Tuesday, June 11, 2019

C-Ville Weekly sued by plaintiff in the city Confederate monuments lawsuit

Via Susan Lee

 

A popular Charlottesville publication is being sued for defamation.

Charlottesville Weekly is being sued by one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the city regarding the Confederate statues downtown.

Edward Dickinson Tayloe says in the suit against C-Ville Weekly he was wrongly portrayed as racist and an opponent of people of color in one of the publication's articles.

Charles Weber, a spokesperson for Tayloe, says Tayloe suffered emotional distress, humiliation, and professional and business harm.

"They investigated his family and went back centuries and depicted him as if he is in this lawsuit for the sole purpose of promoting white supremacy and continuing, as Jalene Schmidt said, to 'roil the lives of black people,'" he said.

Weber says the comments are intentionally false and misleading, which is why Tayloe filed the defamation lawsuit.

More @ CBS 19

6 comments:

  1. Please Read and Share https://www.salisburypost.com/2019/06/12/letter-i-dont-care-if-youre-offended-by-our-history/

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  2. Given the behavior and accuracy of the media I sure hope this man wins big.

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  3. Let us pray the man prevails and maybe this will offer encouragement to him and discouragement to the practitioners of false witness.

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/09/us/oberlin-college-bakery-lawsuit/index.html

    Y'all have a nice day.

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