The big question is whether James Fields even set out to murder anyone. As Goad says in his OP-ed, Fields' car was being attacked by bat and brick-wielding BLM and Antifa thugs, so it's quite possible that he just panicked, swerved, and unintentionally ran some people down, making this a case of involuntary manslaughter rather than 2d degree murder and "terrorism".
I'm not going to declare him guilty or innocent of murder until further evidence is in.