Florida nabs white supremacists planning "race war
Source: Reuters
Florida nabs white supremacists planning "race war"
By Barbara Liston | Reuters 1 hr 5 mins ago.
Brian Pickett
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Ten alleged members of a white supremacist group training near Orlando and Disney World for a "race war" have been rounded up in a series of arrests in central Florida, authorities said on Tuesday.
The arrests were based on evidence from a confidential informant who infiltrated the neo-Nazi organization known as the American Front 17 months ago, according to an arrest affidavit.
"The American Front (AF) is a military-styled, anti-Semitic, white supremacist, skinhead organization and is known as a domestic terrorist organization," the affidavit said.
It said the group's alleged local ringleader, Marcus Faella, 39, had been "planning and preparing the AF for what he believes to be an inevitable race war" and had stated "his intent ... to kill Jews, immigrants and other minorities."
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provis99
(13,062 posts)just once I'd like to see an actual Klansman or neo-Nazi who does look like an Aryan superman, rather than some bloated, middle-aged ugly loser.
These are the scary ones, IMO.
That's David Duke, BTW.
provis99
(13,062 posts)here's what he looked like before he decided he needed to look more white.
Fake Aryans don't count.
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)He was arrested for a unrelated (well, he is a white supremicist) bomb plot which, uh, blew up in their faces when the bomb... blew up in the face of their accomplice. Other than being an asshole very similar to the assholes in this story, he has nothing to do with this group.
Lasher
(27,533 posts)Some evil shit, right there. And they convince themselves they are the nation's biggest patriots.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,138 posts)Don't see that much. Certainly not when it comes to women's clinic bombers.
Meiko
(1,076 posts)what's that worth in a conviction? 25 or 30 years?....good.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)I do wonder about how these people get delusional, and I mean beyond the whole gonna use violence, yada, yada, yada. T. McVeigh was gonna start a race war. With 1 bomb. Here's 10 guys, gonna make 300+ million Americans pick up arms against each other.
I wonder if there are Nazi-terrorist self-help tapes they listen to, trying to convince themselves that they are more important than they really are?
"Don't let the negative in. You are a unique terrorist. You have the white power. Believe you can destroy the country all by your lonesome. Remember, you are more terrible each day, in every way.."
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)Just go to the tampa Bay Times, look up any article on race or the 2012 convention, and you will gte plenty of yahoos bragging about they would use stand your ground to kill liberals and minoroties, how they plan to shoot OWS at Tampa. Then again, we are the area that German Neo-nazis rely on to print material that would not be allowed in Germany. Sadly, it will not surprise me to see more and more like this, as the racism in Florida is so deep that even so called democrats voted for former GOP governor "Chain gang charlie" crist because they hated a Black candidiate, Kendrick Meek.
but to be honest, I also waffled between Kendrick and Charlie. I knew Kendrick didn't have a chance, and that Charlie would be miles above Rubio. In the end I voted my conscience: for the Democrat. I think at least some who voted for Charlie felt that in this case, pragmatism trumped conscience and had nothing to do with race.
and frankly, if my choice is between Charlie and Rick Scott, well, I am prepared to eat the crap sandwich, though I may puke to death. However, there were those who dismissed Meek because he was black, even though be beat off a Billionaire. There is also the PUMA factor, where some down here feel an Obama loss will lead to a Hillary win in 2016, in other words, payback for the Black kid beating the anointed queen.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)spinbaby
(15,088 posts)There are more F### up stories coming out of Florida lately.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)populate the area. This is just one of the sides.
3waygeek
(2,034 posts)It's certainly appropriate here.
CanonRay
(14,079 posts)I think maybe he's got some immigrant roots back there he's hiding.
LibertyLover
(4,788 posts)and several years ago I went down to visit her for a couple of days. Flying into Tampa was a lot cheaper than flying into Ft. Myers, so I did and she picked me up. Going home, she had to go to work, so my godson drove me up and because we had several hours to kill, we went to a gun show. I had been to one or two up in New York and figured no big deal. What made it so much different were the several white power and militia groups with tables and displays and who were actively recruiting. It was one of those "I've read about you, but damn skippy, you really do exist" moments.
yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)newspeak
(4,847 posts)didn't they get the memo that not all "white people" are going to be joining their bigoted band wagon? Didn't they notice the photos in the civil rights marches? But, I'm sure they'll have a minute amount of token african americans talking the crazy, like the Reverend in the other thread. Reminds me of that chapelle character who's a blind klansman.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could give them their own "only white" island somewhere. If we could just let them live in a paradise of racial purity. I'm sure after awhile, they'll declare everyone with brown eyes need to be purged, then maybe those whites who are left handed(being sinister, you know).