Jason Eric Kessler was born on September 22,1983 and is an American neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and antisemitic conspiracy theorist.
26 Facts About Jason Kessler
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Jason Kessler is a supporter of neo-Nazism, far-right politics, and the alt-right.
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Jason Kessler graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology in 2009.
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Up to 2008, Jason Kessler was a supporter of Democrats and held liberal views.
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Jason Kessler engaged in activism with the Occupy movement before being dismissed for attempting to register homeless individuals.
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In January 2017, while attempting to gain signatures for his petition, Jason Kessler was arrested for misdemeanor assault after punching a man in the face.
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Jason Kessler pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 50 hours of community service and 30 days of suspended sentence.
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Jason Kessler wrote several posts for the anti-immigrant white nationalist site VDare.
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One of Jason Kessler's posts claimed that the government was waging genocide against white people by policies that cause low Caucasian birth rates.
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Jason Kessler was sworn in as a member of the far-right organization the Proud Boys.
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Jason Kessler was one of the organizers of the Unite the Right rally on August 12,2017.
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The rally was a protest of the removal of the statue of Robert E Lee, a cause Kessler had taken up a year earlier when he began his crusade against Bellamy.
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Jason Kessler was involved in a smaller protest of the removal of the statue on May 14,2017, which ended in a torch-lit march.
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The ADL's director said that Jason Kessler was listed because of both his statements and his activities.
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Jason Kessler responded by calling the ADL hypocritical for "attacking uppity whites when they support the ethno-state of Israel" and saying he was "happy to be considered the enemy of the ADL".
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The city manager confirmed that Jason Kessler had a First Amendment right to protest but stressed the city's need to protect public safety.
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Jason Kessler received criticism for the tweet from other white nationalists including Richard B Spencer and Tim Gionet.
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Jason Kessler was allowed to move to Ohio in October 2018.
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On September 6,2018, a jury in Charlottesville ordered Jeffrey Winder to pay a fine of $1 and no jail time for the misdemeanor assault charge against Jason Kessler that took place on August 13,2017.
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In November 2017, Jason Kessler applied for a permit to hold a rally in Charlottesville in August 2018, on the anniversary of the first march.
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Jason Kessler sued the city, and in June 2018, Jason Kessler sought a temporary injunction from the court to permit a rally in Emancipation Park on the anniversary.
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On June 24,2018, during a court hearing, Jason Kessler unexpectedly dropped plans to hold a rally in Charlottesville, and posted plans on Twitter for a rally in Washington, DC On August 3,2018, after withdrawing his request for an injunction, Jason Kessler voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit against the City of Charlottesville.
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Jason Kessler later applied for and obtained a permit to hold a "Unite the Right 2" anniversary rally in Lafayette Park in Washington, DC, across from the White House.
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In October 2017, Jason Kessler was named as a defendant in a case brought by nine Charlottesville residents following the Unite the Right rally in August 2017.
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Jason Kessler was the first named defendant in the case due to his role as a primary organiser of the Unite the Right rally.
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Jason Kessler was found liable on two counts; civil conspiracy under Virginia state law, and engaging in race-based harassment or violence.