CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A black counterprotester is no longer appealing his conviction for using an improvised flamethrower during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. News outlets report that court documents show Corey Long dropped his appeal Thursday, two weeks before a hearing in Charlottesville Circuit Court. An Associated Press photographer captured an image of Long spraying a lighted aerosol can toward a man wielding a flagpole during the deadly Aug. 12, 2017, rally. Long said he used the makeshift flamethrower to protect himself from advancing rally participants who were yelling slurs. He’ll instead serve a total of 10 days in jail, served over the course of five weekends starting Feb. 1.

Source: National Post January 11, 2019 17:48 UTC