Imprisonment, job loss and lawsuits: Charlottesville neo-Nazis have suffered miserably after

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Imprisonment, job loss and lawsuits: Charlottesville neo-Nazis have suffered miserably after infamous hate rally



Written by Brad Reed / Raw Story August 9, 2019
It’s been two years since neo-Nazis marched with Tiki torches in Charlottesville, Virginia, and a new report from the Anti-Defamation League has found that many of the marchers have not fared well since that fateful weekend in August 2017.

The ADL this week published a “Where Are They Now?” guide to the 2017 Charlottesville demonstrators and found that a good deal of them suffered from various repercussions for their actions, including “imprisonment, job loss, de-platforming — or banning users who violate their terms of service — on social media platforms, travel bans and rejection by friends and family.”

Among those who saw their lives ruined by their participation in the rally are three former active-duty Marines who were discharged by the Marine Corps after they were discovered marching in Charlottesville.

The report also found that more than a dozen “Unite the Right” marchers have since been imprisoned for various crimes, most notable Ohio resident James Alex Fields, Jr., who was convicted of murdering counter-protester Heather Heyer after he plowed his car into a group of people.

More: https://www.alternet.org/2019/08/imprisonment-job-loss-and-lawsuits-charlottesville-neo-nazis-have-suffered-miserably-after-infamous-hate-rally/?utm_source&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1080&fbclid=IwAR3Z4y_L39gAZeklVNj7jR2T6NnDRgzBFz5PM7Zpo3OA1s8J-trVchfiKik

[Phoenix61]

1. Nice to know "Choices have consequences"

is still working. Living in a deep red area sometimes it’s hard to keep the faith.

[irisblue]

2. .

[Initech]

3. All 20 something white males too!

Throwing your life away over some bullshit propaganda is no way to live! If I was an employer I wouldn't hire them for anything knowing that they could create a toxic work environment.

[bluecollar2]

4. Thoughts and prayers..

[Takket]

5. That's a crying shame

Lesson learned: first amendment means the government can’t stop your speech. But it doesn’t mean the rest of the world has to put up with your bullshit.

[smirkymonkey]

6. Good.

I hope they think it was worth it. Miserable bastards.

[Hortensis]

7. The Southern Poverty Law Center and other groups are going after

hate groups and individual extremists big time all over the country, tracking down, identifying, gathering information, turning them in to law enforcement, and providing evidence for lawsuits, both those they file and to assist others. The SPLC at least also outs them to the media and public.

"And even Unite the Right organizers who are not in legal jeopardy have found themselves getting hounded by civil lawsuits at both the state and local level accusing them of conspiring to promote violence."

Yup. "SPLC sues Arizona groups for harassing churches that help immigrants." They don't say how many of these they've filed.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. 'Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch': Maddow mocks Nazis bankrupted by legal fees

Link to tweet

"You say he's representing himself?" asked Maddow. "Serving as his own lawyer? You don't say. Whatever else has happened in your life today, I bequeath you this, little warm fuzziness, the Nazis are representing themselves in court, acting as their own lawyers. That always works out great. Good for them. Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch."

She noted that another Charlottesville person is being forced to find other legal options after his lawyers quit because he started spewing anti-Semitic threats against one of the lawyers for the plaintiffs.

Other neo-Nazis involved in different cases have been able to hold onto their lawyer, Maddow said, because the lawyer "agrees with them because he himself wants to 'oppose Jewish influence in society.'"