In the trial against organizers of the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017, plaintiffs' attorneys are parsing for jurors — so they understand the evidence presented — the lingo of white supremacists and the ways they cloak their calls for violence in humor in an effort to render them legally ambiguous.
stemming from his use of pepper spray during the Unite the Right rally weekend. He is also serving a 41-month federal prison sentence after being convicted of extortion and threat charges.
Simi and fellow sociologist Kathleen Blee worked with the plaintiffs to review defendants’ messages and concluded they utilized a common White supremacist movement tactic, including this “front stage” and “backstage” behavior, “doublespeak” and a “new-age communication platform." Schoep replied: “So just keep in mind that we have ceased use of the swastika as of November 2016 so you will see swastikas in some of the videos which were filmed below before.”Simi said this was a straightforward example of that “front stage, backstage” behavior: The National Socialist Movement did not stop using a swastika as their symbol because they disavowed it, Simi testified, but because of the optics.
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