Christopher Cantwell

Christopher Charles Cantwell is an American Neo-Nazi associated with the Alt-Right. He is best known for his appearance at the Unite the Right rally held by Jason Kessler in 2017, and the subsequent manhunt. He has also garnered criticism from other Alt-Right members for being a government informant, although he claims he only did this to get back at the notorious Left-wing terror group Antifa.

Unite the Right Rally and aftermath
During the rally, Cantwell was filmed shouting "Jews will not replace us!" with a crowd of other White Supremacists. He also began ranting about how the Alt-Right are not nonviolent, and threatened to kill several protestors. He also allegedly pepper-sprayed several counter-protestors. Following the rally, a warrant was put out for Cantwell's arrest due to his actions during the rally. On his podcast Radical Agenda, Cantwell published a video of him talking about the warrant during which he struggled to hold back tears, resulting in widespread mockery of Cantwell and earning him the nickname "The Crying Nazi".

Cantwell turned himself in on the 24th of August, and was indicted on counts of unlawful bodily injury, assault and battery, malicious injury with a caustic substance and public intoxication. He pleaded guilty to public intoxication, and received a fine of $116. The charges of unlawful bodily and malicious injury with a caustic substance were later dropped on the grounds that so many people at the rally had pepper spray it was impossible to tell if Cantwell was responsible. He later pleaded guilty to assault and battery, and served seven months in jail. He was also banned from entering the State of Virginia for five years.

Cantwell has also been convicted of drunk driving, illegal possession of a weapon and possession of stolen property, and is currently in a feud with Andrew Auernheimer, alleged webmaster of the Alt-Right website The Daily Stormer.