Unite the right organisers trial starts October 25th
'Calling it payback shows it's premeditated': Unite the Right organizers go on trial for planning violence
Jordan Green
September 26, 2021
'Calling it payback shows it's premeditated': Unite the Right organizers go on trial for planning violence.
The orgy of fascist violence that exploded in Charlottesville, Va. during the event known as Unite the Right on Aug. 11-12, 2017 provided a shocking manifestation of the polarization, division and scapegoating projected by Donald Trump during his ascent to power.
It's been more than four years since white supremacists led a torchlit march to the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, surrounding counter-protesters whom they kicked, punched and struck with torches, while local officials and visiting faith leaders huddled in fear in a nearby church on Aug 11. The following morning, they marched through the streets of Charlottesville chanting, "Jews will not replace us,"
The last four years are a glitch, time to resign these people to the shadows again.