Charlottesville white nationalist protester fired after being identified by Twitter account

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A Twitter account has taken identifying Charlottesville protesters into its own hands.
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A white nationalist protester identified by the Twitter account @YesYoureRacist has since lost his job, the East Bay Times reports. Cole White, an employee at the hot dog chain Top Dog, was fired Saturday, just hours after being noticed in photographs from the Charlottesville Unite the Right march:

@YesYoureRacist also identified protester Peter Cvjetanovic, who claims he has "received death threats" since being spotted by the account.

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Jeva Lange
Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.