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Welcome to the sunlight, Logan Michael Smith of Stillwater, OK.
Or should we call you 'Levi Smith', UTR attendee and operator of the racist '/pol/ News Network' accounts which spread lies about Unite the Right to thousands online?
#LightGreenHatUTR
Buckle up, it's š§µ time!
Or should we call you 'Levi Smith', UTR attendee and operator of the racist '/pol/ News Network' accounts which spread lies about Unite the Right to thousands online?
#LightGreenHatUTR
Buckle up, it's š§µ time!
Growing up, Logan was a devout Christian, 'Chief Operations' for Florida Federation of Teenage Republicans, and an 'Intelligence Officer' for an online survivalist group.
In 2011, Logan tried to join the Air Force but was discharged due to health reasons.
In 2011, Logan tried to join the Air Force but was discharged due to health reasons.
Around this time, 4Chan created '/pol/' in an attempt to 'contain' far-right trolls.
Instead, the board became a magnet for racists, misogynists, genocidal maniacs, and someone called 'Levi Smith'.
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Instead, the board became a magnet for racists, misogynists, genocidal maniacs, and someone called 'Levi Smith'.
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Our latest for @LCRWnews:
Last weekend, white supremacists, neo-nazis and skinheads from various states came together for an MMA tournament in the San Diego area.
Last weekend, white supremacists, neo-nazis and skinheads from various states came together for an MMA tournament in the San Diego area.
The event brought together multiple factions of the loosely organized (but interconnected) fascist fight club scene scene and marks the culmination of RAM founder Rob Rundoās long-time efforts to bring organized, euro-nationalist style fight clubs to the U.S.
This tournament signals a worrisome new phase in the reemergence of the U.S. fascist fight club sceneāone in which Rise Above Movement has continued to have an outsized impact.
Today we will be introducing for the first time ever Andrew Coleman, a Tampa, FL based realtor who was a tiki torch carrying Nazi marcher at #UniteTheRight in Charlottesville five years ago this week.
Join us and other anti-fascist researchers as we #IgniteTheRight. š„š„š„ 1/
Join us and other anti-fascist researchers as we #IgniteTheRight. š„š„š„ 1/
Andrew Coleman was IDād via photos of him marching with the tiki torch Nazis who chanted āJews will not replace us.ā
Based on his shirt logo he marched as a member of neo-fascist group Identity Evropa, now rebranded as American Identity Movement. 2/
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Based on his shirt logo he marched as a member of neo-fascist group Identity Evropa, now rebranded as American Identity Movement. 2/
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Andrew Coleman works as a realtor for Agile Realty Group @AgileGroupRE in Tampa, FL + āDeal Originatorā w Benchmark International Group @benchmarkgroup.
They should be notified their agent participated in a violent racist march as a member of a white supremacist hate group. 3/
They should be notified their agent participated in a violent racist march as a member of a white supremacist hate group. 3/
Five years ago, white supremacists converged on Charlottesville, VA for the "Unite the Right" rally #unitetheright . Unicorn Riot reporters were on site
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earlier in 2017 at another major racist rally in Pikeville, Kentucky, we interviewed people like @DLamontJenkins who have tracked the white supremacist movement, which was trying to coalesce into a larger presence in U.S. politics
In Pikeville at the April 2017 rally we asked Matthew Heimbach of the now-defunct Traditionalist Worker Party about Holocaust denial and fascist organizing:
š§µ: Highlights from 22 audio recordings of leaked Patriot Front 2021 meetings with links to full audio/transcripts.
Many of the 31 Conspiracy/Riot arrestees from #Pride in CoeurDAlene, Idaho are involved in these.
Full story on PF audio leaks: unicornriot.ninja/2022/patriot-fā¦
Many of the 31 Conspiracy/Riot arrestees from #Pride in CoeurDAlene, Idaho are involved in these.
Full story on PF audio leaks: unicornriot.ninja/2022/patriot-fā¦
9/2/21: Patriot Front members incl. #CoeurDAlene arrestees Thomas Rousseau & Wesley Van Horn discuss PF's rhetoric strategy to promote antisemitism without openly 'naming the Jew', frustrating some members.
