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ItвЂ™s happening at the same time as Charlottesville, itвЂ™s happening at the same time as the Jan. But on the other hand, a lot of people are watching. In one sense, I donвЂ™t want to make too much out of this one trial. TheyвЂ™re really good at doing that.Дo you think that will have a big effect on their mobilization? The far right is going to frame the outcome to their needs. HeвЂ™s almost worth more in jail than he is freed, because then they could point to this-вЂњLook, this is indication of our victim narrative.вЂќ Like Ashli Babbitt, sheвЂ™s now this martyr, but had she lived, she wouldnвЂ™t have been an icon or someone to promote. And I think maybe they hope that they lose, that he becomes this martyr. I donвЂ™t know how much they truly care about Kyle Rittenhouse himself or the results. ItвЂ™s amazing when you think about the way that Muslims were treated after 9/11. 6 was a watershed event in that the far right now almost universally sees themselves as victims, and thatвЂ™s become a big part of the narrative-that itвЂ™s a witch hunt and вЂњweвЂ™re being persecuted, and youвЂ™re seeking us out and applying treatment that other people wouldnвЂ™t get.вЂќ Which is really, totally inaccurate. I would say one of the biggest differences compared to maybe last year this time, I think Jan. A lot of keyboard warriors talking about Charlottesville and Rittenhouse. What are you seeing from them now?Д¬olin Clarke: WeвЂ™re seeing chatter as you would expect. I know youвЂ™re still monitoring the extremist groups.

#KYLE NOT GUILTY VERDICT TRIAL#

The Charlottesville rally trial is ongoing. Now weвЂ™re heading into several trials important to these groups. Thanks for signing up! You can manage your newsletter subscriptions at any time.ДЄymann Ismail: The last time we spoke, you said right-wing extremist groups had retreated underground after the Department of Justice began pursuing criminal indictments for the Capitol riot. Our conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity. With these trials and events back in the news, I called Clarke to describe the evolving far-right chatter about them-and what is likely to come next no matter the verdicts. 6 that he conducted with the Soufan Center, where he is a senior research fellow.

Clarke himself recently provided research to the House related to Jan. 6 riot- has sent a chill through their ranks.

Colin Clarke, a former professor at Carnegie Mellon, is an expert in counterextremism, and weвЂ™ve talked previously about how holding some of these groups to account-especially with the prosecutions of many involved in the Jan. Meanwhile, in Charlottesville, Virginia, people injured in the violence at the deadly 2017 вЂњUnite the RightвЂќ rally are in court with a suit against many of the organizers, in a trial that has itself become a spectacle.Д«oth trials will be closely watched in the national press, but I wondered about a more specific audience: the far-right fringe groups who have latched on to both events as bellwethers of their movements. Opening arguments began Tuesday in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with homicide in the shooting deaths of two people amid unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 2020.

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