Viral ‘Crying Nazi’ Christopher Cantwell Says He Doesn’t Like Being Known As ‘Crying Nazi’
Christopher Cantwell, a White Nationalist who has come to be known as the "Crying Nazi" following an online video where he broke down in tears while agreeing to turn himself into authorities, has announced from prison that he does not like being known as the Crying Nazi. The Crying Nazi was featuring in a VICE documentary that aired just after the violent Unite the Right protests that tragically resulted int he death of one counter-protestor at the hands of a white nationalist. Here's the documentary, where the Crying Nazi makes statements such as:
I’m carrying a pistol, I go to the gym all the time - I’m trying to make myself more capable of violence.
and...
... we're not non-violent. We'll f*****g kill these people if we have to.
Shortly after the documentary went viral, several outstanding warrants for the Crying Nazi's arrest surfaced for felony charges from earlier protests. Crying Nazi posted another video of himself online, panicking and crying in response to law enforcement tracking him down. Visibly tearful, the Crying Nazi, says in the video:
If I can confirm you are in fact law enforcement I will give you my location and I will let you come and get me.I’m armed, I do not want violence with you. I’m terrified I’m afraid you’re going to kill me.
One minute I’m a f*****g white supremacist terrorist and the next minute I’m a f*****g crybaby? I'm a god***n human being.
As a reminder, this is the same man who, during the Vice documentary, openly referred to black people as "savages" and said that he wanted a President who "does not give his daughter to a Jew."
When I come down here for a permitted demonstration, championed by the ACLU, where the police are supposed to be clearing our enemies from our path, and then I find myself involved in a riot facing 20 years in prison, I got emotional, shockingly enough.
In case you were wondering, the Crying Nazi was arrested on two felony charges of illegal use of tear gas and other gases. He's also been charged with another felony charge of malicious bodily injury by use of a caustic or flammable substance. He's not shy with weapons like these, however: in the documentary, the Crying Nazi showed off a large collection of rifles and pistols which he kept nearby at all times, and claimed that "white men are the de facto rulers of the Earth."