Tag Archives: Christopher Cantwell

The Washington Post reports: Prominent white supremacists Richard Spencer, Jason Kessler and Christopher Cantwell and others engaged in a conspiracy in advance of the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017, a jury has ruled. The jury did not reach a verdict on two federal conspiracy charges, but did find that every defendant was liable for civil conspiracy …

The Daily Beast reports: Christopher “Crying Nazi” Cantwell, one of two dozen white supremacists and their affiliated groups being sued for their participation in the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, prepped for his trial by watching Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, according to a report. A man who shared a prison unit with Cantwell told BuzzFeed News that …

The Sentinel Source reports: A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Keene white nationalist Christopher Cantwell to three years and five months in prison for threatening and attempting to extort information from another figure in the online hate movement in 2019. The sentencing comes after several turbulent years for Cantwell, 40, a racist, misogynist and anti-Semitic shock jock who first rose …

The Informer reports: Christopher Cantwell, the neo-Nazi podcaster charged by federal prosecutors with threatening to rape a rival neo-Nazi’s wife has been found guilty of extortion and threats. Jurors acquitted Cantwell of cyberstalking. Jurors reached their verdict after a four-day trial in a Concord, New Hampshire federal courtroom. Deliberations began on Friday afternoon and continued Monday morning, lasting less than …

NBC News reports: A New Hampshire man who was involved in the violent 2017 “Unite The Right” rally in Virginia was charged Thursday with threatening a person using the online messaging app Telegram, authorities said. Christopher Cantwell, 39, was taken into custody and indicted on two counts, extortion over interstate communications and threatening interstate communications, according to the FBI’s Boston …

Christopher Cantwell, better known as the Crying Nazi, has posted a reaction to yesterday’s first degree murder conviction of James Alex Fields. From his Gab account: Charlottesville and the broader Left celebrate prematurely tonight. The show trial and CONviction of James Fields is merely a symbolic victory for you, which you’ll forget in short order. He was not an intellectual …

The Washington Post reports: A self-professed white nationalist involved in violence at last year’s rally in Charlottesville pleaded guilty to assault and battery Friday, prosecutors said. Christopher Cantwell was arrested after August’s “Unite the Right” rally. Cantwell, who was featured in a Vice news documentary about the demonstrations, became known as the “crying Nazi” after posting an emotional video when …

The Loudoun Times reports: An Albemarle Circuit Court judge changed bond conditions for Chris Cantwell Thursday, ruling that he will be held behind bars until he gets an alcohol monitoring bracelet, according to a report by NBC 29 in Charlottesville. The judge reportedly said she believes Cantwell could pose a public danger when drinking. When he was arrested in Leesburg …

Charlottesville’s C-VILLE reports: Jailed and denied bond for three felony counts related to allegedly pepper spraying two people during an August 11 tiki-torch march on Grounds at the University of Virginia, Christopher Cantwell denies those claims and says the only person he pepper sprayed that weekend didn’t file charges. He says his status as a “political prisoner” hasn’t kept him …

The Daily Progress reports: A prominent figure in the white nationalist movement argued he is a “shock jock” who runs a “racist podcast” before he was denied bond on Thursday evening. Cantwell turned himself in last week in Lynchburg after UVa police announced that warrants were out for his arrest. On Thursday morning, an Albemarle County judge set bond for …

The Daily Beast reports: Christopher Cantwell is not happy being labeled “the crying Nazi.” The white supremacist got the moniker after he recorded a tearful video upon hearing he was wanted for arrest after pepper-spraying protesters at the University of Virginia on August 11. “When I come down here for a permitted demonstration, championed by the ACLU, where the police …

The New York Post reports: A neo-Nazi who said he pepper-sprayed a demonstrator in self-defense on the campus of the University of Virginia was denied bail Thursday. Christopher Cantwell, who has justified the death of a woman protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, made his first court appearance after surrendering to police in Lynchburg, Va., late Wednesday. The New …

The New York Times reports: A white nationalist whose behavior at the violent gatherings this month in Charlottesville, Va., brought him notoriety after he was featured in a widely viewed documentary, has turned himself into the authorities in Virginia days after warrants were issued for his arrest. Earlier this week, the University of Virginia Police Department said the charges against …

The New York Times reports: Officials at the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office of Albemarle County in Charlottesville said on Monday morning that four warrants had been issued for Mr. Cantwell’s arrest. The office referred questions about the nature of the charges to the University of Virginia Police Department. A spokesman at the department did not respond to requests for comment on …

Christopher Cantwell, the same vicious Nazi seen two posts below, has posted a sobbing video after being told that there’s a warrant out for his arrest. Cantwell claims he’s “terrified” the police will murder him if he turns himself in. Raw Story reports: “I called the Charlottesville Police Department,” Cantwell said, “and said, ‘I have been told there’s a warrant …