US Marine Who Bragged About “Cracking Skulls” At Fatal 2017 Nazi Rally Found Guilty At Court Martial

June 19, 2018 Extremists, Nazis

Guilty but NOT booted out of the Corps.

The U.S. Marine who marched with neo-Nazis in last summer’s “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been found guilty in a summary court-martial after he reportedly bragged online about participating in the violence that day.

Lance Cpl. Vasillios Pistolis was convicted Monday of failing to obey an order or regulation and making a false official statement under Articles 92 and 107 in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, according to the 2nd Marine Logistics Group.

ProPublica first reported in May that Pistolis belonged to a white supremacist group and was found bragging online about the violence he carried out during the August rally, at which one demonstrator died. He has been sentenced to 28 days of confinement, a reduction of two ranks to E-1, and the forfeiture of two-thirds of his pay for a month.

1/ This is Vasillios Pistolis. He’s a 19-year-old US Marine. He claimed he “cracked skulls” at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville last August.https://t.co/7d4tG3MEzX pic.twitter.com/VS7XpQMUMg

— ProPublica (@ProPublica) May 3, 2018