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FBI accuses white supremacist of terror attack on Amtrak train in rural Nebraska



FBI accuses white supremacist of terror attack on Amtrak train in rural Nebraska

• LORI PILGER Lincoln Journal Star
  
• Jan 4, 2018 Updated 56 min ago

Taylor Wilson


The FBI says an armed 26-year-old Missouri man who breached a secured area to stop an Amtrak train in southwest Nebraska in October has links to a white supremacist group and expressed an interest in "killing black people," according to court documents unsealed Wednesday.

Taylor Michael Wilson, of St. Charles, Missouri, is charged in U.S. District Court in Lincoln with terrorism attacks and other violence against railroad carriers and mass transportation systems.

In an affidavit attached to the criminal complaint, FBI Special Agent Monte Czaplewski said there was probable cause to believe that electronic devices possessed by Wilson and firearms owned by him "have been used for or obtained in anticipation of engaging in or planning to engage in criminal offenses against the United States."


Just before 2 a.m. on Oct. 22, an assistant conductor felt the train braking, searched for what was causing it and found Wilson in the engineer's seat of the follow engine "playing with the controls," Czaplewski wrote.

The conductor, and others, subdued Wilson, then held him and waited for deputies from Furnas and Harlan counties to arrive in Oxford, 23 miles southwest of Holdrege, where the eastbound California Zephyr with about 175 people aboard stopped.

No injuries were reported.

Czaplewski said Wilson, who has a permit in Missouri to carry a concealed handgun, had a loaded .38-caliber handgun in his waistband, a speed loader in his pocket and a National Socialist Movement business card on him when he was arrested.

He also had a backpack with three more speed loaders, a box of ammunition, a knife, tin snips, scissors and a ventilation mask inside.

Wilson, who was traveling from Sacramento, California, to St. Louis, later was charged in Furnas County with felony criminal mischief and use of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony.

In late October, a judge ordered Wilson to undergo a competency evaluation at his attorney's request. He later was found competent to proceed, according to court records.

His $100,000 bond was posted on Dec. 11 and he was released.

Two days later, according to the federal case, FBI agents searched Wilson's home in Missouri and found a hidden compartment with a handmade shield, as well as: "a tactical vest, 11 AR-15 (rifle) ammunition magazines with approximately 190 rounds of .223 ammunition, one drum-style ammunition magazine for a rifle, firearms tactical accessories (lights), 100 rounds of 9 mm ammunition, approximately 840 rounds of 5.45x39 rifle ammunition, white supremacy documents and paperwork, several additional handgun and rifle magazines, gunpowder, ammunition-reloading supplies, and a pressure plate."


Czaplewski said they also found 15 firearms, including a fully-automatic rifle, ammunition and firearms magazines, and a tactical body armor carrier with ceramic ballistic plates.

In the newly unsealed federal case, Czaplewski wrote that investigators had found videos and PDF files on Wilson's phone of a white supremacist banner over a highway, other alt-right postings and documents related to how to kill people.

He said an acquaintance contacted by the FBI said that Wilson had been acting strange since June and had joined an "alt-right" neo-Nazi group that he found while researching white supremacy forums online.

Czaplewski said agents believe Wilson had traveled with members of the group to the Unite the Right rally at Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, where a woman was killed and 19 injured when a man used his vehicle to ram a crowd of counter-protesters.

An informant told the FBI that Wilson has expressed an interest in "killing black people" and others besides whites, and they suspect Wilson was responsible for a road rage incident in April 2016 in St. Charles where a man pointed a gun at a black woman for no apparent reason while driving on Interstate 70, Czaplewski said.

Wilson now is in federal custody. He was arrested Dec. 23, a day after the complaint was filed under seal in federal court in Nebraska.

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Something I think that doesn't get mentioned enough with those susceptible to the "It's okay to be white" types is, the general demonization of white males. The way I was raised, white people collectively were to be viewed with leeriness. As as result I take white people and really anybody for that matter on an individual basis. Still, I can't help but think the attitudes pervasive on left leaning college campuses that preach hostility towards heterosexual cis-gendered white males has not helped when it comes to dialogue. In fact I think it's done the exact opposite in some cases by laying the groundwork for alt right types.

