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Organizer of deadly Charlottesville rally withdraws demand for new rally permit
Source: Washington Post
Organizer of deadly Charlottesville rally withdraws demand for new rally permit
By Ian Shapira
July 24 at 3:45 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE — Jason Kessler, the organizer of last year’s deadly “Unite the Right” rally by white nationalists and neo-Nazis, is no longer seeking a permit from the city to hold a sequel next month.
On Tuesday, Kessler shocked even his own lawyers by withdrawing his request that a federal judge order the city to grant him a permit for a “Unite the Right 2” rally for the weekend of Aug. 11.
But after the hearing, one of his attorneys, James Kolenich, told reporters that Kessler could still show up at Market Street Park, formerly known as Lee Park and then Emancipation Park, next month with a group of 24 people or fewer, without needing any permit. He and others maintain that they are protesting the city’s effort to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Kessler, who lives in Charlottesville and graduated from the University of Virginia, quickly vanished after the hearing and was unavailable for an interview request.
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By Ian Shapira
July 24 at 3:45 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE — Jason Kessler, the organizer of last year’s deadly “Unite the Right” rally by white nationalists and neo-Nazis, is no longer seeking a permit from the city to hold a sequel next month.
On Tuesday, Kessler shocked even his own lawyers by withdrawing his request that a federal judge order the city to grant him a permit for a “Unite the Right 2” rally for the weekend of Aug. 11.
But after the hearing, one of his attorneys, James Kolenich, told reporters that Kessler could still show up at Market Street Park, formerly known as Lee Park and then Emancipation Park, next month with a group of 24 people or fewer, without needing any permit. He and others maintain that they are protesting the city’s effort to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Kessler, who lives in Charlottesville and graduated from the University of Virginia, quickly vanished after the hearing and was unavailable for an interview request.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/organizer-of-deadly-charlottesville-rally-withdraws-demand-for-a-second-rally-permit/2018/07/24/f41cdfa2-8dd6-11e8-8322-b5482bf5e0f5_story.html
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