Full audio:
Transcript: vault.unicornriot.ninja/patriotfrontleā¦
Full audio:
Transcript: vault.unicornriot.ninja/patriotfrontleā¦
"Introducing your family member or close friend to the JQ...you gonna throw them in the deep end or just give them a trail of breadcrumbs?...If we just went "Jew, Jew, Jew, Jew" everyone's walls go up & then we'd fizzle out in a year." - Wesley Van Horn aka 'ND - Christopher AL'
Breaking: Around 20 neonazi Patriot Front members detained then arrested in Coeur d'Alene Idaho (vid: @alissaazar)
Last months we released 17 hrs audio from PNW chapter's meetings: unicornriot.ninja/2022/patriot-fā¦
Last months we released 17 hrs audio from PNW chapter's meetings: unicornriot.ninja/2022/patriot-fā¦
@AlissaAzar 400+ GB of Patriot Front neonazi leaks here, including 55,249 RocketChat messages and file attachments: unicornriot.ninja/2022/patriot-fā¦
@AlissaAzar In a 9/6/21 leaked audio chat, Patriot Front Pacific Northwest (Network 8) leader Colton Brown said āIdaho guysā¦ arenāt the most reliableā
New from our comrades at Chicago AFA, another #PatriotFail!
#Chicago AFA has identified Caleb Dane Rose of Crawfordsville, Ind, as Victor - IN from the #PatriotFront server
Caleb is not new to white nationalism & has previously identified by comrades across the US. He's been connected to NSC-131 Dixie, LoSA & TWP
antifascistchicago.noblogs.org/post/2022/04/0ā¦
Caleb is not new to white nationalism & has previously identified by comrades across the US. He's been connected to NSC-131 Dixie, LoSA & TWP
antifascistchicago.noblogs.org/post/2022/04/0ā¦
For those blissfully unaware, #PatriotFront is a white supremacist group helmed by Thomas Rousseau. Patriot Front formed after rebranding from Vanguard America, the neo-nazi group with whom James Alex Fields of the #UnitetheRight car attack marched in #Charlottesville
āLeading neo-Nazi website [Daily Stormer] booted from U.S., finds new home ā in Russiaā 8/16/17
The Daily Stormer was founded by Andrew Anglin who is in hiding and had a default entered against him in the Charlottesville #UniteTheRightā case. 1/ buffalonews.com/news/local/leaā¦
The Daily Stormer was founded by Andrew Anglin who is in hiding and had a default entered against him in the Charlottesville #UniteTheRightā case. 1/ buffalonews.com/news/local/leaā¦
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3/ Same pos, Andrew Anglin. bbc.com/news/technologā¦
A note sent from the jury to Judge Moon in the āSines v. Kesslerā case just now - the jury asks āunder punitive damagesā¦can we separate out the amount that is awarded to individual plaintiffs?ā
Moon proposes telling the jury no, ābut only plaintiffs awarded compensatory damages will share in the punitive damages awardedā
Judge Moon says he received a letter from Chris Cantwell asking to be brought to the court whenever the jury asks any more questionsā¦ Moon says that the defense side can just have one person present while jury notes are being read.
Court is starting for the 21st say in the civil trial of the āSines v. Kesslerā lawsuit filed against organizers of the Charlottesville neo-nazi rally. Judge Moon says the jury arrived at 8:30 AM and already began deliberating
Apparently on Friday jurors asked for a transcript of defendant Matt Parrott (co-leader of the neo-nazi Traditionalist Worker Party) - Moon says he will allow the jury to request particular portions of the transcript.
Court has adjourned until the hear from the jury - either with a note/question or if theyāve reached a verdict.
Four years of litigation are now completed as victims of racist attacks in 2017s Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville seek justice. Closing arguments just wrapped up in this landmark four week trial. We're #LIVE outside the courthouse giving a wrap-up. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1ā¦
During the course of the civil trial, a picture emerged of a violent white supremacist movement thru countless photos, videos, internet chats and other evidence.
For more info see our landing page on the 'Sines v. Kessler' trial: unicornriot.ninja/unite-the-righā¦
For more info see our landing page on the 'Sines v. Kessler' trial: unicornriot.ninja/unite-the-righā¦
#UniteTheRight rally in #Charlottesville brought the āSines v. Kesslerā trial which lasted nearly a full month & took place just a few blocks from where convicted defendant James Alex Fields killed Heather Heyer and injured dozens more, including several plaintiffs in the case.