You take a teenage white dude, young man, etc., who doesn't hold extreme views and then put him on a college campus and tell him he's responsible for all the ills in the world, I wouldn't expect him to take that lying down. If I was in his shoes, I wouldn't either. And that's not to excuse the ones who just come from all out racist backgrounds or are reacting to societal changes in the form of globalization, multiculturalism, immigration, etc.. Just saying some of these left leaning talking points aren't helping when it comes to dialogue and engagement.

This!!!

 

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Something I think that doesn't get mentioned enough with those susceptible to the "It's okay to be white" types is, the general demonization of white males. The way I was raised, white people collectively were to be viewed with leeriness. As as result I take white people and really anybody for that matter on an individual basis. Still, I can't help but think the attitudes pervasive on left leaning college campuses that preach hostility towards heterosexual cis-gendered white males has not helped when it comes to dialogue. In fact I think it's done the exact opposite in some cases by laying the groundwork for alt right types.

You take a teenage white dude, young man, etc., who doesn't hold extreme views and then put him on a college campus and tell him he's responsible for all the ills in the world, I wouldn't expect him to take that lying down. If I was in his shoes, I wouldn't either. And that's not to excuse the ones who just come from all out racist backgrounds or are reacting to societal changes in the form of globalization, multiculturalism, immigration, etc.. Just saying some of these left leaning talking points aren't helping when it comes to dialogue and engagement.

Black men have had to deal with being demonized and negatively stereotyped since day one and that did not "radicalize" us. Hell even in the 1960s most Black people avoided Malcolm X's radical approach to Civiil Rights. Those White guys need to get over it

 

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Black men have had to deal with being demonized and negatively stereotyped since day one and that did not "radicalize" us. Hell even in the 1960s most Black people avoided Malcolm X's radical approach to Civiil Rights. Those White guys need to get over it

I think it did radicalize some of us though. And a fair argument can be made that it was a natural reaction to be defensive which is what the dominant race deems radical or militant. And you're seeing the same thing taking effect with young white men in some cases. What I'm saying isn't an excuse for white men's fukkery at everyone else's expense. I'm not talking about their insecurities over immigration, globalization, technology killing employment for uneducated white men, interracial relationships, etc.. However one can't blame any of them for naturally feeling defensive when someone accuses them of something they're not necessarilly guilty of, but merely associated with by way of their birth. I'm talking about this thread topic, their youth.

You're saying they need to get over it and I'm saying why should they? Chappelle must have been reading my mind by bringing up Emmitt Till on his latest special while discussing the #metoo movement. There are far too many cases of Black men being locked up, lynched, killed, beaten, etc., over the false accusations of a white woman. So of course a lot of Black men including myself are looking at #metoo like Yet you expect white men who are the dominant culture to react differently? Get real. They're reacting how I'd expect them to react as men, especially if they're only guilty by birthright.

 

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Something I think that doesn't get mentioned enough with those susceptible to the "It's okay to be white" types is, the general demonization of white males. The way I was raised, white people collectively were to be viewed with leeriness. As as result I take white people and really anybody for that matter on an individual basis. Still, I can't help but think the attitudes pervasive on left leaning college campuses that preach hostility towards heterosexual cis-gendered white males has not helped when it comes to dialogue. In fact I think it's done the exact opposite in some cases by laying the groundwork for alt right types.

You take a teenage white dude, young man, etc., who doesn't hold extreme views and then put him on a college campus and tell him he's responsible for all the ills in the world, I wouldn't expect him to take that lying down. If I was in his shoes, I wouldn't either. And that's not to excuse the ones who just come from all out racist backgrounds or are reacting to societal changes in the form of globalization, multiculturalism, immigration, etc.. Just saying some of these left leaning talking points aren't helping when it comes to dialogue and engagement.

I think it did radicalize some of us though. And a fair argument can be made that it was a natural reaction to be defensive which is what the dominant race deems radical or militant. And you're seeing the same thing taking effect with young white men in some cases. What I'm saying isn't an excuse for white men's fukkery at everyone else's expense. I'm not talking about their insecurities over immigration, globalization, technology killing employment for uneducated white men, interracial relationships, etc.. However one can't blame any of them for naturally feeling defensive when someone accuses them of something they're not necessarilly guilty of, but merely associated with by way of their birth. I'm talking about this thread topic, their youth.

