On Saturday 3/30 a group of masked fascist marched on UT campus, and in front of Planned Parenthood.pic.twitter.com/gDQ5ILZ0Su
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There has been a lot of speculation around the fire at Highlander Center, and white supremacist activity around Knoxville recently. Here's what we know. THREADpic.twitter.com/WXFXOKTzVw
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Backroom Knox quickly reported on the marches as being part of "Knights Templar" on facebook, but was corrected by account "John Musgrove" who replied with a link sharing a new neo nazi organization called "The Legion of Saint Ambrose" (LoSA)pic.twitter.com/9FmsTjTX6L
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LoSA seems to mirror similar values of what the now defunct Traditionalist Workers Party https://losa83.home.blog/about/ https://tradworkertn.wordpress.com/about/
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Matt Heimbach, former leader of TWP recently expressed the intent to start a new organization.pic.twitter.com/FCK03m985w
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LoSA posted a video of their actions on campus and Planned Parenthood to YouTube on April 1st. In the comments, former TWP member Colton Williams claimed to be apart of the creation of this new organization. These comments were quickly deleted.pic.twitter.com/Wyr0mI4XQd
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Around this same time, Backroom Knox reported on the fire at Highlander Center, attempting to spread a conspiracy theory that the fire was self sabotage due to financial insecurity. Craig Spaulding, former TWP member, backed this conspiracy up in the comments.pic.twitter.com/BDwn8FgEKo
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Craig and TWP have many connections to Backroom Knox and its admin, Christian Seus.
@UR_Ninja discord leaks from TWP show many mentions of Backroom Knox. Christian was aloud to film and record in and around TWP events/actions and has published press releases from fash orgs.pic.twitter.com/JjsOpeuWia
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The same night of the fire at Highlander, Craig was seen at The Concourse, which happened to be hosting a @knoxpeoplepower event the following day. Craig left the concourse around 1AM early friday morning, a few hours before the fire started.pic.twitter.com/L23XZg08xh
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Graffiti found near where fire started matches TWP graffiti, and a symbol of the Iron Guard, aka The Legion of the Archangel Michael, founded by Corneliu Codreanu.pic.twitter.com/oPFcVc41nE
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Iron Guard principles and symbols are reflected in this new organization, Legion of Saint Ambrose, and former TWP members.
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Many Facebook accounts sharing and commenting on Backroom Knox posts have Codreanu quotes.pic.twitter.com/fBZBsm4zLi
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