Arkansas-linked Charlottesville marcher identified, apologizes to those misidentified

[LiberalArkie]

The Arkansas Times has identified the man photographed wearing an "Arkansas Engineering" T-shirt at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville as Andrew M. Dodson, a former student at the University of Arkansas Engineering school.

In a telephone interview with the Arkansas Times, Dodson apologized for the trouble he caused the state and, specifically, an Engineering professor at the University of Arkansas who was misidentified as the person carrying a torch at a march last Friday night. The professor became the target of social media vitriol.

“There's a couple of guys in Fayetteville that have been misidentified as me. ... It’s not those guys, it’s not them; it’s me," Dodson said. "I’m so sorry, I would never want to hurt you and your family. If they want my T-shirt back, I'll send it to them."

Dodson did not know personally the professor who was misidentified, who worked in a different branch of engineering than that studied by Dodson, but he did apologize to those with whom he studied for two years. He did not graduate from the university.

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[Motley13]

1. that is the danger of mistaken identity

I saw the faculty guy on facebook

[LiberalArkie]

3. Interesting thing is he said that the nazis and the armed ones all but the

normal people were bussed in. Someone paid for those buses.

[central scrutinizer]

2. Not a total asshole

But still an asshole

[MichMan]

4. The former owner of the car used also received several death threats

The former owner of the car that was used also received multiple death threats. Even though he sold the car a while ago, the police told him his only recourse was to sell his house and move.

He should be able to sue anyone who falsely identified him for large sums