The jury awarded more than $26 million in punitive damages to the plaintiffs, including town residents and counterprotesters injured in the rally. In November 2021, a Charlottesville jury found that White nationalists who organized and participated in the rally were liable on a state conspiracy claim and other claims. Jury finds Unite the Right defendants liable for more than $26 million in damages “But I hope that we can also recall the strength, compassion, and resilience of our community and our Charlottesville neighbors.”įlowers surround a photo of 32-year-old Heather Heyer, who was killed when a car plowed into a crowd of people protesting against the white supremacist Unite the Right rally, Augin Charlottesville, Virginia.
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“I know that, for many, the five-year marker of the so-called “Unite the Right” rally brings difficult memories and a sobering reminder that our country is not yet free from bigotry, racism, and intolerance,” Ryan said in his letter. The violence in the Virginia city also empowered White supremacists and nationalists to demonstrate their beliefs in public rather than just online, CNN previously reported. The 2017 rally saw White nationalists marching through Charlottesville and the University of Virginia campus chanting, “Jews will not replace us,” “You will not replace us” and “Blood and soil,” a phrase evoking Nazi philosophy on ethnic identity. “My hope is that the memory of those events, including the heroic and compassionate responses of community members, continues to inspire us to work to make the world a better and more welcoming place.” “We cannot, and should not, forget those dark days five years ago,” Ryan said.
The installation, which comprises 36 large photographs in the trees on the Downtown Mall, is titled, “The Story of Us: Reclaiming the Narrative of #Charlottesville Through Portraits of Community Resilience.” Amos is sharing the photographs in a public installation in the city’s downtown “that he hopes will focus attention on the community’s resilience, rather than the hate that was on display,” the university said in a news release. Ézé Amos, a Charlottesville photojournalist and University of Virginia employee, documented the rally through photography. The university is also hosting an online panel discussion titled “The Legacies of Charlottesville: A Fifth-Anniversary Conversation About Law and Democracy in America.”
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The Unite the Right trial is exposing the chasm between who plans White nationalism's battles and who does the fighting REUTERS/Stephanie Keith Stephanie Keith/Reuters
White nationalists participate in a torch-lit march on the grounds of the University of Virginia ahead of the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 11, 2017.
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