Today, August 12th, marks one year since the deadly #UniteTheRight rally in Charlottesville, VA, where various alt-right, neo-Nazi, white nationalist, and far-right groups poured into #Charlottesville’s downtown for violent protest. /1
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October 12, 2017:
@GeorgetownICAP files an initial complaint in#Charlottesville, banding together with the city (@CvilleCityHall), local businesses & neighborhood associations to prevent unlawful paramilitary activity from happening again in the city: http://bit.ly/2Mabh1Q /3Show this thread -
Later that month,
@GeorgetownICAP also worked with two cities in Tennessee to prevent a repeat of private paramilitary violence: https://tnne.ws/2nuRbQX /4Show this thread -
January 2018:
@GeorgetownICAP amends the#Charlottesville lawsuit complaint to add detail on the violence that occurred during the Unite the Right rally that had been planned in advance of the event through social media and other private channels: http://bit.ly/2P6QQ3E /5Show this thread -
February 2018:
@GeorgetownICAP releases a 50-state catalog of relevant laws across the nation than can help cities/states prevent violent paramilitary rallies in their own jurisdictions. Report: http://bit.ly/2w0tl3f ,@CityLab: http://bit.ly/2vEwcQ5 /6pic.twitter.com/uDa6rRwoE6
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April 2018:
@GeorgetownICAP works with Newnan, GA, to avoid repeat private paramilitary violence at white supremacist event there: https://nyti.ms/2MlHYIP /7Show this thread -
Beginning April 2018, several defendants from the
#Charlottesville lawsuit begin to agree to sign consent decrees, beginning with the National Socialist Movement: http://bit.ly/2MExQYv /8Show this thread -
May 2018: Pennsylvania Light Foot Militia, New York Light Foot Militia, III % People’s Militia of Maryland, and their commanding officers, Christian Yingling, George Curbelo, and Gary Sigler all sign consent decrees: http://bit.ly/2Ba9Kn0 /9
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After a favorable ruling from Circuit Judge Richard Moore allowing the case to go to trial on all claims brought, the final two defendants litigating the case, including rally organizer Jason Kessler, settled in July 2018: https://nyti.ms/2M9vODq /10
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With all of these developments over the last year,
@GeorgetownICAP has helped to establish an important precedent on which other jurisdictions can rely to prevent violence at future public protests and rallies. See Mary McCord's recent@NewsHour intvu: https://to.pbs.org/2w1EqRS /11Show this thread -
We look forward to future work done to advance
@GeorgetownICAP’s mission: to use the power of the courts to defend American constitutional rights and values. /endShow this thread
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