White Nationalism
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In June 2015, Dylann Roof opened fire in a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine people, with the explicit intent of sparking a “race war” between America’s white and minority population. In February 2019, a group of online right-wingers began cultivating Roof’s vision into reality, building a cult of personality around the Charleston killer and encouraging others to carry out similar attacks.
The rise in planned attacks by people citing “Saint Roof” as an inspiration coincides with the rise of the pro-Roof online faction. They’re a loose group of about 40 to 50 hardcore members who refer to themselves as the “Bowl Gang,” a reference to Roof’s distinctive bowl haircut. Bowl Gang members frequent social media sites popular with the far right, spreading memes with slogans like “Dylann Roof did nothing wrong” and Roof’s face with a halo inserted behind it.
Some white supremacists still condemn Roof’s actions, typically for tactical rather than moral reasons. Increasingly, however, such voices are being drowned out by white supremacists actively promoting Roof as a hero.
White nationalists in the mosh pit at the NSM (National Socialist Movement) sponsored Hated and Proud concert. Iowa.
April 23, 2016. Temple, Georgia. A manager at the bar hosting a pro-white solidarity and united front meeting serves a customer wearing an Schutzstaffel unit/SS logo t-shirt.
A counter protester lies down in the path of a police escorted march of the NSM (National Socialist Movement) as he directs attention to a destroyed Nazi themed flag tucked in his pants. Charlotte, North Carolina.
Nazi/Klan rally at the Old City Hall in Charlotte, North Carolina. The rally was held in protest of America’s loose policies towards undocumented immigrants.
The president of a local skinhead organization outside a home he shares with his live-in girlfriend in rural Potter County, PA.
The vice president of a local skinhead organization plays a round of darts on a swastika board during a weekend unity gathering.
A carload of skinheads pull over for some impromptu roadside shooting. Here, the president of the organization loads .380-caliber ammunition into a clip for his wife
Coudersport, Pennsylvania. White Nationalists and a local skinhead crew hold an impromptu silent protest in objection to the Black Lives Matter campaign.
The leadership of Aryan Strikeforce having a late breakfast at the culmination of a weekend get-together.
Northern New Hampshire. A member of NSC-131 showing off his Erwin Rommel shirt "In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it."
WWII Third Reich collectables at the home of Richard Bondira, former Great BlueFustin of the Ku Klux Klan and Klan historian.
Western Pennsylvania. The workshop of a woodcarver who also happens to be a white nationalist.
A food run at the local supermarket following a state meeting.
11/5/2016. Hamburg, PA. Two members of the Traditionalist Worker Party heading to their vehicle following a protest.
Bufred O'Neil Furrow (3rd from left) - on August 10th, 1999 Bufred O'Neil Furrow entered the lobby of the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, CA and opened fire with a semi-automatic weapon, firing 70 shots into the complex. The gunfire wounded five people. The shootings ended with the death of Joseph Ileto, who was a postal worker a few miles away from the center. According to testimony, Furrow shot Ileto nine times, because he thought Ileto was Latino or Asian.
Furrow was recruited into Aryan Nations in 1994 by the man on the far left (holding this photo), who has since renounced his former racist beliefs and is now a devout Christian.
11/12/2016. “When I was in the NSM I got a tattoo” – SS 29111 (SS – Schutzzstaffel, the black-uniformed elite corps and self-described “political soldiers” of the Nazi Party). The numbers 29111 were a gold party pin number, original, now sold.
In 2010 it was confirmed that I had Jewish heritage. After I found out I was Jewish, I had the Star of David tattooed over the SS.”
Ken Parker, a former Nazi and Klansman gets his "before" photo taken prior to laser tattoo removal treatment.
Ken Parker, a former Nazi and Klansman during laser tattoo removal treatment.
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11/5/16, Mechanicsburg, Pa. White Nationalists wait for their convoy of vehicles to proceed to the Pennsylvania state capital building for a “fall political rally” five days before the presidential election. The group's political platform included preventing illegal immigration and outsourcing jobs to other countries.
NSM (National Socialist Movement) members in the process of being searched by state police prior to a demonstration in Trenton, NJ.
Members of the National Socialist Movement on the steps of the State Capital building. April 21, 2007. Columbia, S.C.
Theodore Junker (center) was a Romanian-born German who generated controversy when he announced plans to open a memorial to Adolf Hitler on his 20-acre farm in Millard, Wisconsin in 2006.
Junker was a German soldier on the Eastern Front in World War II who claimed to have served in the Waffen-SS. He emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1955.
On his right is his bodyguard for the day, Anthony "Petro" Petruccelli a devout white nationalist from the Boston area.
Members of the NSM (National Socialist Movement) and a North Carolina based Ku Klux Klan realm are escorted back to their vehicles by the Charlotte Police department following a rally at the Old City Hall in Charlotte, North Carolina. The rally was held in protest of America’s loose policies towards undocumented immigrants.
The nationalist holding the shield is a mole, a member of the antifata who used his ties within the music scene to infiltrate the organization.
Commander Jeff Schoep (front row center)of the NSM (National Socialist Movement).
“Buzz” a cattle rancher from Texas shows off his VIKING PRIDE tattoo during the MKR’s (Momma’s Knight Riders of the Ku Klux Klan) first meeting of the imperial officers.
The property of a 42-year old wood carver, his wife and their seven children. In 2013, a year after having a second child diagnosed with autism, the frustrated parents starting reading up on National Socialism. With no prior family history of autism, the parents felt the condition was somehow related to man-made influences, such as a fracking and childhood vaccinations. The ideology of National Socialism quickly became part of their daily lives. Today, they remain active members within the White Nationalist movement and have seven children ranging from 1 to 9, four have been diagnosed with autism.
11/5/16, Mechanicsburg, PA. A white nationalist shows off a Swastika Yule ornament in his hotel room following a rally at the Pennsylvania State Capital building.
A former high ranking officer of Richard Butler's Aryan Nations with his photo scrapbook.
A female member of the Imperial Klans of America at work selling various clothing items during the annual Nordic Fest. Dawson Springs, Kentucky.
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NSM (National Socialist Movement) members in the process of being searched by state police prior to a demonstration on the Capital Lawn. Washington, DC.
Various Nazi themed merchandise for sale at the Hated and Proud concert. Iowa.
The Imperial Klans of America (IKA’s) 15-acre paramilitary compound. Dawson Springs, Kentucky.
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An Israeli flag taken from an unknown embassy is used as a door mat at the IKA's headquarters. Dawson Springs, Kentucky.
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