Judge awards Charlottesville rally organizer $5 after activist curses at him
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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/395111-judge-awards-charlottesville-rally-organizer-5-after-activist
A Charlottesville judge on Friday awarded $5 to Jason Kessler, the organizer behind a white supremacist rally that turned violent last year, after an activist cursed at him, violating
Virginia's anti-dueling statute.
Kessler had filed a $500 lawsuit against Donna Gasapo, alleging that she had used profanity and insulting language against him outside of an assault trial in March, according to The
Daily Progress.
He argued that Gasapo's language, which included “F--- you ... f--- you, a------ ... crybaby Kessler," could have led to violence.
Kessler posted a video of the incident online. “This is an opportunity to bring civility back to our community,” Kessler said, according to the Daily Progress. Kessler was one of the main
organizers of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville last year, which led to violent clashes in the small town, resulting in the death of Heather Heyer.
Gasapo did not deny that she used the language, and her attorney argued that she was protected by the First Amendment, the Daily Progress reported. “Someone in our community
was murdered,” Gasapo said when asked about her language, according to the news outlet. “White supremacists stormed into our city. It doesn’t sit well with me.”
Judge Robert H. Downer Jr. said that while Gasapo was free to make public statements, her words did threaten to breach the peace in the setting.Downer said he did not believe that
Kessler was harmed by the remarks because he posted the video online. Gasapo's attorney did not rule out appealing the judge's decision.
“I’m comforted by the fact that the judge recognized that Mr. Kessler was not damaged in any way here,”Pam Starsia said, according to the Daily Progress. “We’ll have to discuss our
options.”
“I think we should all be very concerned about what this ruling means in terms of opening up other frivolous harassment suits against members of our community who are expressing
their opinions and their very real feelings of frustration, which we believe are protected by the First Amendment."
Kessler had filed a $500 lawsuit against Donna Gasapo, alleging that she had used profanity and insulting language against him outside of an assault trial in March, according to The
Daily Progress.
dang liberals taking away our free speech
>He argued that Gasapo's language, which included “F--- you ... f--- you, a------ ... crybaby Kessler," could have led to violence.
are you fucking kidding me dude
because declaring the need to establish a white etnostate is clearly not going to ever lead to violence, see south africa, rhodesia, the american civil war, the LA riots, ww2, ect ect ect
Fuck you
He argued that Gasapo's language, which included “F--- you ... f--- you, a------ ... crybaby Kessler," could have led to violence.
Good job proving Gasapo right you fucking crybaby.
For real I almost feel like the 5$ is purely out of insult
like I hope the burger was worth the waste of time and money put into this lmao
$5 whole bucks. 5 smackeroos, 5 greenbacks.
All I could think of was this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etuT5KKdA68
Fuck you. Fuck you, asshole. Crybaby Kessler.
he should use that money to buy more tili torches
Well I mean technically he's right since by "civility" he meant "whiteness"
Pfft. He's probably just jealous his name isn't Gestapo.
Great, now how much money does Kessler have to pay for his people shouting "gas the k---- race war now"? I kinda get the feeling that dropping a very well warranted f-bomb is less incitement than actually calling for genocide.
I wonder if this sets precedent for him to be sued as his rally also threatened and indeed did cause a breach of the peace.
I hate this American precedent where if someone breaks the law they don't go to jail but you can sue them
This fucking terrorist belongs behind bars for the rest of his life. If a bunch of brown dudes with turbans and neckbeards descended upon Charlottesville, beat people up, called for Shariah law, and ran someone over, we'd call it a terrorist attack and fucking bomb Iran or some shit.
That is not the propaganda they want my man, they want to turn the darkies into the enemy of the sacred Whites. Calling whites terrorists invalidates much of their lies
Just when I think this country couldn’t possibly get any more dumb, the alt right manages to prove me wrong...
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