Charlottesville jury set after some jurors who railed against Antifa 'terrorists' get struck

Twelve jurors from Charlottesville and the surrounding area have been seated to render judgement on whether the organizers of the 2017 Unite the Right rally conspired to commit racially motivated violence in a federal trial. Jury selection, which Judge Moon described as "difficult," has been roiled by questions about whether jurors can render an impartial decision, with counsel for the plaintiffs pushing to disqualify local residents who experienced the repercussions of violence on the two days that Unite the Right rained violence on Charlottesville while plaintiffs' counsel tried to strike prospective jurors who harbor negative views of "Antifa." One prospective juror who described Antifa as "terrorists" said he sees evidence of discrimination against white people, but not against Black, Latino, or Jewish people. Neo-Nazi Christopher Cantwell described the prospective juror who said on his jury questionnaire that he had a favorable view of Black Lives Matter and strongly supported removing Confederate monuments as an "anti-white race nut." "Courts have uniformly found that looking at someone's face actually makes the case for pretext stronger," Karen Dunn, one of the lead attorneys for the plaintiffs, told Judge Moon.