Man ID'd by Internet as White Nationalist Wasn't

By Michael Harthorne

August 15, 2017

Internet sleuths working to publicly identify and shame the white nationalists, neo-Nazis, and others who attended last weekend's "Unite the Right" rally in Virginia have had some success—one man lost his job, another was disowned by his family—but their efforts aren't without their risks. The New York Times reports Kyle Quinn spent last Friday going to a museum and dinner with his wife in an Arkansas town more than 1,000 miles from Charlottesville, but he was still identified as one of the men who stormed the University of Virginia campus with torches. 

He was harassed on social media and his home address was made public. As threats poured in, he and his wife were forced to stay at a co-worker's home.

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