You're saying they need to get over it and I'm saying why should they? Chappelle must have been reading my mind by bringing up Emmitt Till on his latest special while discussing the #metoo movement. There are far too many cases of Black men being locked up, lynched, killed, beaten, etc., over the false accusations of a white woman. So of course a lot of Black men including myself are looking at #metoo like Yet you expect white men who are the dominant culture to react differently? Get real. They're reacting how I'd expect them to react as men, especially if they're only guilty by birthright.

 

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Something I think that doesn't get mentioned enough with those susceptible to the "It's okay to be white" types is, the general demonization of white males. The way I was raised, white people collectively were to be viewed with leeriness. As as result I take white people and really anybody for that matter on an individual basis. Still, I can't help but think the attitudes pervasive on left leaning college campuses that preach hostility towards heterosexual cis-gendered white males has not helped when it comes to dialogue. In fact I think it's done the exact opposite in some cases by laying the groundwork for alt right types.

You take a teenage white dude, young man, etc., who doesn't hold extreme views and then put him on a college campus and tell him he's responsible for all the ills in the world, I wouldn't expect him to take that lying down. If I was in his shoes, I wouldn't either. And that's not to excuse the ones who just come from all out racist backgrounds or are reacting to societal changes in the form of globalization, multiculturalism, immigration, etc.. Just saying some of these left leaning talking points aren't helping when it comes to dialogue and engagement.

when was the last time you were on a college campus?

because none of that actually happens

 

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Hate groups make unprecedented push to recruit on college campuses

White nationalist Richard Spencer speaks at the University of Florida in Gainesville in October 2017. (Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post)
White supremacist and neo-Nazi groups in America had a goal for 2017: Leave the virtual confines of online forums and social media platforms and occupy physical space. It was an objective they shared often and freely in interviews and online postings. They wanted to serve notice that their movement was a force to be reckoned with and its adherents were not simply shadowy Internet lurkers but real people — most of them young and male — who were not afraid to show their faces or proclaim their messages.

It was a decision that led to a year of tumult, violence and even death, and nowhere was that decision felt more acutely than on college and university campuses. They became the primary battlegrounds for far-right groups that sought out the schools for organized rallies and speeches, and made them the focus of recruiting efforts. For 2018, the goal of these groups is to expand their reach on campuses, force showdowns over free speech, generate more publicity and win over more adherents.

As the white supremacists continue to flout boundaries of acceptable behavior and engage in activities many students, faculty and staff find menacing, institutions are rethinking, and in some cases rejiggering, policies regarding allowable activities on campus. Schools that have cherished their longtime role as havens for free speech and debate have found themselves drawing lines in response to messages of hate and threats of violence.

Those messages were hard to miss last year. Pamphlets and stickers proclaimed war against diversity and stoked racial division.

“Fighting for White Working Families”

“Take back what is rightfully ours.”

“Preserve your heritage, take up the fight.”

'Not in our town!' Protesters march against Richard Spencer at University of Florida

On campuses large and small, urban and rural, the racist far-right made its presence felt like never before with leaflets and banners warning of threats to white supremacy. Swastikas were scribbled on walls of Jewish campus organizations. Bananas were left in front of the dorm rooms of black students.

The Anti-Defamation League found that in the past 15 months, organizations such as the Traditionalist Worker Party, Identity Evropa, American Renaissance and Vanguard America directed campaigns at more than 200 college campuses in 42 states. The pace of their provocations has only accelerated in recent months. The civil rights group counted 140 reported incidents — displays of organized racist activity — from Sept. 1 through Dec. 18. For the same period the year before, 41 incidents were reported.

All of these groups have been labeled white nationalist hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors extremist activity. The Traditionalist WorkerParty, American Renaissance and Vanguard America were banned from Twitter in late December as part of the social media site’s effort to enforce community standards.

The targeting of colleges and universities was not a haphazard choice by the white power groups but rather a calculated strategy.

“It’s striking a blow directly at the heart of our foes,” said Matthew Heimbach, founder of the Traditionalist Worker Party, a far-right organization that seeks a whites-only nation state and has been labeled a hate group for its anti-Jewish and homophobic stances and its opposition to racial mixing. “It lets them know that there are people that are radically opposed to them, that aren’t afraid of them, that will challenge them. It shakes their thought that they’ve got the campus environment locked down and lets them know that people who oppose them go to their school or are a part of their local community.”

