UNC Professor Dwayne Dixon a name you will hear again Updated 9-8-2018

One of the leaders of the Redneck Revolt. What is that you ask? Part of Antifa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck_Revolt
This guy is nuts and is a professor at UNC. Never heard of him before but with this mindset we will here from him again.

Redneck Revolt is an American anti-capitalist, anti-racist and anti-fascist group. Founded in 2009, Redneck Revolt organizes predominantly among white working-class people and has more than 33 local chapters across the United States. The group supports gun rights and members often openly carry firearms. Members have been present at several protests against Donald Trump and against the far right in 2017.

Redneck Revolt was founded in 2009 as an offshoot of the John Brown Gun Club, a firearms training and community defense project that was itself founded in Lawrence, Kansas in 2004.[1][2] The group was founded in part in response to the perceived contradictions of the Tea Party movement.[1] Following a hiatus the group re-emerged in 2016, using both the Redneck Revolt and John Brown Gun Club names.[2]

The group attributes their use of the word "redneck" to the time of the Coal Wars, a series of labor disputes in the United States occurring from around 1890 to around 1930, when the word became popular among coalminers.[3] The red bandanas worn by members emulate those worn by striking coalminers during the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain.[4] A member has said that the group tries "to acknowledge the ways we've made mistakes and bought into white supremacy and capitalism, but also give ourselves an environment in which it's OK to celebrate redneck culture".[1]

Their political influences include the 19th-century abolitionist John Brown,[5] the Young Patriots Organization[1][6] and the Rainbow Coalition, an alliance formed in Chicago in the 1960s between the Black Panthers, Young Lords and the Young Patriots.[7][8] The group sees itself as part of a tradition of white working-class "rebellion against tyranny and oppression".[5]
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Redneck Revolt is an anti-capitalist,[8] anti-racist[8] and anti-fascist group,[9] and uses direct action tactics.[5][6][9] Redneck Revolt supports the rights of Muslims, immigrants and LGBT people and is opposed to economic inequality.[10] Members also support the Black Lives Matter movement.[1]

The group's website includes statements in opposition to capitalism, the nation state, white supremacy and "the wars of the rich", and advocates a "right of militant resistance".[4][8] The website also argues for the necessity of revolution.[8] A spokesperson for the Phoenix, Arizona John Brown Gun Club said in April 2017 that the group includes anarchists, communists, libertarians and Republicans.[4] The group does not identify itself as part of the political left,[10] nor as politically liberal.[1] Redneck Revolt does not have leaders,[4] and does not offer a detailed blueprint for political action: a spokesperson said in June 2017 that "We don’t have some grand plan for how we want to remake the world. We're tackling a specific problem, which is white supremacy, which we find to be built into capitalism".[8]

The group supports gun rights[1][7] and runs firearms training events.[6][8] Members often view the practice of openly carrying guns as a political statement that intimidates opponents and affirms gun rights.[1] In a May 2017 interview a member said the group uses guns only in self-defense and in "response to a rise in politically motivated violence and intimidation against vulnerable communities".[10] The same member said that Redneck Revolt had reached out to groups such as the 3 Percenters, a predominantly right-wing group, with whom they have some common ground.[10] In September 2017 a member said "It's not about seizing the gun culture or becoming obsessed about guns. It's only recognizing it's useful to know how to field strip and clean a rifle as much as it is to know how to fix wiring in your house and use a circular saw."[2] The increased visibility of Redneck Revolt in 2017 has sparked debate among activists over the effects of armed protest and the possibility that the use of guns may lead to heightened violence.[11]

The group argues that the white working-class have more in common with working-class people of color than with the wealthy.[2] Dave Strano, a founding member, has argued that

The history of the white working class has been a history of being an exploited people. However, we’ve been an exploited people that further exploits other exploited people. While we've been living in tenements and slums for centuries, we've also been used by the rich to attack our neighbors, coworkers, and friends of different colors, religions and nationalities.[1]

