Neo-Nazi cult leader Michail Chkhikvishvili — whose propaganda inspired real-world bloodshed, including a deadly Nashville school shooting — was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison by a New York federal judge who called his crimes “extraordinarily serious.” The 22-year-old Georgian national, known online as “Commander Butcher,” appeared gaunt and pale in green jail scrubs, fighting back tears as US District Judge Carol Bagley Amon handed down the sentence in Brooklyn Federal Court. “The defendant is not being sentenced for his warped views,” Amon said. “He’s being sentenced for his calls to action.” Michail Chkhikvishvili was sentenced to 15 years...
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