Court is starting now in Charlottesville at 'Sines v. Kessler' the #UniteTheRight Trial. here's yesterday's thread:
Check out our landing page here for more coverage and court info unicornriot.ninja/unite-the-righā¦
First to testify is a man with a white beard from League of the South, a neoconfederate organization named Richard Hamlin (sp?) who was at Unite the Right in 2017.
This is expected to be the *last* day of the defense, but not for certain
This is expected to be the *last* day of the defense, but not for certain
NEW: We have posted more #unitetheright trial 'rush transcripts' (compiling all the tweet threads with additional links and summaries)
- they are all linked here >>>>
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- they are all linked here >>>>
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Sines v. Kessler Rush Transcript ā Day 9: Eli Mosley & Richard Spencer unicornriot.ninja/2021/sines-v-kā¦
Sines v. Kessler Rush Transcript ā Day 10: Richard Spencer, Ike Baker, Michael Hill, Thomas Baker
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Good morning! Court is getting started now in the 16th day of trial of the āSines v. Kesslerā civil rights lawsuit filed after the deadly neo-nazi āUnite The Rightā rally in Charlottesville in 2017:
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Former National Socialist Movement leader Jeff Schoep will finish testifying today. You can see his previous testimony in our live tweet thread from Friday:
Schoepās attorney Edward Rebrook (also lawyer for NSM) is cross-examining Schoep now, both are appearing remotely today.
Rebrook aks Schoep about his history with white nationalism, Schoep says he became fascinated as a young child.
Rebrook aks Schoep about his history with white nationalism, Schoep says he became fascinated as a young child.
White supremacist lawsuit defendant Richard Spencer outside the #Charlottesville federal courthouse, after the Friday afternoon questioning of National Socialist Movement leader Jeff Schoep (Nov 12 2021) #UniteTheRight #SinesVKessler
In a deposition shown at trial last week, former Identity Evropa coordinator Samantha Froelich testified that she was at meetings in Richard Spencerās apartment where Unite The Right organizers discussed hitting counter-protesters w cars in Charlottesville unicornriot.ninja/2021/former-idā¦
National Socialist Movement 'Commander' Jeff Schoep (L) testified as a 'hostile witness' today. Plaintiffs repeatedly caught him in contradictory statements re violence at #UniteTheRight. Schoep & NSM's attorney, Edward ReBrook (R), will cross-examine him this coming Monday.
We've compiled out live tweets from the #UniteTheRight trial in Charlottesville into complete posts - covering court action gavel-to-gavel. Each stage of the trial captured in detail >>
Sines v. Kessler Rush Transcript ā Day 1: Jury Selection
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Sines v. Kessler Rush Transcript ā Day 1: Jury Selection
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Sines v. Kessler Rush Transcript ā Day 2: Jury Selection Contād #Charlottesville #UniteTheRight
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Sines v. Kessler Rush Transcript ā Day 3: Jury Selection Contād #Charlottesville #UniteTheRight
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Good morning all - we are starting court for day 14 of the 'Unite the Right' trial in Charlottesville Virginia. Leading white supremacists face a major lawsuit. Check our landing page here > unicornriot.ninja/unite-the-righā¦
Before the jury comes in in moments, white supremacist defendant Chris Cantwell is trying to get some evidence excluded from consideration.
You can check out our thread of live coverage from Day 13 here:
The judge is now warning the public (and press) that no audio or video may be recorded or rebroadcast - (tweets are implicitly authorized) - updates to be batched
The judge is now warning the public (and press) that no audio or video may be recorded or rebroadcast - (tweets are implicitly authorized) - updates to be batched
Day 2 of the Sines v Kessler Charlottesville Nazi rally civil rights lawsuit is getting underway now - Judge Norman Moon just took the bench. Jury selection began yesterday and continues today. Tweets from yesterday can be found in the thread here:
One of the Nazi's defense lawyers is in the emergency room but Kessler/Damigo/Identity Evropa's lawyer James Kolenick will be handling his client for jury selection. Plainitffs also raise an isue they say they researchd last night they want addressed before the end of Voir Dire
Judge Moon is bringing in the first jury panel for today (the third so far) now. By our count, 7 jurors were seated to the jury panel yesterday, leaving 5 left to select. The alt-right defendants have been eager to hone in on views about "antifa" when contesting potential jurors.
