The video went viral and earned him the nickname "The Crying Nazi."Ĭantwell reportedly cried during his sentencing, too.
I do not want violence with you, all right?" he says, in reference to the police.
He later posted a YouTube video of himself crying in reaction to the news that he was to be arrested on charges stemming from the rally. "So if you don't want me to come and f- your wife in front of your kids, then you should make yourself scarce Give me Vic, it's your only out," Cantwell said, according to court records seen by Insider.Ĭantwell faced a maximum of 22 years in prison, but during sentencing, his lawyers argued that he'd already "lost his home, his employment, and ownership of the website that bears his name," and deserved a more lenient sentence.Ĭantwell, of Keene, New Hampshire, was featured heavily in Vice's 2017 documentary on Charlottesville. Cantwell wanted the man to reveal the real name of Vic Mackey, the pseudonym of a member of a supremacist group known as the Bowl Patrol who he believed was harassing him.