Closing arguments in Charlottesville trial Included 'White Lives Matter' video and conspiracy theories
seeking damages for physical and emotional injuries and accusing white nationalists of conspiring to cause racially motivated violence. By the time it went to trial in October 2021, the complaint named 24 defendants, including several white supremecist and nationalist organizations, along with Fields; Jason Kessler, who got the permit for the rally; alt-right activist; Christopher Cantwell, known for posting a tearful video over a warrant for his arrest; and Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin.
Roberta Kaplan, another lawyer for the plaintiffs, thanked the jurors for listening to the testimony of 36 witnesses and for repeatedly watching traumatic videos. She said the defendants would try to argue that they didn’t mean some of the racist or violent things they’d said. “It’s up to you to demonstrate loud and clear, contrary to what defendants would have you believe, that none of this is funny and none of this is a joke,” she said.
When Spencer, who represented himself, chose to invoke Jesus. “What made Jesus a radical? An extremist? What got him executed? What made him the object of hatred?” he said, before Judge Norman K. Moon asked him to speak only about this case.
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