BREAKING: The federal civil rights lawsuit brought against organizers of the August 12, 2017 neo-nazi āUnite The Rightā rally goes to trial today in Charlottesville, Virginia. The trial is expected to last several weeks. Weāre in the courthouse to bring you updates on the case.
The trial is expected to last several weeks; jury selection is beginning today. The long list of defendants are accused of conspiring to deprive Charlottesville residents and anti-racist protesters of their civil rights via racially motivated violence and intimidation.
Judge Norman K. Moon just took his seat and begins by reminding those present that audio and video recording is forbidden in the court house. He now asks plaintiffs and defendants to identify themselves and their attorneys.
Roberta Kaplan will be speaking for plaintiffs today
Roberta Kaplan will be speaking for plaintiffs today
NEW: Leaks Expose Conservative Movement Funders Prince and DeVos Family Offshore Money
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Unicorn Riot located offshore corporate entity records supporting the activities of private military businessman Erik Prince and the DeVos family
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Unicorn Riot located offshore corporate entity records supporting the activities of private military businessman Erik Prince and the DeVos family
Former SEAL & founder of Blackwater Inc., (now āAcademiā) Erik Prince, & his extended family tied to a new batch of data leaks, revealing offshore business entities filed in the Bahamas, Unicorn Riot has found.
Prince confirmed one of the owners of Salamis LLC, a Blackwater aviation front company which provided services for the U.S. military in Afghanistan.
Princeās sister, Betsy DeVos, is currently the U.S. Secretary of Education, and married to Richard āDickā DeVos Jr.
Princeās sister, Betsy DeVos, is currently the U.S. Secretary of Education, and married to Richard āDickā DeVos Jr.
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It wasn't just any group of protesters, either. It was #JewsAgainstICE, just a couple days after anniversary of Heather Heyer's murder much the same way in #Charlottesville by a neo-Nazi #UniteTheRight attendee.
Police then pepper sprayed them
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Police then pepper sprayed them
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"An employee reached by phone at the Wyatt Detention Facility declined to comment early on Thursday. Messages left for the Central Falls Police Department and ICE werenāt immediately returned."
Yeah, I fucking bet they weren't
Yeah, I fucking bet they weren't
You can't support driving through Jewish protesters and in the same breath claim you are pro-Jewish because you support Israel fyi
Today I uploaded my 2017 UTR datasets to @internetarchive. 35,896 #UniteTheRight tweets from August 5 to August 14 and 28,485 #Charlottesville tweets from August 12 to August 14 are now available for download here: archive.org/details/UTRdata
.@edsu and I published research in 2017: news.docnow.io/unitetheright-ā¦ This graph shows 16,492 #UniteTheRight tweets that were deleted after Aug 12.
52% of the accounts that got suspended were created on or after August 11. Sock puppets were created en masse to boost the event.
52% of the accounts that got suspended were created on or after August 11. Sock puppets were created en masse to boost the event.
The account polNewsForever was an obvious outlier in UTR graphs. This "news" account representing /pol/ boards from the chans was highly influential in UTR data and pushed narratives that leftists/antifa were responsible for violence.
Two years ago Unicorn Riot started our coverage in Charlottesville amid a violent white supremacist torchlight march. Our coverage:
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Two years ago today we were live on the ground at Unite The Right in Charlottesville.
The violent day represented both the high point and downfall of the then-ascendant alt-right movement.
It ended in tragedy that many still have to live with every day.
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The violent day represented both the high point and downfall of the then-ascendant alt-right movement.
It ended in tragedy that many still have to live with every day.
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Criminal cases against James Alex Fields, Jr., who carried out the car attack that killed Heather Heyer, finally ended this summer.
Fields received multiple federal & state life sentences.
Many survivors still struggle with injuries and medical debts.
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Fields received multiple federal & state life sentences.
Many survivors still struggle with injuries and medical debts.
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