man linked to neo-Nazi beliefs drove his car into a crowd of counter protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, August 12.
Heyer was among those gathered to oppose neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan members and other white nationalists who were protesting against the removal of a Confederate statue.
Nineteen other pedestrians suffered injuries ranging from serious to minor.
At a service following her daughter's death, Bro said "They tried to kill my child to shut her up, but guess what, you just magnified her."
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