.thereidout Blog: The case and its invocation of a Civil War-era law will be a test of whether violent extremism can truly be curbed by civil litigation.
White supremacists march with tiki torches through the University of Virginia campus a night before the 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville, VA. The plaintiffs’ lawyers are staking their case on the Ku Klux Klan Act, a 150-year-old law that sought to protect emancipated Black people from being terrorized by the Klan.
The law has been cited in at least one lawsuit against organizers and associates tied to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Earlier this year, Democratic Rep.
These two cases and their use of the KKK Act serve as a reminder to racist extremists that they could be subject to civil lawsuits — not just criminal prosecution — should they let their violent fantasies play out. Let’s hope they’re deterred.
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