Activities

Redneck Revolt is a national network comprising local groups known as John Brown Gun Clubs.[4] There is no official count of the number of chapters,[11] but as of May 2017 the group had more than 33 such local chapters across 20 U.S. states.[12] The group's membership grew significantly following the August 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.[11]

The group focuses on anti-racist organizing among white poor and working-class people,[1][6][8] though members are not exclusively white.[1] Redneck Revolt is active in spaces in which white supremacist groups also often recruit, including country music concerts, flea markets, gun shows and NASCAR events.[8] Chapters in Appalachia also provide food and clothing programs, community gardens and needle exchanges in rural communities.[8] In a September 2017 interview a member said that the group was exploring ways to respond to health care challenges and food shortages.[2]

The Phoenix, Arizona chapter of Redneck Revolt openly carried firearms outside of the Arizona State Legislature on the day of the inauguration of Donald Trump in January 2017. They declared support for those opposing Trump, including immigrants, LGBTQ people and Muslims.[7]

In April 2017 members attended a counter-protest against groups including the League of the South, the Traditionalist Worker's Party and the National Socialist Movement in Pikeville, Kentucky.[1][8] Later in April members hosted a barbecue in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where Trump was marking his 100th day in office.[1]

Silver Valley Redneck Revolt, a local chapter, organized a counter-demonstration against a Ku Klux Klan rally in Asheboro, North Carolina in May 2017.[3][7] In a Facebook post the group said "We need to let the Klan know that if they leave their enclaves there will be a broad response from the community ... This event is to publicly denounce the Klan, their beliefs, and show that we will not back down."[13]

A local chapter of Redneck Revolt was part of a counter-protest against a June 2017 rally in support of Trump in Portland, Oregon.[6] Also in June, members were part of a protest against the Christian conservative organization Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which coincided with a speech by Mike Pence to celebrate the group's fortieth anniversary.[14] On June 23 armed members of Redneck Revolt attended a protest in Kalkaska, Michigan in response to anti-Muslim comments made by Jeff Sieting, the village president. Members carried a banner in support of Muslims and said they were there to protect the protesters from counter-protesters supporting Sieting.[15]

At the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, several Redneck Revolt chapters provided armed security and medical assistance for counterprotesters.[2][16][17][18] Days later, members provided security at a "Hate Is Not Welcome in Lane County" march in Eugene, Oregon in response to the events in Charlottesville.[19][20] In October 2017, Redneck Revolt was one of a number of groups named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed on behalf of the city of Charlottesville and several Charlottesville-based businesses and neighborhood associations, which sought to prevent prohibit militia and paramilitary activity in Virginia.[21][22]

Later in August, members participated in protests against Trump's speech in Phoenix, Arizona.[23][24] In September 2017, Redneck Revolt supported the Juggalo March on Washington, a protest by juggalos against their designation as a gang. Redneck Revolt's statement said the march aligned with their "belief in the right to community self-determination and self-defense".[25]

Good video here that I can not embed

Dwayne Dixon explains why the left is willing to use violence.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/201...his-workshop/9321726

He brought a semi-automatic rifle to a rumored KKK rally. Here’s why he got off.

https://www.heraldsun.com/news...rticle199048869.html

Durham

A man arrested for bringing a semi-automatic rifle to a KKK counterprotest last summer had his case dismissed Thursday when a judge ruled the charge was unconstitutional.

Dwayne Dixon faced the misdemeanor after he brought the rifle to downtown Durham Aug. 18 amid rumors of a white supremacist rally that never materialized.

District Court Judge James T. Hill dismissed the charge after Dixon’s attorney, Scott Holmes, argued the law was overly broad and infringed upon the the First and Second Amendments rights to assemble and to bear arms.

“It is just unconstitutional on its face, and the state can’t use it to prosecute my client,” Holmes said in court.

Before the dismissal, the state presented one witness, Sheriff’s Office Lt. John Pinner, who described seeing a gathering and Dixon near the corner of Main and Corcoran streets.

After the testimony, Holmes moved to have the case dismissed on a technicality. Holmes, an N.C. Central University law professor and supervising attorney of the school’s Civil Litigation Clinic, argued that the incident took place on a city street not a state street, which the law specifies.

