RICHARD SPENCER GETS "MOONED" IN COURT
This clearly has not worked to Spencer's benefit as he is now in court.
His next line of defence has been to claim that the "Unite The Right" rally falls under the same umbrella of free speech as the "Black Lives Matter" protests, which resulted in hundreds and possibly thousands of extra people dying, most of them Black.
However, when Spencer tried to make this point, the judge in the case Norman K. Moon cut him off and told him to "stick to the facts."
Spencer was cut off again when he fell back on his third, rather flimsy line of defence, pointing to the 'legal ramifications' that the case could have on the concept of "justice."
Judge Moon quickly interrupted, saying:
"We're not sending a message here. The question is, do the claimants prove what they must prove to hold the defendants liable?"
As reported by the Intercept:
Karen Dunn, an attorney for the plaintiffs, pointed to text and Discord messages between the defendants that said they were "forming an army" and "ready to crack skulls" as evidence that they organized the rally with the goal of inciting violence in Charlottesville.
Dunn noted a particular text message exchange between Spencer and Cristopher Cantwell, a white nationalist who was convicted on assault charges related to the rally. In the exchange, Cantwell said he was "willing to risk a lot for our cause" including "violence and incarceration," but said he wanted to check with Spencer to see if it was "worth it."
Spencer responded, "It is, at least for me," Dunn told the jury.
The prosecution's strategy is obvious. It is to downplay, as much as possible, the element of self defence that motivated some of the Unite the Right organisers to discuss violence in this rather milquetoast way.
Connecting Spencer to Cantwell is a clever, if underhanded, move by the prosecution, as Cantwell has already done time for a variety of moronic offences involving firearms and threats.
Really, the only chance for Spencer now is to go "full Apollonian" and tell them about his new effete, sub-masculine pseudo-religion. Only then will the jurors realise that this was a person incapable of committing anything as manly and virile as violence or even inspiring it.
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The guy just pretends to be a father. I heard that during his divorce proceedings he accused Liddell of fathering both 'his' kids.
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