CHARLOTTESVILLE ACCUSED AWAIT THEIR FATE

Charlottesville

Richard Spencer failed to make a scheduled appearance at the Federal courthouse in Charlottesville on Thursday (24th May) because of "security concerns." 

Spencer was due to appear at a civil lawsuit against him and 25 other people involved in the "Unite the Right" rally last Summer. The lawsuit accused him of "conspiring to commit racially motivated violence," even though it was antifa who instigated practically all the violence that day.

Spencer was represented by his attorney John DiNucci, who was seeking to have the case dismissed. Spencer was the only defendant to have his own personal lawyer, while other defendants teamed up and shared lawyers.

Spencer and Cantwell, the good times

Brian Jones, a local lawyer was representing Michael Hill, Michael Tubbs, and the League of the South. Jim Kolenich, an Ohio-based defence attorney was representing Elliott Kline (aka Eli Mosley) and nearly a dozen others, including Jason Kessler and Chris “Crying Nazi” Cantwell.

Mike Enoch of TRS and the Daily Shoah chose to save money by representing himself.

“I’m the kind of person for which the first amendment was designed,” he said, adding that there was nothing he had broadcast or tweeted that could be construed as inciting violence.

“I have many opinions that people may find shocking,” he told Judge Norman Moon, but he also said there’s no evidence that he was planning to be violent at Unite the Right.

Judge Moon is 82 years old and was appointed to the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia by President Bill Clinton.

Attorney James Kolenich, representing most of the defendants, denied that the elements of a conspiracy had been established. 

“What’s not clear from the complaint is that there was a pre-existing plan to commit violence … We are arguing that torches, chants, raising your voices are part of a political rally and protected under the first amendment. The fact the defendants are scary-looking individuals and doing scary-looking things isn’t assaultive.”

As the hearing ended, Judge Moon indicated that he would reach a decision "reasonably soon."