KKK ‘Imperial Wizard’ Convicted For Firing Weapon At Charlottesville Rally

By Micah Rate

In August, it will be one year since the violent, alt-right, white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. where protestors and counter-protestors clashed over the removal of a Confederate statue. That day, law enforcement made several arrests, and a young woman died after being intentionally struck by a car. Today, several attendees of the rally are facing charges for their violent actions.

A member of the KKK, who claims to hold the rank of “imperial wizard” has been convicted for illegally firing his gun at the rally.

The Washington Post reports:

Richard W. Preston Jr., 53, had planned on going to trial on the gamble that he could possibly persuade a jury that he had acted in defense of himself or others — an argument he made at earlier stages of his case.

But on Tuesday, Preston abandoned that strategy and pleaded no contest to the charge of firing a weapon within 1,000 feet of a school property. After entering his plea, prosecutors laid out the case they would have presented at trial. Immediately afterward, Charlottesville Circuit Court Judge Richard E. Moore found Preston guilty.

Preston’s no-contest plea acknowledges that there is enough evidence to convict him without admitting that he …Read the Rest

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