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BREAKING: #Cville car suspect, #UniteTheRight rally organizer, & alt-right leaders face $3M lawsuit from 2 ppl injured in car attack
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Two people involved in the fatal car crash Saturday have filed a lawsuit against Unite the Right organizer Jason Kessler, James Alex Fields Jr. and 31 others.
Tadrint Washington and Micah Washington, the plaintiffs who were in a car that was hit during the attack Saturday, are seeking $3 million in damages.
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http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/m-lawsuit-filed-against-kessler-fields-and-others-after-fatal/article_a024d09c-81ea-11e7-992f-c3882c7102c9.html
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (WWBT) -
Two people who were injured in the attack in Charlottesville during protests over the weekend are now suing a long list of people - including the alleged attacker and the "Unite the Right" organizer - for $3 million.
Tadrint and Micah Washington filed the suit in Charlottesville Circuit Court. The defendants include James Alex Fields Jr., the man accused of driving his vehicle into a group of counter-protesters, killing one and injuring more than a dozen others; Jason Kessler, the organizer for the "Unite the Right" rally that turned violent; and a list of several conservative and alt-right groups and people.
The victims were in the car that the suspect's car crashed into while plowing through a group of protesters on Saturday. They are claiming serious injuries from the attack, as well as civil conspiracy and negligence from the organizers.
Drew Wilder will have more on the lawsuit coming up on NBC12 News at 5.
http://www.nbc12.com/story/36141009/unite-the-right-organizer-accused-charlottesville-attacker-named-in-3m-lawsuit
Foamfollower
(1,097 posts)This is a good lawsuit and the Plaintiffs stand a good chance of winning.
Duppers
(28,120 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,693 posts)Butler was responsible for $4.8 million of the judgment because he had hired ex-convicts as guards, provided them no training and allowed them to carry assault weapons. Butler was forced to relinquish his 20-acre compound at a bankruptcy auction. The guard tower was subsequently demolished and the church and meeting hall burned to the ground during a firefighter drill. The property was bought by a philanthropist who turned it over to the North Idaho College Foundation.
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/aryan-nations
VermontKevin
(1,473 posts)Anderson v. Hale and World Church of the Creator is a civil rights case in which Reverend Stephen Anderson sued the World Church of the Creator, charging them with advocating a Racial Holy War that incited a mans murderous rampage.
On April 4, 2000, CCR filed a civil rights suit on behalf of Reverend Stephen Anderson in Chicago federal court against Matthew Hale, the leader of the World Church of the Creator, and the estate of Benjamin Smith, who shot Reverend Anderson three times. The suit, which was filed under the federal Ku Klux Klan Act and the Illinois Hate Crimes Act, charged that Hale conspired with Smith to violate the civil rights of Reverend Anderson on the basis of his race.
On July 3, 1999, Reverend Anderson, who is Black, was shot three times while he was standing in the driveway of his home in Decatur, Illinois. The man who shot him, Benjamin Nathaniel Smith, was a complete stranger who went on a three-day-shooting spree that left two people dead and nine people wounded. Smith was an active member of the World Church of the Creator, a white supremacist hate group based in Peoria, Illinois that was led by Matthew Hale, its so-called Pontifex Maximus. The church advocated a Racial Holy War, which it defined as a total war against the Jews and the rest of the goddamned mud races of the world. Each of Smiths targets was Black, Asian American, or Jewish, and several were shot near their synagogue or church. Smiths murderous rampage came to an end when he took his own life as the police were about to apprehend him. Following Smiths shooting spree, Hale failed to express compassion for Smiths victims or their families. Rather, Hale stated that he was happy with Smiths zealotry for the churchs cause and applauded Smith for dying a martyr for free speech for white people.
Rather than risk a court determination, defendants elected to discuss an out-of-court settlement.
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,693 posts)is that it resulted in a very large jury verdict for the plaintiffs and ended up causing the collapse of the Aryan nations organization. Anderson v. Hale was grounded in a claim of incitement, but it was settled. The precedent and possibility of a huge jury verdict should be more daunting.
VermontKevin
(1,473 posts)is closer to the fact pattern here.
I'm hoping some of the John and Jane Does have an address at 1600 Pennsylvania.
obamanut2012
(26,076 posts)VermontKevin
(1,473 posts)obamanut2012
(26,076 posts)That and civil suits to bankrupt ALL of them! hahahahahahahaha
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Hit them where it hurts.
BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,693 posts)These two plaintiffs are suing together because their claims are based on similar facts. Other plaintiffs might have somewhat similar claims but the underlying facts (location, people involved, etc.) could be different enough that they either want to or have to file separate lawsuits. Some people are probably still in the process of investigating and collecting information. Having written up complaints myself, I can tell you that it takes awhile and involves some work, and you have to be able to have a reasonable belief that there is evidence supporting the claims - so unless you have a big support staff to put them together these things don't usually get filed as quickly as this one.
haveahart
(905 posts)My silent protest.