'Crying Nazi' Barred From Virginia After Pleading Guilty To Assault During Charlottesville Rally

[appalachiablue]

Source: Washington Post

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 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 Commonwealth’s Attorney’s 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]

1. Hey, at least he can go to . . .

Charlotte, NC.

[appalachiablue]

2. Maybe back to Keene, NH where he's from.

[matt819]

4. Hey!

We don’t need him. Remember, he got his start on crazy by harassing parking meter people.

[appalachiablue]

7. Parking meter people? I don't know who needs or wants him?!

[matt819]

8. Stephen colbert

Did a great piece on him in his -colbert’s - previous incarnation. It was a riot.

[appalachiablue]

9. With Colbert I know it was funny. Lol

[OliverQ]

14. Don't let him go there. I want New Hampshire to flip blue, not welcome Nazis!

[appalachiablue]

15. The remark that he could go on to 'Charlotte', NC

is why I mentioned it. North Carolina doesn't want him either, like NH and many places!

[DAMANgoldberg]

17. Serious roundabout way of coming to my city

From Keene to Charlotte normal route:



From Keene to Charlotte without stepping foot in Virginia:



I guess flying over doesn't count? 😆

[calimary]

3. Wow - kicked out of the state.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Have you ever heard of such a thing in modern times?

And Virginia yet!

[appalachiablue]

6. Remember it's "The Old Dominion" nickname from

the Colony, then Dominion, State. Maybe an 'old law' on the books..

[metalbot]

21. My first thought was that it can't be legal to exile someone from a state

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]

10. Aw the poor POS

[bucolic_frolic]

11. Guess he ain't a New England Yankee

[Mopar151]

13. nnnoooooo....

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]

12. Lock him up, then toss him out.....waaaaay out.

[3Hotdogs]

16. Shit. The first anniversary of the "Unite" rally is coming up and he won't be able to go.

He probably could'a earned a coupl'a $thou as keynote speaker.

[Initech]

18. Womp womp!

[Julian Englis]

19. Now if we can just convict ban tRump from the US n/t

[Aristus]

20. For the rest of his life, this guy will be known as the 'crying Nazi.'

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?