Kessler’s flop: D.C. shows up to show white supremacy out
An estimated 15,000 protesters. Thousands of signs and flags. Hundreds of cops. All of which made their presence known from Freedom Plaza to Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., all day […]
Permit-less: Kessler withdraws motion for August 11-12 rallies
After plaintiff Jason Kessler showed up 45 minutes late to federal court for his own motion to order Charlottesville to grant him a permit to hold an event the weekend […]
Not healed: #ResilientCville showcases residents’ distrust of officials
By Jonathan Haynes Indignation hung in the air during the July 12 city-sponsored #ResilientCville event as around 150 Charlottesville residents filed into the pews of Mt. Zion First African Baptist […]
Inciting words: Kessler gets a win and $5
In a civil suit against an angry activist, Unite the Right rally organizer Jason Kessler has won $5. The man who planned the August 12 event where neo-Nazis and counterprotesters […]
In brief: Red Hen ruckus, ‘white civil rights’ rally, Republican dropout and more
Red Hen refusal ignites firestorm When two former C-VILLE Weekly writers opened the Red Hen in Lexington in 2009, they loved everything about the Rockbridge County college town—except its lack […]
Odd couple: Remaining August 12 lawsuit defendants say they’re not paramilitary
An unlikely pair of lawyers sat together in Charlottesville Circuit Court June 12 to defend clients that don’t have much in common, except that they attended last summer’s Unite the […]
Federal judge to rule on motions to dismiss in August 12 victims’ case
In a lawsuit filed on behalf of 10 alleged victims of last summer’s deadly August weekend in which hundreds of white supremacists and neo-Nazis descended upon Charlottesville, a federal judge […]
Activist-theologian: Kessler protester talks about trespassing arrest
When about 40 protesters gathered at the University of Virginia School of Law library in April to chase off Jason Kessler, one man was arrested—and it wasn’t the one who […]
In brief: U-Hall rocks, new police chief and a rally no one wants to attend
Hall of fame It’s never the right time to say goodbye, but loyal patrons of the University of Virginia’s iconic, clamshell-roofed venue with notoriously bad sound quality don’t have much […]
Kessler alert: UVA law library hits the books in search of ban
By Natalie Jacobsen A tale of two incidents at the University of Virginia School of Law library has prompted the administration to restrict access to students-only for the exam period, […]