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United Against Hate the ANSWER Coalition and the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund. Thomas Oh Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America or D.C. The NPS also approved permits for counter-demonstrations filed by New York Black Lives Matter, Inc. Īmid a fracturing of the alt-right movement, a number of far-right individuals and groups who participated in the first Unite the Right rally-including Richard Spencer, the League of the South, Christopher Cantwell, Andrew Anglin, and militia groups-indicated that they would not attend the anniversary rally, having distanced themselves from Kessler, who holds "pariah status among his fellow racists." After receiving initial approval in June 2018, the NPS granted the permit for up to 400 people on August 10, 2018. On May 8, 2018, Kessler filed an application for a permit for the rally with the National Park Service (NPS), under the name White Civil Rights Rally. Rally Plans and permits for demonstration and counter-demonstrations Ĭounter-protesters and police in Lafayette Square on August 12, 2018 On August 3, 2018, after withdrawing his request for an injunction, Kessler voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit against the City of Charlottesville. On June 24, 2018, during a court hearing, Kessler unexpectedly dropped plans to hold a rally in Charlottesville, and posted plans on Twitter for a rally in Washington, D.C. In June 2018, Kessler sought a temporary injunction from the court to permit a rally in Emancipation Park on August 11 and 12. Kessler sued the city on First Amendment grounds, saying that if he had prevailed in the lawsuit, rallies would be held in both Charlottesville and Washington, D.C. Kessler initially attempted to schedule a second rally in Charlottesville, but was denied a permit by the city in December 2017. Ĭommentator Ed Kilgore suggested that "by moving their act into quite literally the president's neighborhood, and setting the stage for more violence" the demonstrators sought "a fresh infusion of respectability from the politician so many of them regard as a fellow traveler." Attempt to schedule in Charlottesville President Donald Trump's controversial remarks referring to "very fine people on both sides" and condemning "hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides" were perceived by many as implying moral equivalence between white supremacist marchers and those protesting against them. The driver, James Alex Fields Jr., was charged with first-degree murder and other crimes in state court as well as an additional 30 offenses in federal court, including violations of federal hate crime laws. Attorney General Jeff Sessions described the car attack as domestic terrorism. At around 1:45 p.m., a white supremacist rammed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters near the rally site and fled the scene, killing one person and injuring 19. On the morning of August 12, Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe declared a state of emergency and the Virginia State Police declared the assembly unlawful. The event turned violent after the protesters clashed with counter-protesters, leaving many injured. The far-right protesters included alt-right members, white supremacists and white nationalists, neo-Confederates, Klansmen, neo-Nazis, and various militias, among others. Lee from Lee Park and to unify the white supremacist movement in the United States.

Its goals were to oppose the removal of a statue of Robert E. The first Unite the Right rally was a white supremacist rally that occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia from August 11 to 12, 2017. White supremacists clash with police at the Unite the Right rally (2017). The rally was widely described as a "pathetic" and "embarrassing" failure. The rally saw extremely low turnout, with only 20 to 30 of Kessler's supporters marching and thousands of counter-demonstrators amid a heavy police presence. As of August 12, there was only one arrest in Washington, stemming from a confrontation after the rally had ended. Unlike the original Unite the Right rally (which ended in street clashes and a car attack in which one counter-protester was killed and 30 others were injured by a self-identified neo-Nazi), the "Unite the Right 2" rally ended without violence. It was organized by Jason Kessler to mark the first anniversary of the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which ended in deadly violence and attracted both national and international attention. The " Unite the Right 2" rally, also called Unite the Right II, was a white supremacist rally that occurred on August 12, 2018, at Lafayette Square near the White House in Washington, D.C., United States. Anniversary of the original Unite the Right rally.Jason Kessler and supporters at Unite the Right 2