Jason Kessler

Jason Kessler
Born	1983 (age 33–34)
Nationality	American

Jason Kessler (born 1983) is the President of Unity and Security for America. He is known for being the main organizer of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Prior to 2016 Kessler was virtually unknown. In November of that year, he revealed lewd and offensive tweets made by Charlottesville vice-mayor and councilman Wes Bellamy. Bellamy, who is also a teacher at Charlottesville’s Albemarle High School, first drew criticism from Kessler when he called a press conference to call for the removal of the Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville statue in March 2016. In December, Kessler began circualting a petition demanding that Bellamy resign or be removed from office. In January 2017, while attempting to gain signatures for his petition Kessler was arrested for misdemeanor assault. He plead guilty and was sentenced to 50 hours of community service.

Kessler was also convicted in 2005 for shoplifting, obstructing justice, and failure to appear, in addition to numerous traffic citations. Many on white nationalist forums have questioned his background as it seems he was involved with the Occupy Wall Street movement and previously supported President Barack Obama.

Kessler was one of the organizers of the Unite the Right rally on August 12, 2017. The rally was a protest of the removal the statue of Robert E. Lee, a cause Kessler had taken up a year earlier when began his crusade against Bellamy. Kessler was also involved in a smaller protest of the removal of the statue on May 14, 2017 which ended in a torch lit march. At the event he was arrested for failure to obey an officer's commands. On July 11, Kessler appeared at town hall to promote his rally, but also distance himself from another rally that was held by the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.

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