Washington Post: Neo-Nazi told leader of group at deadly 2017 Charlottesville rally: ‘We’re all doing it together’
By: Integrity First For America News CoverageBy Ellie Silverman, Washington Post. Read the full article here.
CHARLOTTESVILLE — Three months before hundreds of white supremacists descended on Charlottesville in 2017, the founder of a neo-Nazi group suggested the dress code.
“Khakis and a polo,” Matthew Heimbach texted Jason Kessler, the lead organizer of the Unite the Right rally.
That look became one symbol of the deadly violence that engulfed Charlottesville on Aug. 12, 2017. But ultimately, when Heimbach and his followers arrived, they wore all black. In court this week, an attorney said the purpose of their uniform was to hide blood.
Heimbach was the first of two dozen defendants — some of the country’s most infamous white supremacists and hate groups — to testify during a federal civil trial alleging they engaged in a conspiracy to commit racially motivated violence during the Unite the Right rally weekend.