White Lives Matter: A new US hate group shows its face
Jennifer Jensen Wallach, a professor of African American history at the University of North Texas, said there is a long historical precedent in the United States for white supremacist groups taking up the banner of supporting police.
"Lynching would have never taken place in the south if the law enforcement didn't want it to, if there wasn't direct or indirect support from law enforcement," she said of racist vigilante violence before and during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
While openly white-supremacist groups may be a fringe element in society, Wallach said their pro-police message carries serious implications.
"I think what's interesting is the people they manage to incorporate as allies, these Middle Americans who do not see themselves as 'Aryan Nation' but have exactly the same message."
White Lives Matter is affiliated with the Aryan Renaissance Society, a Texas-based group that describes itself as a "network of dedicated white separatists diligently striving to impart a New Racial Consciousness to Aryankind".
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