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| Tweet from the account of Charlottesville rally organizer insults slain protester Heather Heyer |
| 2017-08-20 |
| [LATIMES] A tweet from the account of the far-right activist who organized the Charlottesville, Va., “Unite the Right” rally insulted the protester who was killed at the event, saying late Friday night that her death was “payback time.” “Heather Heyer was a fat, disgusting Communist,” stated the tweet on an account belonging to Jason Kessler. “Communists have killed 94 million. Looks like it was payback time.” The tweet linked to a story on neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer that also insulted Heyer in crude terms and appeared to take glee in her death. Kessler did not respond to messages seeking comment. Police say Heyer was killed when a rally attendee, James A. Fields, 20, drove his sports car into a crowd of counter-protesters at the event Aug. 12, which drew white nationalists, neo-Nazis and other far-right figures from around the nation. Fields has been charged with her murder. Kessler had blamed city officials for not providing sufficient security for the rally, which originally was organized to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from a Charlottesville park. Kessler’s tweet sparked denunciations from other far-right rally attendees, who quickly distanced themselves, accelerating a spiral of recriminations that have been brewing among far-right leaders over who was to blame for the chaos behind last weekend’s violent “Unite the Right” rally. On Saturday morning, the tweet had been deleted from Kessler’s account, which initially claimed he’d been hacked but then backtracked and said he’d been on a mixture of drugs. “I repudiate the heinous tweet that was sent from my account last night. I’ve been under a crushing amount of stress & death threats,” the tweet stated. “I’m taking ambien, xanax and I had been drinking last night. I sometimes wake up having done strange things I can’t remember.” Kessler’s tweets then were switched to “private” mode before his account was deleted entirely. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 This is the guy who was recently an Obie-ite and and in Occupy, right? Yes. Be interesting to look into his bank transactions. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-08-20 19:22 |
| #2 “Heather Heyer was a fat, disgusting Communist,” stated the tweet on an account belonging to Jason Kessler. “Communists have killed 94 million. Looks like it was payback time.” 'Fat shaming' should not be tolerated. Use flightless Bathornithidae next time please. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-08-20 16:46 |
| #1 This is the guy who was recently an Obie-ite and and in Occupy, right? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-08-20 16:41 |