![]() ![]() ![]() Marchers gathered at the monument chanting things such things as “You will not replace us,” and “Blood and soil.” Kessler reported on the event for the Daily Caller. Spencer staged a torchlight march in support of the monument on May 13, 2017, while Mr. Although the two men never became close, they agreed to cooperate to preserve the statue. Kessler met Richard Spencer, a prominent leader of the Alt-Right, which had emerged during Donald Trump’s first presidential campaign. Bellamy’s removal on the grounds that not enough signatures had been collected. In March, 2017, a judge dismissed the petition for Mr. Local anti-white groups such as SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) and the Anarchist People of Color Collective began organizing to defend Mr. Kessler was not satisfied, and collected 527 signatures for a petition to have Mr. Bellamy issued an apology three days later, claiming the postings were made “many years ago,” although some were too recent to be dismissed as youthful indiscretions. Jason Kessler discovered these tweets and wrote about them on his website on November 24, 2016, resulting in Bellamy’s forced resignation from the state Board of Education. “Lol funniest thing about being down south is seeing little White men and the look on their faces when they have to look up to you.” Tweet “I HATE BLACK PEOPLE who ACT WHITE!!! (B U NIGGA) – Jeezy Voice!” “I DON’T LIKE WHIT PEOPLE SO I HATE WHITE SNOW!!!!! FML!!!!” Smith writes, “Bellamy presented himself as a champion of equality, but his social media posts revealed an open hatred of White people.” Examples: Kessler had little involvement in politics before getting wind of the antics of Charlottesville City Council Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy, who in 2016 began agitating for removing the Lee statue and renaming Lee Park in which it had stood since 1924. The Charlottesville rally, officially known as “Unite the Right,” was the brainchild of Jason Kessler, a local resident who graduated from the University of Virginia in 2009. Jason Kessler campaigns to save the Lee monument The author is the daughter of Clyde Wilson, a distinguished scholar of the American South. Now, over four years later, the first accurate and detailed account of what really happened has finally been offered to the public by a tiny pro-Southern publishing firm in Columbia, South Carolina. This legend persists, a case-study in support of the old adage that a lie will travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on. Lee, the press regaled the country and the world with a hair-raising tale of neo-Nazis attacking a peaceful Southern town. ![]() As a thousand or so American citizens tried to gather peacefully to protest the removal of a monument to Robert E. Nothing has quite brought home to me the dishonesty of American journalism like watching the major “news” networks tell us what was happening in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12, 2017. Regine Wright at (434) 970-3381 or Crime Stoppers at (434) 977-4000.Credit Image: © Michael Nigro/Pacific Press via ZUMA WireĪnne Wilson Smith, Charlottesville Untold: Inside the Unite the Right Rally, Shotwell Publishing, 2021, 396 pages, $24.95 paperback, $5.00 e-version from publisher If you have any information on what happened to Sage, or the whereabouts of McFadden, please contact Det. There is a $20,000 reward being offered for information that may lead to finding Sage’s remains or an arrest in her case. She was last seen wearing a black jacket, dark gray sweatpants, a black scarf and gray boots. Sage Smith is described as being 5’11” and weighing about 130 lbs. “It has been nearly seven years since Smith disappeared, but the Charlottesville Police Department is hopeful with the help of the media and continued public interest, we can finally solve this case and bring closure to a family and community that has experienced anguish over the loss of a family member, a friend, and a member of the LGBTQ+ community,” Mooney said Thursday. Despite their efforts, the case remains unsolved. Sage’s case was initially classified as a missing person’s case, but the police reclassified it as a homicide case in November of 2016.Īccording to Mooney, local and federal agencies have spent “countless months and hours” scouring through evidence, interviews and witness statements. ![]()
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