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. In the doc, Cantwell says the sort of things you’d expect a white supremacist and Nazi to say (he thinks Trayvon Martin was a thug, someone more racist than Trump should be elected, guns are amazing, etc.), and he also gets maced. It’s gripping footage.
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.”
In his video, Cantwell chokes back tears and explains that he’s trying to contact the police because he didn’t think it was safe for him to “go anywhere.” Here’s more:
“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? That was the whole entire point of this.”
In the Vice mini-doc, Cantwell boldly stated, “We’re not nonviolent, we’ll f*cking kill these people if we have to.”
You can read more about Cantwell at the Southern Poverty Law Center.
loudcris on August 16th, 2017 at 21:51 UTC »
I love how tough he was talking in his previous videos and now he's crying online because there's a warrant for his arrest HAHAHA!
GenericPCUser on August 16th, 2017 at 21:16 UTC »
He'll be bold and violent when around his nazi fuckhead friends but as soon as he has to face real consequences he breaks down and cries.
Makes me wonder how many of the other nazis would fall to pieces at the slightest hint of having to take responsibility for their actions.
Bloodysneeze on August 16th, 2017 at 21:14 UTC »
Playing the victim.