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Yonnie3

(17,441 posts)
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 07:33 PM Nov 2017

Update: Single Charge Against Cantwell from Torch-Lit Rally Moving Forward

It continues ...

A judge is allowing one of three charges against the host of the Radical Agenda radio show to go forward to a grand jury.

Additional law enforcement officers were positioned around Charlottesville's Court Square as 36-year-old Christopher Charles Cantwell appeared in Albemarle General District Court Thursday, November 9.

The New Hampshire man had been charged with two counts of illegal use of tear gas and other gases, and one count of malicious bodily injury in connection to the Tiki torch-lit rally at the University of Virginia on Friday, August 11. He had also been scheduled to speak during that Saturday's Unite the Right rally at Emancipation Park.

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The judge is allowing a charge of releasing a caustic agent to be taken up by a grand jury.

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More at: http://www.nbc29.com/story/36803505/cantwell-court-11-09-2017

It seems so small a charge ...
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Update: Single Charge Against Cantwell from Torch-Lit Rally Moving Forward (Original Post) Yonnie3 Nov 2017 OP
If tiki torches are outlawed, only outlaws will have tiki torches.... dixiegrrrrl Nov 2017 #1
People intimidate people with torches, Yonnie3 Nov 2017 #3
He's been in jail for months now and his reputation as a tough guy The_Casual_Observer Nov 2017 #2
Good point. I do like icing though ;) Yonnie3 Nov 2017 #5
Kessler is being tried for purgery, so we will see. The_Casual_Observer Nov 2017 #7
Yep. For lying to get that warrant on Jay. Yonnie3 Nov 2017 #8
Great observation underpants Nov 2017 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Yonnie3 Nov 2017 #4

Yonnie3

(17,441 posts)
3. People intimidate people with torches,
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 07:46 PM
Nov 2017

It's not the torches' fault. Don't outlaw torches. Good people with torches are the answer.


"or sumpthin' ....."

 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
2. He's been in jail for months now and his reputation as a tough guy
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 07:44 PM
Nov 2017

is ruined. So whatever happens at this point is icing on the cake.

Yonnie3

(17,441 posts)
5. Good point. I do like icing though ;)
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 07:52 PM
Nov 2017

I'd really like to see Kessler and Spencer in this situation, but it didn't come to pass.

Yonnie3

(17,441 posts)
8. Yep. For lying to get that warrant on Jay.
Thu Nov 9, 2017, 08:50 PM
Nov 2017

Last edited Sun Nov 12, 2017, 01:42 PM - Edit history (1)

It's a misdemeanor charge. We will see. It took a bit of money and work for Jay to get him charged.

ETA: Looking at court records, his perjury is a felony charge.

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