'Crying Nazi' Barred From Virginia After Pleading Guilty To Assault During Charlottesville Rally
Source: Washington Post
A self-professed white nationalist involved in violence at last years rally in Charlottesville pleaded guilty to assault and battery Friday, prosecutors said.
Christopher Cantwell was arrested after Augusts 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 an warrant was issued for his arrest.
On Friday, he pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and battery stemming from his dispersal of pepper spray near the University of Virginia rotunda on Aug. 11, the Albemarle Commonwealths Attorneys Office said in a statement.
The 37-year-old from Keene, N.H., was sentenced to two concurrent terms of 12 months, with all but seven months suspended, freeing him from detention. However, he was required to leave Virginia within eight hours and not return for five years...More..
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Charlotte, NC.
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)We dont need him. Remember, he got his start on crazy by harassing parking meter people.
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)Did a great piece on him in his -colberts - previous incarnation. It was a riot.
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)OliverQ
(3,363 posts)appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)is why I mentioned it. North Carolina doesn't want him either, like NH and many places!
DAMANgoldberg
(1,278 posts)From Keene to Charlotte normal route:
From Keene to Charlotte without stepping foot in Virginia:
I guess flying over doesn't count? 😆
calimary
(81,220 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)And Virginia yet!
appalachiablue
(41,131 posts)the Colony, then Dominion, State. Maybe an 'old law' on the books..
metalbot
(1,058 posts)Though it looks like an unsettled legal issue:
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2013/01/banishment_as_punishment_is_it_constitutional_for_states_to_exile_criminals.html
I suspect that if a case like this actually made it to a high level appeal that we'd see rulings that this was not legal.
It's interesting that some states explicitly ban exile as a punishment, and others explicitly prescribe it.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,935 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,139 posts)Mopar151
(9,982 posts)NH has an informal "moron rescue" community, built on the principles of Union Leader publisher, and NH non-resident, William Loeb. And we have some prominent "Breeders", like the slimy Bosse family.
oasis
(49,378 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,374 posts)He probably could'a earned a coupl'a $thou as keynote speaker.
Initech
(100,065 posts)Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)Aristus
(66,325 posts)Hope it was worth it...
For such reasons, one would think they would put more thought into their public behavior.
But then again, thinking isn't really their thing, is it?