Earlier this week, Vice released a mini-documentary of the Charlottesville violence where a reporter embedded with white supremacist and Nazi marchers, including Chris Cantwell.
Cantwell released some footage of his own after learning there was a warrant out for his arrest.
In the self-shot video, he tells the police, “I’m terrified, I’m afraid you’re going to kill me, I really am.”.
“And I’m watching CNN talk about this as violent, white nationalist protest — we have done everything in our power to keep this peaceful,” he said.
“We are trying to make this peaceful, we are trying to be law abiding.
After a few pauses to pull himself together, a choked up Cantwell claimed “I want to be peaceful, I want to be law abiding, okay?
In the Vice mini-doc, Cantwell boldly stated, “We’re not nonviolent, we’ll f*cking kill these people if we have to.”. »