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Cantwell in the Charlottesville rally.
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Christopher Charles Cantwell (1980–), better known as the Crying Nazi, is a neo-Nazi and white supremacist and alt-right activist. His most infamous appearance was during the Unite the Right rally at Charlottesville, Virginia during August 2017 on a Vice documentary focusing on far-right protestors in the rally.

Appearance on Vice[edit]

Cantwell is infamous for being the focus of a Vice documentary that followed the protests in Charlottesville. In the documentary, Cantwell made several bigoted statements against Jewish people and black people, referring to black victims of police brutality as “little black assholes acting like savages”, and called Jared Kushner a “Jewish bastard”.[1]

Crying on camera[edit]

Perhaps the most infamous moment which made Cantwell well known and gave him his nickname was when he filmed himself in camera, crying heavily while stating that a warrant for his arrest was out by the local Charlottesville police for literally being a fucking terrorist. He claimed that he filed a complaint and followed the entire legal process during the protests (which is complete bullshit if you saw the Vice documentary). In addition, his sobbing on camera now that he was facing accountability (OH NOES!) for his actions hilariously contradicted his violent tough-guy persona in the interview.

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