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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Nov 8, 2018, 05:04 PM Nov 2018

Deadly white nationalist rally organizers sue host city

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Organizers of last year's deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, are suing the city and police officials over what they say were violations of their constitutional rights.

The Daily Progress reports the Unite the Right rally organizers filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday saying authorities prevented them from exercising their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.

The plaintiffs are Jason Kessler, white nationalist group Identity Evropa and neo-Nazi groups National Socialist Movement and Traditionalist Worker's Party. The lawsuit says by issuing orders not to engage crowds, authorities allowed a "heckler's veto," in effect suppressing speech by the possibility of violent reactions.

Violent clashes erupted at the rally, and a counterprotester was killed when a car rammed a crowd.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/deadly-white-nationalist-rally-organizers-sue-host-city/ar-BBPu6hb?li=BBnbcA1

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Deadly white nationalist rally organizers sue host city (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2018 OP
Dismissed. Next case? HopeAgain Nov 2018 #1
Fuck off. Next case? Leghorn21 Nov 2018 #2
This! smirkymonkey Nov 2018 #4
Oh man, fuck these people! FakeNoose Nov 2018 #3
Of course. Blame the victims. Solly Mack Nov 2018 #5
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