White supremacists arrested on hate crime, conspiracy charges

[Baitball Blogger]

Three top members of a white supremacist group were among at least seven people arrested on hate crime charges in Osceola County, records show.

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One of the charges 29-year-old McGowan faces involves "paramilitary training" — specifically teaching another person to either make or use a firearm or destructive device while knowing or intending that it "will be unlawfully employed for use in, or in furtherance of, a civil disorder within the United States." McGowan's wife, 25-year-old Jennifer McGowan, also faces that charge.

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Florida corporation filings show the purpose of the St. Cloud-based American Front Inc. is "Religious and cultural preservation of the European people."

However, the Anti-Defamation League identifies American Front as "a racist skinhead group" active in several states.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-white-supremacist-arrests-osceola-20120507,0,6056722.story

Anyone know if the prison tats on his face mean anything?

[Evasporque]

1. Guess his name will be crossed off the GOP primary ballots then .....nt

[Lint Head]

2. Well that eliminates several RMoney's VP choices.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. This story is developing

Affidavit:: White supremacists trained with AK-47s, planned for 'inevitable' race war

Nearly five miles from the nearest paved road, on a compound surrounded by barbed wire in a desolate area of Osceola County, investigators say Marcus Faella was preparing his troops for war.

Race war.

Faella — who sees himself and his compatriots as "protectors of the white race" — was convinced it was "inevitable," and planned to kill Jews, immigrants and minorities, according to a recently filed affidavit. As they trained in firearm and hand-to-hand combat, members of the white supremacist group American Front discussed acts of violence and disruption with targets including Orlando's City Hall, authorities allege.

They also discussed manufacturing Ricin, the affidavit says, a deadly poison "which is categorized as a Weapon of Mass Destruction."

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-05-07/news/os-white-supremacist-arrests-osceola-20120507_1_crime-charges-conspiracy-charges-crime-and-criminal-conspiracy

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Another interesting detail.

Fox News reported this case on the news and they referred to this "gang" as domestic terrorists. The father was interviewed and I couldn't do the guy justice, but I'll try. Something to the effect, that of course they're not terrorists, they just get together on weekends to go out shooting just like anybody else; and they're no more prejudice than anybody else.

Interesting case.

[pinboy3niner]

7. Well, if you can't count on Dad as a character witness...

...who CAN you count on?

[arch77x]

5. I hate the haters

At least they are now where they belong!

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Yes, when you see fishing nets

Or more like spider webs, that's white supremacy.

The date is an anniversary of some sort. A few love Hitler's birth, others his death.

Don't ask, and you welcome.

[Baitball Blogger]

8. I will never understand those face tats.

That is the second guy in a week that was apprehended with something under their eyes like that. Don't they realize how they're outing themselves to the legal authorities?

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Prison gangs wear them

And not just them.

[OriginalGeek]

10. C 18 is short for Combat 18

from wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_18

Combat 18 (C18) is a neo-Nazi organisation associated with Blood and Honour. It originated in the United Kingdom, but has since spread to other countries. Members of Combat 18 have been suspected in numerous deaths of immigrants, non-whites, and other C18 members.[1] The 18 in its name is derived from the initials of Adolf Hitler: A and H are the first and eighth letters of the Latin alphabet. Combat 18 members are barred from joining the British Prison Service[2] and police.[3]

[Baitball Blogger]

11. Thanks for the information.

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Thanks expanding my knowledge of these tats

and per usual they revolve around the Fuehrer.

I once transported two of these boy scouts... to the ER... after a drug deal went bad. They are active in sending guns south, to get drugs north, to fund some of their activities. The fact that my partner was black as they come made them very unhappy. They were happy to have a WHITE tend to their injuries... irony, I am Jewish.

Yup, the Federal Police who stood guard let them know AFTER they put in the stitches. We decided that telling them before would make for bad medical practice.

Let's just say their mouths were just a tad foul... as they were taken out of a Mexican ER, on their way to a MEXICAN prison, on Federal weapons charges, in cuffs, and leg irons... ah yes hilarity all around.

They even filmed it, and showed me the tape later.

They got twenty... and since the Mexican Government really dislikes their type, they were extradited to serve their time in an American prison as soon as the opportunity (prisoner exchange) came up.