Dix leaving court in an ill-fitting suit and "Spencer cut"
A Richard Spencer foot soldier -- nay, clone -- walked free last month after a trial against him was deadlocked. The accused, Jacob Joseph Dix of Clarksville, Ohio, 29, who still sports a 2017-style "Spencer cut," was charged under a 2002 state law that makes it a felony to burn something to intimidate and cause fear of injury or death.
As reported by The Independent:
"After deliberating for about 12 hours over two days, jurors in Albemarle County Circuit Court announced Thursday that they were deadlocked. Judge H. Thomas Padrick declared a mistrial Thursday evening.[...]
Dix’s lawyer, Peter Frazier, told the jury nothing Dix did the night of Aug. 11, 2017, was criminal, and that the chants he joined in, including, “You will not replace us!” were free speech protected by the First Amendment."
So far, eleven Charlottesville "participants" have been charged with "intimidation by fire" under the law, with five pleading guilty. Dix was the first to go on trial.
It remains to be seen if prosecutors will continue to prosecute the others. Spencer, himself, appears to be in the clear, after he apparently cut a deal with the Feds.
It remains to be seen if prosecutors will continue to prosecute the others. Spencer, himself, appears to be in the clear, after he apparently cut a deal with the Feds.
Dix in 2017 with a well-fitting "88" (='Heil Hitler') T-shirt and tiki torch
Most likely a closeted homosexual like Richard Spencer.
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