Legal Feds appeal court order that stalls gas drilling in Ohio national forest
Sebastien Malo
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Protesters take part in a rally against U.S. fracked gas exports from the proposed Cove Point facility in Maryland, at a demonstration by several environmental organizations and activists, at the National Mall in Washington July 13, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have appealed to a federal appeals court rulings in Columbus federal court that prohibit them from issuing new permits to drill on oil and gas leases in Ohio s only national forest until they re-assess the environmental effects of fracking on that land.
Some 20 people were injured in August 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia, when a neo-Nazi rammed his car into a crowd of counterprotesters. Heather Heyer, 32, was killed. Image from: Flickr/susanmelkisethian
Not with a bang, but a whimper. That’s how suit-and-tie white nationalists like Richard Spencer finally disappear from public view.
The think tank operated by Spencer, the white nationalist godfather of the alt-right and at one time its predominant public figure, was ordered by a federal judge this week to pay $2.4 million to a man severely injured during the deadly “Unite the Right” event in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12, 2017. The judgement, however, is likely never to be paid, because Spencer’s organization is now apparently defunct, and he has almost completely withdrawn from public view over the past two years and now will have severe difficulty ever returning.
Right-Wing Institute Ordered to Pay $2.4M to Ohio Man Hurt at Rally
A federal judge in Ohio has ordered a right-wing think tank led by white nationalist Richard Spencer to pay $2.4 million to an Ohio man severely injured during a white supremacist and neo-Nazi rally two years ago in Virginia.
Bill Burke, of Athens, Ohio, says he was struck by a car driven by James Alex Fields Jr. in a crash that killed counter-protester Heather Heyer during the August 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. White nationalists were protesting the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Burke says he attended the rally to join a counter-protest.
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COLUMBUS A federal judge has ordered a right-wing think tank led by white nationalist Richard Spencer to pay $2.4 million to an Ohio man severely injured during a white supremacist and neo-Nazi rally four years ago in Virginia.
Bill Burke, of Athens, says he was struck by a car driven by James Alex Fields Jr. in a crash that killed counterprotester Heather Heyer during the August 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. White nationalists were protesting the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Burke says he attended the rally to join a counterprotest.
Burke s physical injuries, including head and knee injuries and a crushed left arm, still require medical treatment and may be permanent, and he has experienced severe psychological and emotional suffering, according to Burke s May 2019 federal lawsuit.