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Judges order hate groups to pay millions for 2017 Charlottesville rally

A federal appeals court on Monday restored more than $2 million of damages a jury said some of the nation’s most prominent white supremacists and hate groups owed for their role in 2017’s deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.


A federal judge had previously slashed the $24 million a jury awarded eight plaintiffs in total to $350,000,

citing a decades-old state law.

But in a unanimous ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ordered that
instead of splitting the $350,000,
each plaintiff was entitled to that amount,
totaling $2.8 million.


This ruling allows plaintiffs to collect
— nearly three years after a jury said they were entitled to relief for the physical harm and emotional distress they incurred when white supremacists descended on Charlottesville in a weekend of hate.

Among the defendants was a neo-Nazi who rammed his car into a crowd of counterprotesters,
killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer
and striking four of the plaintiffs.

In total, including compensatory and punitive damages, attorney’s fees and costs, the defendants owe $9.7 million.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/07/01/unite-the-right-charlottesville-settlement/