White nationalist group ordered to pay over $470K for defacing Arthur Ashe mural in Richmond

White nationalist group ordered to pay over $470K for defacing Arthur Ashe mural in Richmond

RICHMOND, Va. A federal judge ordered a white nationalist group and some of its members to pay hundreds of thousands in punitive damages after defacing a mural of Arthur Ashe in Richmond in 2021.Patriot Front, its leader Thomas Rousseau and members William Ring and Jacob Brown are ordered to pay over $470,000 for defacing the mural in Battery Park.The mural, by Richmond artist Hamilton Glass, honored the tennis legend and humanitarian in the ver…

Judge Orders Individuals Associated with Patriot Front to Pay Punitive Damages in Civil Rights Case for Destroying Mural of Arthur Ashe in Richmond

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