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| | |image = Charlottesville "Unite the Right" Rally (35780276094).jpg | ||
|perpetrator = [[Alt-Right]] | |perpetrator = [[Alt-Right]] | ||
|date = August 11-12, 2017 | |date = August 11-12, 2017 | ||
|location = Charlottesville, VA, USA | |location = Charlottesville, VA, USA | ||
|motive = To protest the removal of Confederate statues<br>To advocate for neo-Nazism and white supremacy | |motive = To protest the removal of Confederate statues<br>To advocate for neo-Nazism and white supremacy | ||
|crimes = | |crimes = Disturbing the peace<br>[[Vandalism]] (Antifa)<br>First-degree [[murder]] (Alt-Right)<br>[[Hate crime]]s (Alt-Right) | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Unite the Right rally''' was an infamous rally initiated by [[Jason Kessler]] to advocate for [[White Power Movement|white supremacism]], and had many hateful far-right and [[Alt-Right]] attendees, most prominently neo-Nazis, neo-Confederates, [[White Power Skinheads|skinheads]], white separatists, neo-[[fascist]]s, and [[Ku Klux Klan]] members. The event was met with numerous counter protesters, ranging from peaceful activists to violent [[Antifa]] members. Numerous were injured in the event from clashes. The event most notoriously had 3 deaths, two being in a helicopter crash and one being a counter protester Heather Heyer, who was [[murder]]ed in cold blood by a vehicle attack. | The '''Unite the Right rally''' was an infamous rally initiated by [[Jason Kessler]] to advocate for [[White Power Movement|white supremacism]], and had many hateful far-right and [[Alt-Right]] attendees, most prominently neo-Nazis, neo-Confederates, [[White Power Skinheads|skinheads]], white separatists, neo-[[fascist]]s, and [[Ku Klux Klan]] members. The event was met with numerous counter protesters, ranging from peaceful activists to violent [[Antifa]] members. Numerous were injured in the event from clashes. The event most notoriously had 3 deaths, two being in a helicopter crash and one being a counter protester Heather Heyer, who was [[murder]]ed in cold blood by a vehicle attack. | ||
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* [[Christopher Cantwell]] | * [[Christopher Cantwell]] | ||
* [[Nathan Damigo]] | * [[Nathan Damigo]] | ||
* [[Augustus Sol Invictus | * [[Augustus Sol Invictus]] | ||
* [[Nick Fuentes]] | * [[Nick Fuentes]] | ||
* [[Peter Cvjetanovic]] | * [[Peter Cvjetanovic]] | ||
* [[Enrique Tarrio]] | * [[Enrique Tarrio]] | ||
* [[Anthime Joseph Gionet|Tim "Baked Alaska" Gionet]] | |||
== Parties involved in protest == | == Parties involved in protest == | ||
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[[Category:Xenophobes]] | [[Category:Xenophobes]] | ||
[[Category:Supremacists]] | [[Category:Supremacists]] | ||
[[Category:Anti- | [[Category:Anti-Semitic]] | ||
[[Category:Mongers]] | [[Category:Mongers]] | ||
[[Category:Islamophobes]] | [[Category:Islamophobes]] | ||
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[[Category:Fascist]] | [[Category:Fascist]] | ||
[[Category:Fanatics]] | [[Category:Fanatics]] | ||
[[Category:United States of America]] | |||
[[Category:Modern Villains]] | |||