Jury awards $26 million in Charlottesville
"Unite the Right" rally civil case
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
A federal jury found white supremacists
and neo-Nazi organizers of the "Unite
the Right" rally in Charlottesville
engaged in a conspiracy to intimidate,
harass or harm ahead of the deadly
weekend four years ago, and awarded
plaintiffs $26 million in compensatory
and punitive damages.
The jury did not reach a verdict on
two federal conspiracy charges, but
did find that every defendant —
including notorious white supremacists
Richard Spencer, Jason Kessler and
Christopher Cantwell — was liable for
civil conspiracy under Virginia state
law.
Twelve defendants and five organizations,
including longstanding hate group League
of the South, were ordered to pay damages.
The case centered on leaders of the
"alt-right" rally in August 2017 that
featured mobs chanting "Jews will not
replace us" while encircling counter-
protesters on the University of Virginia
campus, wielding and in some cases
throwing burning tiki torches as they
marched.
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