Neo-Nazis Are Trying to Hijack the Unite the Right Trial

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Tess Owen
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Defendant Christopher Cantwell bragged on a recent podcast that he was treating the trial as a "spoken word performance'.

“I thought this was a tremendous opportunity..because I knew the world was listening... I look like a star"

Neo-Nazis Are Trying to Hijack the Unite the Right Trial
At one point Monday, neo-Nazi trolls managed to take over the public access line to the trial, forcing the proceedings to stop.
vice.com
9:33 AM · Nov 9, 2021

https://www.vice.com/en/article/epxdpn/neo-nazis-are-trying-to-hijack-the-unite-the-right-trial-and-turn-it-into-a-horrible-podcast

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia — If you’ve dialed the public-access line to listen to proceedings at the federal courthouse in Charlottesville in the last two weeks, you may have wondered if you’ve taken a wrong turn somewhere and stumbled onto a neo-Nazi podcast.

This is, perhaps, an inevitable byproduct of trying to hold the more than two dozen white nationalist and neo-Nazi figures, plus their organizations, accountable for the violent Unite the Right rally that left one dead, many injured, and traumatized this small college town.

Sines v. Kessler, brought by nonprofit Integrity First for America on behalf of nine plaintiffs who were impacted by the violent events on August 11 and 12, 2017, is a massive civil suit that seeks to bankrupt a movement that prides itself on violence, trolling, racism, and antisemitism.

At least one of the defendants—neo-Nazi shock jock Christopher Cantwell, who is representing himself pro se—has seized on any opportunity to hijack court proceedings and peddle his ideas.

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1. Christopher Cantwell, aka the 'Crying Nazi'

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