"New American Nazis" A.C. Thompson: Pittsburgh to ProPublica Frontline

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Nov. 20, 2018, Democracy Now! Neo-Nazis & white supremacist violence are on the rise in America. A month after a gunman killed 11 Jewish worshipers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, we look at the violent hate groups that helped fuel the massacre. On the same day that shooter Robert Bowers opened fire in the synagogue, a neo-Nazi named Edward Clark who Bowers had been communicating with online took his own life in Wash., D.C. The man’s brother, Jeffrey Clark, has since been arrested on weapons charges. The brothers were both linked to the violent white supremacist group ATOMWAFFEN. We speak with A.C. Thompson, correspondent for FRONTLINE PBS & reporter for ProPublica. His investigation “Documenting Hate: New American Nazis” premieres tonight on PBS stations and online.

Part II, Nov. 20, guest A. C. Thompson, investigative journalist ProPublica and Frontline.
Author Kathleen Belew, "Bring the War Home" discusses links between the rise of white supremacy violence and military service evidenced by returning veterans George Lincoln Rockwell (WWII) founder, the American Nazi Party; Richard Butler (WWII) founder, Aryan Nations; Louis Bean (Vietnam) Grand Dragon KKK; and Timothy McVeigh (Gulf War), Oklahoma City Bombing.