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In April 2025, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case filed by a pair of white supremacists who felt the police had violated their civil rights by refusing to help them put on a rally in Charlottesville in August of 2017. Their lawsuit was a joke, but unfortunately for all of us, the punchline is that the police don't actually have to help anyone.
Sources:
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/neo-nazi-lawyer-represents-baltimore-suit-over-wrongful-arrest-and-19-year-imprisonment/
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/leaked-emails-name-shadow-lawyer-charlottesville-case/
https://www.hunton.com/media/publication/34613_final-report-ada-compliant-ready.pdf
https://www.courthousenews.com/attorney-accused-of-neo-nazi-ties-argues-for-new-shot-at-libel-case/
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/21-5952.html
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/20-1241.html
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24-891.html
https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2016/03/city-council-members-call-to-remove-robert-e-lee-statue
https://legacylis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0752
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title15.2/chapter18/section15.2-1812/
https://www.danielshular.com/charlottesville
https://angrywhitemen.org/2021/12/22/neo-nazi-activist-wants-to-desensitize-white-people-to-hitler-and-holocaust-denial/#more-54777
https://valawyersweekly.com/2023/05/11/unite-the-right-attendees-suit-vs-officials-dismissed/
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/white-nationalist-organization-forms-racist-antisemitic-political-party/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/students-horrified-about-coach-with-white-nationalist-ties-school-says/2018/01/10/81617f88-f5a4-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html
http://decisions.courts.state.ny.us/fcas/fcas_docs/2013JUL/3001010882012002SCIV.pdf
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2004/04-278
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-4th-circuit/1709128.html
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-4th-circuit/1336802.html
Julia Steiner, Beware of the Dangers of the State-Created Danger Doctrine: A Look at the Ninth Circuit's Approach, 79 U. Mia. L. Rev. 573 (2025)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67454526/warren-balogh-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16058534/conte-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/9471/robert-turner-v-al-thomas-jr/
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16044736/kessler-v-city-of-charlottesville/
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66692843/jason-kessler-v-city-of-charlottesville/
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In April 2025, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case filed by a pair of white supremacists who felt the police had violated their civil rights by refusing to help them put on a rally in Charlottesville in August of 2017. Their lawsuit was a joke, but unfortunately for all of us, the punchline is that the police don't actually have to help anyone.
Sources:
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/neo-nazi-lawyer-represents-baltimore-suit-over-wrongful-arrest-and-19-year-imprisonment/
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/leaked-emails-name-shadow-lawyer-charlottesville-case/
https://www.hunton.com/media/publication/34613_final-report-ada-compliant-ready.pdf
https://www.courthousenews.com/attorney-accused-of-neo-nazi-ties-argues-for-new-shot-at-libel-case/
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/21-5952.html
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/20-1241.html
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24-891.html
https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2016/03/city-council-members-call-to-remove-robert-e-lee-statue
https://legacylis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?981+ful+CHAP0752
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title15.2/chapter18/section15.2-1812/
https://www.danielshular.com/charlottesville
https://angrywhitemen.org/2021/12/22/neo-nazi-activist-wants-to-desensitize-white-people-to-hitler-and-holocaust-denial/#more-54777
https://valawyersweekly.com/2023/05/11/unite-the-right-attendees-suit-vs-officials-dismissed/
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/white-nationalist-organization-forms-racist-antisemitic-political-party/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/students-horrified-about-coach-with-white-nationalist-ties-school-says/2018/01/10/81617f88-f5a4-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html
http://decisions.courts.state.ny.us/fcas/fcas_docs/2013JUL/3001010882012002SCIV.pdf
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2004/04-278
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-4th-circuit/1709128.html
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-4th-circuit/1336802.html
Julia Steiner, Beware of the Dangers of the State-Created Danger Doctrine: A Look at the Ninth Circuit's Approach, 79 U. Mia. L. Rev. 573 (2025)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67454526/warren-balogh-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16058534/conte-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/9471/robert-turner-v-al-thomas-jr/
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16044736/kessler-v-city-of-charlottesville/
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66692843/jason-kessler-v-city-of-charlottesville/
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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