Hill agreed with Assistant District Attorney Ameshia Cooper, who successfully argued the city street still fell under the state’s jurisdiction.

Holmes then argued that the case should be dismissed on constitutional grounds.

“Motion granted,” Hill said later.

Dixon, 45, was initially charged with going armed to the terror of the people and bringing a weapon to a downtown demonstration. Cooper said Thursday morning that the state was only moving forward with the latter charge. 　

The misdemeanor stems from a 1981 law that prohibits weapons at parades, funeral processions, picket lines or demonstrations at any public place. The law doesn’t apply to people with a valid concealed carry permit and a handgun at parades or funerals.

“It shall be presumed that any rifle or gun carried on a rack in a pickup truck at a holiday parade or in a funeral procession does not violate the terms of this act,” the law states.

Court data indicates the offense was charged rarely, if ever, in 2016, and the statute has never been cited in an appellate court opinion.

Holmes looked for places the charge has been prosecuted, he said, and he couldn’t find any.

The statute infringes on the right to assemble and the right to bear arms, Holmes said. Laws that burden constitutional rights need to be very specific, he said. It needs to be clear when people are violating the law, and how far their rights go.

The state statute doesn’t define terms like demonstration and is overly broad in saying it’s unlawful for people “participating in, affiliated with, or present as a spectator,” at a demonstration to have access to a weapon, Holmes said.

The law also contradicts itself by allowing rifles and guns on a pickup truck at holiday parades and funerals, Holmes argued.

An arrest warrant said Dixon assisted in organizing and blocking public roadways “while armed with a semi-automatic weapon rifle capable of firing multiple shots within seconds, which upon observance by members of the public caused alarm and concerns for safety.”
Others charged

Two others were charged with the misdemeanor weapons charges after the Aug. 18 demonstration. Christopher Brazil agreed to a deal that includes deferred prosecution and community service. After Dixon’s short trial, the charges against Elijah Prior were dismissed.

A third person, Gregory Williams, was charged with wearing a mask at the Aug. 18 event. His charge was also dismissed.

Hill’s ruling that the law is unconstitutional doesn’t strike it down.

“It should caution prosecutors and police in the future who want to use that statute because a judge has ruled it unconstitutional,” Holmes said. “It has no immediate affect on that law; it stays on the books. But it should provoke a discussion among civil-rights laws, judges, and prosecutors and the legislature to take another look at it.”

Dixon, a UNC-Chapel Hill anthropology lecturer who has a doctorate in cultural anthropology from Duke University, disagreed he was at a demonstration. He went downtown after getting text messages that white supremacists were coming and learning that county offices had closed, he said in an interview in August.

“The frequency and the volume together told me that a range of people in different walks of life and professions were getting information that was causing alarm,” Dixon said.

When Dixon arrived, he saw deputies blocking East Main Street in front of the old courthouse, he said, and two deputies escorting someone to a parking lot.

“It tells me there is some serious danger in so far as armed personnel from the county are being dispatched to protect this county worker,” Dixon said. “But it tells me that everyone else is wide open.”

Less than a week before, Dixon had been in Charlottesville, Virginia, as a member of the Redneck Revolt, a leftist organization that promotes community self-defense in the struggle against racism.

Dixon was among roughly 20 members, some armed, that protected counterprotesters when white supremacists and nationalists marched against the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in a local park.

Two days after Charlottesville, demonstrators used a strap to pull down a Confederate memorial in front of the Durham County administrative building on Main Street. Eight people face misdemeanor charges for toppling of the Confederate monument in downtown Durham no longer face felony charges. Their next court date is Feb. 19.

After the trial Thursday, Dixon said he is a “committed, dedicated revolutionary.”

“What we are seeing right now is what solidarity looks like, and what continues to be amassed around this courthouse, like the Israelites around Jericho blowing our horns repeatedly without end,” Dixon said. “Unwilling to relinquish this moment or any moment when our freedom is jeopardized.”

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