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Here’s a thread of reports on nazis infiltrating our law enforcement and politics from the last decade
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Bart Alsbrook resigned as interim police chief of an Oklahoma town late last August, after he was revealed as the former leader of a neo-Nazi group. One year later, he has a job at a different police department 15 miles away.https://www.thedailybeast.com/oklahoma-police-chief-resigns-over-neo-nazi-ties-gets-job-in-neighboring-police-force …
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California police worked with neo-Nazis to pursue 'anti-racist' activists, documents show. Officers expressed sympathy with white supremacists...https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/09/california-police-white-supremacists-counter-protest?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other …
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One of the most eye-opening reports I’ve ever read: “...state and local police as well as sheriff’s departments present ample opportunities for white supremacists and other right-wing extremists looking to expand their power base.”https://theintercept.com/2017/01/31/the-fbi-has-quietly-investigated-white-supremacist-infiltration-of-law-enforcement/ …
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A Marine veteran has been identified as the leader of a white supremacist group whose members marched at Saturday’s “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a counter-protester was killed.https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2017/08/15/white-supremacist-group-leader-is-former-marine-recruiter/ …
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Pennsylvania police officer busted with a nazi tattoohttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/albertsamaha/they-cant-fire-you-for-whats-in-your-head …
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@SteveKingIA who won a ninth term in November, has publicly promoted white nationalists and neo-Nazis on Twitter and disparaged nonwhite groups for years. A Timeline of Steve King’s Racist Remarks and Divisive Actionshttps://nyti.ms/2RS05bS?smid=nytcore-ios-share …Show this thread -
2018: “Arthur Jones, a Holocaust denier described as a Nazi by the Illinois Republican Party, won the Republican primary on Tuesday in the state’s Third Congressional District, a heavily Democratic district that includes part of Chicago and its suburbs...”https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/us/politics/arthur-jones-illinois.html …
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“In at least five state and national races across the country, the Republican Party is dealing with an uncomfortable problem. Their party’s candidates are either a card-carrying Nazi, a Holocaust denier, a proud white supremacist, or all of the above.” https://www.vox.com/2018/7/9/17525860/nazis-russell-walker-arthur-jones-republicans-illinois-north-carolina-virginia …
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A Missouri Republican who has made anti-Semitic and other bigoted statements handily won a primary for the state’s House of Representatives.https://www.jpost.com/American-Politics/Missouri-Republican-who-said-Hitler-was-right-wins-state-House-primary-564637 …
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In the US, white supremacists have infiltrated police and military to get weapons training.https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/in-the-us-white-supremacists-have-infiltrated-police-and-military-to-get-weapons-training-20180209-p4yzs5.html …
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Jeff Sessions explains how separating families is different from what Nazis didhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/19/jeff-sessions-explains-how-separating-families-is-different-from-what-nazis-did/ …
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An upcoming rally to purportedly support police officers and ICE agents will include leaders of fascist groupshttps://rewire.news/article/2018/11/13/hate-group-figures-are-coming-to-philadelphias-pro-police-rally/ …
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Georgia police use a law originally meant to combat the KKK to arrest protesters opposing neo-Nazishttps://www.wsbradio.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/police-use-anti-kkk-law-arrest-people-protesting-neo-nazis/5ex6a5GySUWsSv467NA9HL/ …
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Nearly one in four troops polled say they have seen examples of white nationalism among their fellow service members, and troops rate it as a larger national security threat than Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new Military Times poll.https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2017/10/23/military-times-poll-one-in-four-troops-sees-white-nationalism-in-the-ranks/ …
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America is heading towards fascism. The fact that not all fascists are like Hitler doesn't change the fact that fascist tactics are recognizable, consistent and dangerous.https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-fascist-learning-about-how-fascism-works-can-help-prevent-ncna905886 …
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The Auschwitz Museum hits back at Lindsey Graham’s Holocaust mansplaining/whitewashinghttps://qz.com/1476559/auschwitz-museum-hits-out-at-lindsey-grahams-holocaust-mansplaining/ …
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@JohnCornyn quoting Mussolini
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Joffre Cross, 33, was arrested on weapons charges Friday. He was discharged from the Army in ‘07 for selling drugs & Army equipment to an FBI agent posing as a white supremacist. Cross had a web page citing various Nazi officers as his heroes.https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/02/23/patriot-front-member-joffre-cross-charged-houston-faces-gun-body-armor-charges …
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Today’s featured US Nazi: Marine veteran Ed Beck asserting he was national socialist (also known as a neo-Nazi) until “a couple years ago,” and says that he would have fought in the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of the German Nazi party.https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/zmawz8/a-us-marine-is-being-investigated-for-sharing-anti-semitic-and-racist-memes-online …
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7 U.S. Military Members Identified As Part Of White Nationalist Group https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-nationalists-military-identity-evropa_n_5c8ab70ae4b0d7f6b0f1094b … via
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Marine Corps reservist under investigation for photo of boots forming a swastikahttps://abcnews.go.com/Politics/marine-corps-reservist-investigation-photo-boots-forming-swastika/story?id=62728105 …
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Another former military member was just arrested on terrorism-related charges after he was caught plotting to kill LAPD & set explosives at the Santa Monica Pier & area freeways, per NBC.https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/california-man-busted-domestic-terror-plot-wanted-kill-lapd-officers-n999696 …
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Military officials have confirmed that 4 more servicemen are under investigation for their ties to the white nationalist group Identity Evropa. There are a now a total of (at least) 11 servicemen under investigation for belonging to IE via
@letsgomathiashttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-nationalists-military-identity-evropa_n_5cc1a87ee4b0764d31dd839c …Show this thread
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