Hey, remember Christopher Cantwell, the gay-hating neo-Nazi who participated in that deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville back in 2017? Well, he’s finally on trial over that whole thing and it hasn’t been going well for him.
Cantwell, who says he “can’t stand f*ggots”, had his ass handed to him in court yesterday when his motion to have the case against himself and fellow gay-hating white supremacist Richard Spencer thrown out was shot down by a judge.
Quick recap: Cantwell first made headlines four years ago after sobbing on camera upon learning there was a warrant out for his arrest for attending the rally and saying he had a pistol and was “ready for violence.”
For the past three weeks, he and Spencer have been on trial for their involvement in the whole Charlottesville thing. While neither men are lawyers, both are broke, so they decided to represent themselves in the courtroom, which went about as well you might expect.
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Cantwell made an exceptional fool of himself. Speaking before jurors, he brought up his favorite book, Mein Kampf, dropped the N-word, plugged his podcast, called himself “good-looking” and a “professional artist,” and said he watched Tucker Carlson to prep for his day in court.
He also tried arguing that there wasn’t enough evidence to suggest he was part of a conspiracy and there certainly wasn’t enough evidence to suggest he had been violent at the rally, despite being caught on video saying he was “ready for violence.”
In fact, Cantwell claimed, he was the real victim when a group of angry “antifa” counterprotesters chased him down in a Walmart parking lot. Then he asked the judge to call the whole trial off.
Judge Norman Moon was unmoved, however, and ultimately determined yesterday that there is more than enough evidence, including text messages between Cantwell and Spencer admitting to the very thing they’re on trial for, and that the court is required to view it in “light most favorable to the plaintiffs.”
“You have a misunderstanding, I’m afraid, of what conspiracy is,” Moon patiently explained. “You don’t have to do very much. You just get in there, be there, go along with it, support it. You’re part of the conspiracy.”
Closing arguments are now set for Thursday. Jury deliberations will begin Friday with a decision likely by the weekend.
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Dijonaise
LOLOLOL the judge basically telling the jury “These idiots are 100% guilty”!
johncp56
LOL i,m shocked how awful how some people really are
BaltoSteve
There is a reason we have a saying that goes, a man who represents himself has a fool for a client. Even if they are broke, a public defender.. oh wait… wonder what the odds are they were assigned a person of color to represent them. Sounds plausible.
Sanjo
Public defender = Socialism or Communism or Marxism or some ‘ism. Amirite?
winliberty
This was a civil court trial. There is no public defender for a civil case.
Cam
I have a feeling if Cliven Bundy and his group had been arrested or shot when they pulled guns on federal employees under Obama, a lot of this wouldn’t have happened. The fact that they were allowed to do that emboldened a lot of these idiots, and then we had Trump come in and actually encourage them.
This type of crap should have been sending people straight to jail for years instead of being allowed to grow.
cjh714
You’re exactly right! Bundy and his brain dead cronies should have been locked up immediately! They’re why we need to keep abortion legal!
GrizzleyMichael
This bitch and Kyle Shittinhouse should get together for a good fake cry
Kevan1
Agreed. These cowards always back peddle an cry when they have to stand behind their hateful rhetoric.
bambamboom777
These terrorists always cry that they’re the victim, even though video evidence always shows them holding a literal smoking gun and unarmed laying dead on the ground. Our twisted sick partisan brainwashed society has become so insane with fear and hatred of “the other” that a sizable number of people actually have convinced themselves this is justifiable self-defense. No rational, objective person would come to this conclusion without extreme bias. The GQP has become so blinded by their partisan fanaticism that they either can’t see how absurdly hypocritical and unjust their actions are or they just don’t care, which makes them intentionally and knowingly acting in opposition to the constitution of the United States. That’s not okay and makes them a threat to Democracy and rule of law. Every American has the right and responsibility to defend the constitution against its enemies, foreign and domestic. What they are doing goes far beyond the limits of legality and those who who defend these tyrants should lose all credibility and no longer considered legitimate participants in civil society.