Jason Kessler
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Man who led Charlottesville rally planning denied concealed gun permit: court recordsJason Kessler, who led the planning of the August 2017 Unite the Right event that exploded into deadly violence, filed to obtain the permit in September, The Daily Progress reported.WorldNov 25, 2020
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Man fined $1 for punching Charlottesville white nationalist rally organizerA Virginia man convicted of an assault against the organizer of last summer's violent white nationalist rally during a news conference has been handed a $1 fine.CrimeSep 5, 2018
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‘Unite the Right’ organizer gets approval for white nationalist rally in front of White HouseThe organizer of last year's deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., has a permit to host another rally in August, this time in Washington, D.C.WorldJun 21, 2018
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Twitter suspends verification tool after white nationalist rally organizer gets check markJason Kessler is best known for his role in organizing the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., which eventually turned violent and led to the death of one woman.TrendingNov 9, 2017
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Charlottesville rally organizer tweets that victim Heather Heyer’s death was ‘payback time’Jason Kessler claimed his Twitter account had been hacked, before stating later that he was very intoxicated around the time the tweet was issued.WorldAug 19, 2017
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Silicon Valley firms flex muscles to exile white supremacistsSilicon Valley joined a swelling backlash against neo-Nazi groups in the United States on Wednesday as more technology companies removed white supremacists from their services in response to weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.CrimeAug 16, 2017
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Anonymous vows to take down white supremacist sites, Confederate symbolsOn Wednesday, the so-called “hacktivist” group urged its followers to take part in operation Denouncement Day, and dismantle remaining Confederate symbols still standing in the U.S. on August 18.TechAug 16, 2017
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Charlottesville: How the ‘Unite the Right’ rally turned violent and sparked backlash against Donald TrumpThe picturesque college town of Charlottesville morphed into the site of a race riot, prompting questions about whether Donald Trump's presidency has inflamed racial tensions.PoliticsAug 13, 2017
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Charlottesville white supremacist rally organizer Jason Kessler tackled at press conferenceThe man who organized a rally in Charlottesville that sparked violent clashes between white supremacist groups and counter-protesters tried to hold a news conference a day after the deadly event, but a crowd of several hundred booed him and forced him away from the lectern.WorldAug 13, 2017
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