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18 Nov, 14 tweets, 9 min read
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/1…
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-righ…
#UniteTheRight rally in #Charlottesville brought the ‘Sines v. Kessler’ 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. Image
The 'Sines v. Kessler' #UniteTheRight trial seeks to prove that the white supremacists were motivated by ‘racial animus’, and organized premeditated violence, which is unlawful and actionable under the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act. #Charlottesville unicornriot.ninja/2021/unite-the…
Violence was prevalent during the #UniteTheRight rally. This video shows white supremacist's starting the violence in #Charlottesville in 2017. vimeo.com/229597530
By the end of the #UniteTheRight rally, dozens were injured & one person was killed (Heather Heyer) by a car attack from a white supremacist. vimeo.com/229500304
The #UniteTheRight rally on August 11-12, 2017, formed out of a collaborations between several white supremacist & neo-nazi groups. While reporting in #Charlottesville, UR received leaks from planning meetings preparing for the white supremacist rally. discordleaks.unicornriot.ninja/discord/
The #DiscordLeaks are Discord chat logs from white supremacists. Unicorn Riot reporters have collected the comms and other documentation of racist and far-right organizing during our reporting on active hate groups, both in the U.S. and internationally. unicornriot.ninja/far-right-inve…
If you appreciated our coverage of the trial, consider supporting our work today! #GivetotheMax #GTMD21 givemn.org/organization/U…
During the 'Sines v. Kessler' trial, we covered the proceedings play-by-play, live tweeting the happenings. The full jury was empaneled after 2.5 days of laborious proceedings. unicornriot.ninja/2021/jury-seat…
Some of the most damning evidence aired in beginning of the case came from a recorded video deposition of Samantha Froelich, a former member and organizer with the alt-right neo-nazi group Identity Evropa. unicornriot.ninja/2021/former-id…
At least two of the attorneys in the defense team for ‘Sines v. Kessler’, the lawsuit filed over deadly neo-nazi violence at the August 2017 Unite the Right rally, have controversial views including antisemitism and Holocaust denial.
unicornriot.ninja/2021/bottom-of…
Thanks for joining our #live coverage from outside of the federal courthouse in #Charlottesville as the civil trial for the deadly #UniteTheRight rally has finished. For today's coverage of the closing arguments, see this thread:
We were in the courthouse everyday during the #UniteTheRight #Charlottesville trial -- find out what happened during the jury selection, opening arguments, each day of court, each deposition, & the closing arguments. Full day transcripts available here: unicornriot.ninja/unite-the-righ…

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Day 19 in the ‘Sines v. Kessler’ Charlottesville ‘Unite The Right’ federal civil rights lawsuit trial is starting now. After nearly four full weeks of testimony, closing arguments are happening today.
Our court live tweets from yesterday (mostly jury instruction stuff) can be seen here:
Court has started for the day, seems the jury isn’t in yet - some discussion about jury instructions regarding the first amendment and “abstract advocacy of lawlessness”.
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