White nationalist turns himself in
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Christopher Cantwell, a white nationalist from Keene, New Hampshire, turned himself in to police Wednesday to face three felony charges in Virginia, authorities said. Cantwell was wanted by University of Virginia police on two counts of the illegal use of tear gas or other gases and one count of malicious bodily injury with a “caustic substance,” explosive or fire.
University police issued a brief statement late Wednesday saying Cantwell turned himself in to police in nearby Lynchburg, Virginia, where he was being held at a regional jail pending transport to Charlottesville.
It wasn’t immediately known if Cantwell has a lawyer.
Contacted by The Associated Press on Tuesday, Cantwell acknowledged he had pepper-sprayed a counter-demonstrator during an Aug. 11 protest on the campus of the University of Virginia the day before the rally. But he insisted he was defending himself, saying he did it “because my only other option was knocking out his teeth.” He also said he was looking forward to his day in court.
Lynchburg police, contacted by AP late Wednesday, declined to release further information about Cantwell.
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