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Israel, Jewish groups invoked as white supremacy expert clashes with defense in Unite the Right trial

A professor who once embedded with white supremacists testified Thursday that violence was central to the ideology held by organizers of the 2017 Unite the Right rally that left one counterproster dead and dozens injured in Charlottesville.

Peter Simi, who teaches sociology at Chapman University in Southern California, told jurors that the white supremacist movement behind the rally didn’t simply hold racist views, but viewed violence as necessary to advance its interests.

“We’re not talking about a random individual who might express a racist idea over the holidays with their relatives,” Simi said. “What we’re talking about here is an organized effort to transform society.”

His testimony came in the third week of a civil trial in which nine plaintiffs are seeking damages from 10 groups and 14 individuals, including some of the most prominent far-right figures in the United States. The plaintiffs claim the defendants illegally conspired to commit violence at the 2017 rally, in violation of several laws including the 1874 Enforcement Act, which was aimed at the Ku Klux Klan.

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