'Unite The Right' Trial Kicks Off With Focus On Organizers' Calls For Violence
3 years, 1 month ago

'Unite The Right' Trial Kicks Off With Focus On Organizers' Calls For Violence

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The civil trial over the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally got underway in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Thursday as lawyers for community members argued that white nationalist organizers of the event planned for and encouraged violence. The night of Aug. 11, 2017, dozens of neo-Nazis and white supremacists marched with tiki torches through the University of Virginia’s campus, at one point chanting “Jews will not replace us.” The following day, the extremists clashed with anti-racist counterprotesters before 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr. intentionally drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters, injuring dozens and killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer. The defendants in the case are 14 individuals including white supremacist leaders Richard Spencer, Jason Kessler and “crying Nazi” Christopher Cantwell, who all helped organize the rally, as well as Fields. “We ate lunch one time.” But for all his attempts to distance himself from the day’s violence, slur-filled audio leaked in 2019 and played for the jury on Thursday revealed Spencer’s commitment to racial violence.

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White nationalist groups must pay more than $2 million to victims of ‘Unite the Right’ rally, federal appeals court rules
5 months, 3 weeks ago

White nationalist groups must pay more than $2 million to victims of ‘Unite the Right’ rally, federal appeals court rules

CNN  

CNN — A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that white supremacist and nationalist groups will have to pay a more than $2 million in punitive damages to people who suffered physical or emotional injuries from the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. In Monday’s opinion, Chief Judge Albert Diaz wrote, “… we vacate the district court’s order …

5 Years After Fascist Rally In Charlottesville, An Insurrectionist Is On The City Payroll
2 years, 4 months ago

5 Years After Fascist Rally In Charlottesville, An Insurrectionist Is On The City Payroll

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Allen Groat attended two “Million MAGA” marches in Washington, D.C., after the November 2020 election, when thousands of supporters of then-President Donald Trump descended on the nation’s capital to push the “big lie” about widespread voter fraud. in this clip from the same BWC video, groat tells the cops "we love you guys" and says he's "sorry …

Jury awards $26M in damages for Unite the Right violence
3 years, 1 month ago

Jury awards $26M in damages for Unite the Right violence

Associated Press  

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A jury ordered 17 white nationalist leaders and organizations to pay more than $26 million in damages Tuesday over the violence that erupted during the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017. After a nearly monthlong civil trial, the jury in U.S. District Court deadlocked on two key claims but found the white nationalists …

Opinion: Unite the Right verdict sends an urgent message
3 years, 1 month ago

Opinion: Unite the Right verdict sends an urgent message

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. CNN — For those of us who are growing increasingly worried about the prospect of even more deadly political violence in the United States, Tuesday’s verdict by a Charlottesville jury – which held extreme far-right leaders and groups that organized and participated in the violent …

'Violent hate won't go unanswered': Plaintiffs and community celebrate Charlottesville verdict
3 years, 1 month ago

'Violent hate won't go unanswered': Plaintiffs and community celebrate Charlottesville verdict

Raw Story  

The decision by a Virginia jury to find the organizers of Unite the Right liable for conspiracy to commit racial, religious and ethnic harassment and violence was hailed by the legal team and the Charlottesville community today. "This case has sent a clear message: Violent hate won't go unanswered," said Amy Spitalnick, the executive director of Integrity First for America, …

Charlottesville defendants found liable for civil conspiracy and ordered to pay millions in damages
3 years, 1 month ago

Charlottesville defendants found liable for civil conspiracy and ordered to pay millions in damages

Raw Story  

Returning a verdict against dozensof white supremacist leaders and organizations who organized Unite the Right, a Virginia jury has awarded more than $25 million in damages to nine plaintiffs who were injured in the violence during the chaotic rally that ended with a car attack by James Fields. While the ostensible reason for the rally was to support two Confederate …

Jury finds rally organizers liable for the violence that broke out in Charlottesville
3 years, 1 month ago

Jury finds rally organizers liable for the violence that broke out in Charlottesville

NPR  

Jury finds rally organizers liable for the violence that broke out in Charlottesville Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A jury in Virginia has found a group of white nationalists who organized the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., liable of engaging in a conspiracy ahead of the violent demonstration, awarding the plaintiffs …

‘Unite the Right’ trial jurors hear closings in Virginia
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Unite the Right’ trial jurors hear closings in Virginia

Associated Press  

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — White nationalists “planned, executed and then celebrated” racially motivated violence that killed one counterprotester and injured dozens, lawyers for nine people hurt during the 2017 “Unite The Right” rally in Charlottesville said Thursday as they urged jurors to hold some of the country’s most well-known white supremacists accountable. Attorney James Kolenich, who represents Jason Kessler, the lead …

6 Takeaways From The 'Unite The Right' Trial In Charlottesville So Far
3 years, 1 month ago

6 Takeaways From The 'Unite The Right' Trial In Charlottesville So Far

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING An unsavory array of right-wing figures appeared in a Charlottesville, Virginia, federal court this week, marking the third straight week of trial proceedings in an ambitious, long-running civil lawsuit against a dozen individuals and groups accused of planning the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017. The nine plaintiffs in the suit — which was brought by …

A woman recalls the deadly car attack at the Charlottesville rally organizers' trial
3 years, 1 month ago

A woman recalls the deadly car attack at the Charlottesville rally organizers' trial

NPR  

A woman recalls the deadly car attack at the Charlottesville rally organizers' trial Enlarge this image toggle caption Ryan M. Kelly/AP Ryan M. Kelly/AP CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A woman who was pushed out of the way as a car slammed into counterprotesters at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville described a scene of "complete terror" as she testified Monday …

Nazis' lawyers distance themselves from Chris Cantwell after he accuses Charlottesville victims of being 'Antifa'
3 years, 1 month ago

Nazis' lawyers distance themselves from Chris Cantwell after he accuses Charlottesville victims of being 'Antifa'

Raw Story  

Lawyers representing multiple white nationalists on Thursday rushed to distance their clients from a legal strategy being pursued by fellow white nationalist Christopher Cantwell. During opening statements at the Charlottesville civil lawsuit trial, attorney James Kolenich, who represents white nationalist Jason Kessler and Identity Evropa founder Nathan Damigo, pursued a cautious strategy in his opening statement to the jury today …

‘Unite the Right’ rally’s planners accused in civil trial
3 years, 1 month ago

‘Unite the Right’ rally’s planners accused in civil trial

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — The violence at the white nationalist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville shocked the nation, with people beaten to the ground, lighted torches thrown at counterdemonstrators and a self-proclaimed Hitler admirer ramming his car into a crowd, killing a woman and injuring dozens more. It accuses some of the country’s most well-known white nationalists of orchestrating a …

Charlottesville’s reckoning: Unite the Right organizers go on trial
3 years, 1 month ago

Charlottesville’s reckoning: Unite the Right organizers go on trial

Raw Story  

A civil trial against organizers of the deadly August 2017 Unite the Right rally gets underway in Charlottesville, Va. today, the culmination of more than four years of litigation. The plaintiffs, who were injured in the explosion of violence that culminated when James Alex Fields Jr. accelerated his Dodge Challenger into a crowd of antiracist marchers killing Heather Heyer, seek …

The trial of the Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' organizers is underway
3 years, 2 months ago

The trial of the Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' organizers is underway

NPR  

The trial of the Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' organizers is underway In Charlottesville, Va., the trial of far-right extremists associated with 2017's Unite the Right rally has begun. SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: Jury selection began this morning in a civil trial in Charlottesville, with two dozen defendants involved in the deadly Unite the Right rally there in the summer of 2017. …

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