The man who organized the Charlottesville rally is in hiding - and too toxic for the alt-right

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

The man who organized the Charlottesville rally is in hiding — and too toxic for the alt-right

By Kristine Phillips August 22 at 2:07 PM

On the day after a white nationalist rally rocked Charlottesville, Jason Kessler stood behind a bank of microphones and introduced himself as the organizer of the “Unite the Right” protest that had sparked the violence in the city.

Screams and boos drowned out Kessler’s voice as he tried to address the deadly unrest that had engulfed the Aug. 12 rally. The news conference was ultimately shut down; police officers, whom Kessler accused of not doing enough to stop the violence, rushed him to safety as angry counterprotesters chased him away.

Now, Kessler is scorned not only by those who screamed at him outside Charlottesville City Hall on the day after the death of counterprotester Heather Heyer.

Far-right figures have since distanced themselves from Kessler, as well, an indication that his fairly new allegiance with the loosely organized alt-right abruptly ended after his Twitter account tweeted a broadside against Heyer nearly a week later.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2017/08/22/the-man-who-organized-the-charlottesville-rally-is-in-hiding-and-too-toxic-for-the-alt-right/

[underpants]

1. This guy is a bad operative looking for a cause

He was in some way involved in Occupy Wall Street and the Obama campaign. So I've read. He thought the alt right was a new opportunity.