RACE JERK CLOBBERED
Rally honcho attacked as he blames ‘anti-white hate’
An angry mob on Sunday attacked the white supremacist who organized the deadly rally in Charlottesville, Va., with one enraged man punching the racist during a press conference — and a woman tackling him as he fled.
Jason Kessler, who planned Saturday’s Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, was attempting to hold the conference outside City Hall to shift blame for the violence onto everyone but his own organization.
State police in riot gear, some perched with long guns on rooftops, were out in force to watch over the crowd, which grew agitated as Kessler appeared.
When Kessler got near the podium, onlookers began hurling insults, calling him a terrorist and chanting, “Shame!”
Kessler tried to blame protesters for the car rampage by neo-Nazi James Fields Jr. that killed anti-racist demonstrator Heather Heyer, 32, and injured 19 others.
“The noise you hear around you is the anti-white hate that fueled what happened yesterday,” Kessler said, trying to speak over the shouts.
His comment sparked even more outrage from the crowd, and moments later, two men rushed Kessler at the microphone, with one shouting, “F- -k you!” and the other yelling, “Indict for murder now!”
The crowd pressed in on Kessler, who quickly abandoned his podium and ran to state troopers for protection. As he turned tail, a man identified as Jeff Winder took a swing at him.
“Jason Kessler has been bringing hate to our town for months and has been endangering the lives of people of color and endangering other lives in my community,” Winder said moments after the fracas, according to The New York Times.
“Free speech does not protect hate speech; Kessler’s rhetoric is fire in a crowded theater.”
Moments later, a woman pushed through state troopers to tackle Kessler as he was scurrying through bushes to avoid the pursuing mob.
Eventually, police removed him to safety.
Later in the day, Kessler took to the video-streaming platform Periscope to complain that cops did not do enough to protect him.
“I was saying, ‘Help me, help me,’ and they weren’t doing any-
thing,” sniffed Kessler, who in January pleaded guilty to punching a black man in the face.
“They decided that they were going to give these Black Lives Matter a- -holes an opportunity to attack and to hurt me, so I’m never going to trust the Charlottesville Police Department again.”
Charlottesville police did not immediately say whether there were arrests Sunday.
Right before he fled the podium, Kessler said he would hold another press conference, in Washington, DC, on Monday, but later said on Periscope that he was reconsidering.