Peter Cvjetanovic is a former white supremacist American known for being photographed while demonstrating with other white nationalists including Neo-Nazis, Proud Boys and Ku Klux Klan members on the Grounds of University of Virginia at the Unite the Right rally in 2017.
13 Facts About Peter Cvjetanovic
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Peter Cvjetanovic worked as a driver for the University of Nevada, Reno where he was a student in 2017, and was a soldier in the Nevada National Guard from 2019 to 2021.
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Peter Cvjetanovic was dismissed from the National Guard in 2021 after a background check for a security clearance revealed his history of extremism.
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Peter Cvjetanovic's father worked at a casino; his mother received a brain cancer diagnosis during her pregnancy with him and the cost of her treatment left the family cash strapped.
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Peter Cvjetanovic grew up in a household that he described as impoverished and Catholic.
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Peter Cvjetanovic graduated from North Valleys High School in Reno, in 2014.
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Peter Cvjetanovic studied history and political science at the University of Nevada, Reno earning a bachelor's degree in 2018.
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In 2017, Peter Cvjetanovic was a white nationalist and a member of Identity Evropa, a group that the Southern Poverty Law Center has labeled as a hate group.
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Peter Cvjetanovic resigned as a driver for the University of Nevada, Reno in 2017, while continuing his studies there.
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Peter Cvjetanovic worked for the campus escort service, PackRides, which provides safe after-hours transportation for students between 5 and 10 pm, and provides weekend transportation to retail shops.
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Peter Cvjetanovic is one of eight people featured in Charlotte McDonald-Gibson's 2022 book Far Out: Encounters with Extremists.
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Back in the US, after being indicted by a grand jury in Albemarle County, Virginia, Peter Cvjetanovic was arrested in Washoe County, Nevada in July 2023 and was held without bail in the Washoe County jail on a felony fugitive warrant from Charlottesville awaiting extradition to Virginia.
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Peter Cvjetanovic enlisted in the Nevada National Guard in 2019, as Specialist but was discharged in 2021, after background checks highlighted his extremism.