Coup de ‘Ville

Dahlia Lithwick on the $26 million ruling against two dozen white supremacists and violent right wing organizations who organized the 2017 Unite the Right rally. In Charlottesville, the Nazis Were Finally Held to Account. “While these defendants will seek to have the amounts reduced, the fact is that the jury saw fit to condemn their actions wholeheartedly and substantially. Several of the defendants have already declared bankruptcy and some may be unable to pay. Fields is in jail for the rest of his life and Cantwell will return to prison, where he is serving a term for violent sexual threats against another white supremacist. Spencer is broke and his wife has left him, alleging violent abuse. This isn’t about squeezing blood from a stone. It’s about widespread agreement that the stone sucks.”