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== Unite the Right Rally and aftermath == | == Unite the Right Rally and aftermath == | ||
During the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in August 2017, Cantwell was filmed shouting "Jews will not replace us!" with a crowd of other [[White Supremacy|white supremacists]]. | During the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in August 2017, Cantwell was filmed shouting "Jews will not replace us!" with a crowd of other [[White Supremacy|white supremacists]]. He ranted about how the Alt-Right are not nonviolent, and threatened to kill several protestors. He also allegedly pepper-sprayed several counter-protestors. Following the rally, a warrant was put out for Cantwell's arrest due to his actions during the rally. On his podcast ''Radical Agenda'', Cantwell published a video of him talking about the warrant during which he struggled to hold back tears, resulting in widespread mockery of Cantwell and earning him the nickname "The Crying Nazi".<ref>[http://www.newsweek.com/christopher-cantwell-charlottesville-crying-nazi-wants-sympathy-jail-657675 Christopher Cantwell, the Charlottesville 'Crying Nazi,' Wants Your Sympathy From Jail], ''Newsweek''</ref> | ||
Cantwell turned himself in on 24 August, and was indicted on counts of unlawful bodily injury, assault and battery, malicious injury with a caustic substance and public intoxication. He pleaded guilty to public intoxication and received a fine of $116. The charges of unlawful bodily and malicious injury with a caustic substance were later dropped on the grounds that so many people at the rally had pepper spray it was impossible to tell if Cantwell was responsible.<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/11/13/after-hearing-christopher-cantwell-faces-one-remaining-felony-charge After hearing, Christopher Cantwell faces one remaining felony charge], Southern Poverty Law Center</ref> He later pleaded guilty to assault and battery and served seven months in jail.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190323144718/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/crying-nazi-barred-from-virginia-after-pleading-guilty-to-assault-during-charlottesville-rally/2018/07/20/164480a4-8c5f-11e8-81bf-28c7cd96bbc2_story.html ‘Crying Nazi’ pleads guilty to assault committed during Charlottesville rally], ''The Washington Post''</ref> He was also banned from entering the State of Virginia for five years.<ref>[https://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/white-nationalist-christopher-cantwell-banned-from-virginia-for-five-years/article_b7eccde9-6f3d-532d-97ec-69ce34fce05e.html White nationalist Christopher Cantwell banned from Virginia for five years after pleading guilty to assault at UVA torch march], ''Richmond Times''</ref> | Cantwell turned himself in on 24 August, and was indicted on counts of unlawful bodily injury, assault and battery, malicious injury with a caustic substance and public intoxication. He pleaded guilty to public intoxication and received a fine of $116. The charges of unlawful bodily and malicious injury with a caustic substance were later dropped on the grounds that so many people at the rally had pepper spray it was impossible to tell if Cantwell was responsible.<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/11/13/after-hearing-christopher-cantwell-faces-one-remaining-felony-charge After hearing, Christopher Cantwell faces one remaining felony charge], Southern Poverty Law Center</ref> He later pleaded guilty to assault and battery and served seven months in jail.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190323144718/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/crying-nazi-barred-from-virginia-after-pleading-guilty-to-assault-during-charlottesville-rally/2018/07/20/164480a4-8c5f-11e8-81bf-28c7cd96bbc2_story.html ‘Crying Nazi’ pleads guilty to assault committed during Charlottesville rally], ''The Washington Post''</ref> He was also banned from entering the State of Virginia for five years.<ref>[https://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/white-nationalist-christopher-cantwell-banned-from-virginia-for-five-years/article_b7eccde9-6f3d-532d-97ec-69ce34fce05e.html White nationalist Christopher Cantwell banned from Virginia for five years after pleading guilty to assault at UVA torch march], ''Richmond Times''</ref> | ||