Charlottesville organizers tell judge they were acting in self-defense at deadly rally
White supremacists involved in the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va., are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that they planned and encouraged the violence that erupted at the August 2017 protest.
Lawyers for the defendants argued Thursday that the white supremacists merely sought to defend themselves from violent counter-protesters.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs in the case, however, argue that the white supremacist groups sought to commit acts of violence from the outset.
According to BuzzFeed News, the plaintiffs plan on using leaked conversations between defendants, who include rally organizers, on the app Discord to show that they intended to spark violence.
"It's become clear that part of their defense in the case was going to be, 'This is all self-defense,'' Karen Dunn, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, told reporters, according to BuzzFeed. "Well, first of all, there are chats that directly contradict that."
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