1/ The Straight Pride Parade is happening tomorrow, and if you're able, we need you folks to come out and help protest it. Why? Because they've got literal neo-Nazis coming out. Meet John Camden.pic.twitter.com/h09kpxEkNs
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2/ Camden's the President of the New Hampshire American Guard, a group that the
@ADL calls "hardcore white supremacists."https://www.adl.org/blog/behind-the-american-guard-hardcore-white-supremacists …Show this thread
3/ The American Guard is the rebrand of the Vinlanders Social Club, one of the most violent skinhead gangs in the country.https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/vinlanders-social-club …
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4/ When the group was known as the Vinlanders, they had a separate club for supporters known as Firm 22. ("22" stands for "V," the 22nd letter of the alphabet.) Here's an old photo of Camden wearing one of their necklaces.pic.twitter.com/Hgq5E2ekoC
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5/ Camden was also associated with a group known as "White Lives Matter." This screenshot is from a video he made where he eats ice cream with his daughters and makes them recite "White Lives Matter" into the camera. Note the neo-Nazi Wolfsangel tattoo on his neck.pic.twitter.com/7XRYezq5N6
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6/ Kenneth Zrallack is one of the founders of the White Lives Matter movement. He was formerly the head of the Connecticut White Wolves, a group charged with making homemade grenades in the early 2000s.https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Indictments-show-violent-nature-of-White-Wolves-425200.php …
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7/ This is a screenshot of Camden hosting Zrallack on a Facebook livestream in early 2018.pic.twitter.com/QjBee7HXuZ
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8/ In late 2018, Jeffrey Richards, a member of White Lives Matter, was arrested for heroin trafficking and possession of explosive materials.https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/crime/falls-man-facing-bomb-making-drug-charges/article_375190b2-7bf0-11e9-a0b5-6b270e9d20cf.html …
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9/ Camden has his own history of violence, too. Here he is, armed with a club, in October 2018, screaming "I will fucking kill you" at protesters at a Resist Marxism rally in Providence.pic.twitter.com/1utQB7MfVm
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10/ And in January 2019, he showed up at the Women's March in Boston alongside Resist Marxism to attack march attendees. Video from
@mikegamms in this tweet.https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1086649648666853377 …Show this thread -
11/ As recently as December 2018, Camden counts himself as a supporter of James Fields, the man who drove his car into a crowd of protesters at the first Unite the Right rally, murdering Heather Heyer.pic.twitter.com/BEODgjJhfk
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12/ And Camden has spent the leadup to tomorrow making threats against anyone he deems "Communist" or "socialist" on social media.pic.twitter.com/maU6QuqngI
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13/ This is the kind of person that the Straight Pride Parade is welcoming-- a violent neo-Nazi with ties to terrorist organizations. If you're able, we need you to come protest. The more counter-protesters there are, the safer it will be for all of us. https://www.facebook.com/events/2233546250067653/ …
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14/ On Twitter, you can follow
@Bos_Solidarity, or check out their Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/pg/NoHateInBoston/ …Show this thread -
15/ Come out and show the Straight Pride Parade that we don't tolerate hate in Boston. For more information on the Straight Pride Parade's links to violent hate groups, see these threads.https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1162044988353667073 …
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17/ It's up to us to show marginalized communities that we support them when they're threatened by jabronis like the Straight Pride Parade. Come out, show your support, and help stem the growing tide of fascism in the US.
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