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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Aug 23, 2017, 12:46 PM Aug 2017

Blubbering neo-Nazi Christopher Cantwell reveals from hiding that his attorney ditched him

DAVID FERGUSON
23 AUG 2017 AT 12:31 ET

Charlottesville pro-Nazi marcher and racist provocateur Christopher Cantwell said on Wednesday that he is in hiding and working with a new attorney after his first attorney dropped him in his ongoing dance with Charlottesville, VA police over warrants for his arrest.

On Wednesday, Cantwell posted to his blog that he has left the state of Virginia, “but stayed nearby to monitor the situation and make turning myself in easier when the time came.”

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“I contacted an attorney, but he dropped my case right around the time I read in the Boston Globe that I had two felony charges (one of which is a class 3) for what I presumed was pepper spraying a guy in a brawl at UVA (which the reds started),” he complained, still attempting to shift blame away from himself.

Cantwell said that he has since found “a suitable attorney” but “I got an email from the New York Times saying I had four warrants out for my arrest.” He accused Virginia state officials of being “corrupt” and said, “I doubt both their trustworthiness and their sanity” and said the same about media organizations. His lawyer, he said, told him that he is “due all the privileges and immunities of a citizen until I was ‘served’ with a warrant, so I don’t believe I am committing any crime by waiting for more information before I return home or to Virginia. So that is what I am doing right now.”

He went on to say that he is in fear for his life and will therefore remain in hiding for the foreseeable future.

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http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/blubbering-neo-nazi-christopher-cantwell-reveals-from-hiding-that-his-attorney-ditched-him/

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Blubbering neo-Nazi Christopher Cantwell reveals from hiding that his attorney ditched him (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2017 OP
Definition of "pathetic". nt longship Aug 2017 #1
If they catch him now, which shouldn't be all that hard, he will not get the benefit of turning... Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #2
So, he is justifying why he is now a fugitive from the law dixiegrrrrl Aug 2017 #4
"mopery with an intent to creep" Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #5
HA!! DK504 Aug 2017 #3
Compare and contrast... before and after video. You won't believe it. NurseJackie Aug 2017 #6
You choose to be a fugitive when you know you have warrants Lee-Lee Aug 2017 #7
They are going to probably get the feds to issue a warrant for interstate flight. KWR65 Aug 2017 #8
How does this guy support himself? cwydro Aug 2017 #9
"Which the reds started" Cracklin Charlie Aug 2017 #10
The Reds commited violence against the Nazis and other racists? GoCubsGo Aug 2017 #11
How's that "master race" thing working out for you, Chris? gratuitous Aug 2017 #12
Brave Sir Christopher! Buns_of_Fire Aug 2017 #13
I told him he should call Trump's lawyers. Dave Starsky Aug 2017 #14
 

Weekend Warrior

(1,301 posts)
2. If they catch him now, which shouldn't be all that hard, he will not get the benefit of turning...
Wed Aug 23, 2017, 12:51 PM
Aug 2017

Himself in. He is proving in writing that he knows he is wanted and is not turning himself in. Please catch him now.

He is a serious snowflake.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
4. So, he is justifying why he is now a fugitive from the law
Wed Aug 23, 2017, 01:10 PM
Aug 2017

which is gonna be added to his other charges.
and, because he is publicly thumbing his nose at the cops, they will charge him with everything
they can think of, including mopery with an intent to creep.

DK504

(3,847 posts)
3. HA!!
Wed Aug 23, 2017, 12:57 PM
Aug 2017

Such a manly man. He riles up his fellow idiots then runs away the second he is charged with all the crimes he committed. There's a real man for ya'.

When your attorney dumps you, take it as a sign you suck dude.

 

Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)
7. You choose to be a fugitive when you know you have warrants
Wed Aug 23, 2017, 01:20 PM
Aug 2017

And you just made your situation that much worse.

Turn yourself in as soon as possible and demonstrate you will cooperate with the court and you stand a chance at bail.

Choose to knowingly be a fugitive when warrants are out for your arrest and you deserve no bail because you have shown you can't be trusted to cooperate with the court or respect its authority.

KWR65

(1,098 posts)
8. They are going to probably get the feds to issue a warrant for interstate flight.
Wed Aug 23, 2017, 01:24 PM
Aug 2017

This dope is going to get an education in criminal law.

GoCubsGo

(32,084 posts)
11. The Reds commited violence against the Nazis and other racists?
Wed Aug 23, 2017, 01:31 PM
Aug 2017

Marge Schatz must be spinning in her grave.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
12. How's that "master race" thing working out for you, Chris?
Wed Aug 23, 2017, 01:32 PM
Aug 2017

Because to anyone observing you right now, your white supremacist bravado just seems kind of pathetic.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
14. I told him he should call Trump's lawyers.
Wed Aug 23, 2017, 02:14 PM
Aug 2017

Trump PLEDGED on camera to cover these fools' legal fees should they be arrested for beating up protesters.

That's not going to help the poor guy with rest of his rap sheet, but it's something!

Let's pick up the phone, Chris. Let's give 'em a call.

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