College campuses, Heimbach said, are ideal for recruiting members and gaining publicity because the presence of the hate groups inevitably creates an outcry on campus and in the community. He said the ranks of his organization have tripled over the past year from 500 to 1,500 members, although The Washington Post could not independently verify that assertion.

In a late-December post on Gab, the social media site popular with many who have been banned from Twitter, Heimbach said his organization and Vanguard America are planning a “combined propaganda drive” at Midwestern universities in the coming weeks.

Despite claims by Heimbach and others, Oren Segal, director of the ADL’s Center on Extremism, doesn’t believe their recruiting efforts on campus will win over many adherents. But he worries that the aggressive campaigns indicate the groups are feeling emboldened.

“It’s a reminder that these groups feel now is the time to strike,” Segal said. “Whether they are able to recruit thousands or not, they feel the atmosphere is ripe.”

Though the groups had been pushing their on-campus activities throughout 2017, most of their efforts had escaped widespread national notice — then, Charlottesville happened.

On a warm Friday night in August, hundreds of marchers paraded through the University of Virginia campus carrying torches and chanting nationalist and anti-Semitic slogans. They encircled a small group of protesters at a statue of Thomas Jefferson yelling, “White Lives Matter” and “Jews will not replace us!” Within minutes, punches were being thrown and mace sprayed.

White nationalists carry torches while marching through the University of Virginia campus in August. (Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post)
The melee didn’t last long, but it set the stage for the following day when the violence was much worse. A counterprotester, Heather Heyer, lost her life when a self-described Nazi allegedly drove his car into a crowd killing Heyer and injuring 35 others.

Charlottesville became a hashtag for hate, and the violence there exposed an underbelly of hardcore racism that many Americans had, perhaps naively, imagined didn’t exist anymore. Asked about the violence that week, President Trump insisted there were “very fine people” on both sides, a remark that was widely criticized as a failure by the occupant of the highest office in the land to properly condem groups that trafficked in racial hatred. It was also a remark that encouraged white supremacists who believed the president supported their aims.

White supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke tweeted his thanks to the president for his comments. At the rally in Charlottesville a few days earlier he told reporters, “We’re going to fulfill the promises of Donald Trump.”

While Charlottesville drew most of the headlines, racial hatred and violence was on display on campuses and college towns throughout the country before and after that seminal event.

Nathan Damigo, a student at California State University at Stanislaus and the founder of Identity Evropa, was seen in a video punching a woman in the face during a showdown with antifascists in Berkeley in April. Hundreds of students at Stanislaus signed a petition saying Damigo’s presence at the school made them feel unsafe. Damigo remains enrolled, according to school officials.

Richard Collins III's graduation gown is draped over front row chairs at Bowie State University ceremony in College Park, Md. (Neal Augenstein/AP)
In May, Sean Urbanski, a white University of Maryland student, allegedly stabbed and killed Richard Collins III, a black student at nearby Bowie State University and a second lieutenant in the Army who was visiting friends on the College Park campus. Urbanski was charged with a hate crime, and police announced they were investigating Urbanski’s connection to a Facebook page called Alt-Reich Nation.

At the University of Florida in October, an appearance by white nationalist Richard Spencer drew thousands of protesters. Later that day, three of Spencer’s followers were arrested and charged with attempted homicide after they allegedly argued with a group of people protesting his speech and fired a shot at them.

Sean Urbanski (University of Maryland Police Department)
Spencer has fought to speak at large campuses across the country, but in the wake of Charlottesville, administrators at institutions including Pennsylvania State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Michigan State University blocked his efforts, citing the possibility of violence and enormous security costs.

Schools are altering policies and procedures to deal with the increase in racially based incidents and the growing push on campuses by white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups. Following the torchlight march at the University of Virginia, administrators banned open flames on campus without prior approval. In the report it commissioned on how it handled the events of August, the university sounded a warning for schools everywhere.

“Going forward, the University of Virginia and higher education institutions across the nation must be prepared to respond to situations in which violence and intimidation accompany demonstrations and protests,” the report concluded. “It is incumbent upon the university to forge new policies and practices that will prevent it from again becoming a locus of intimidation and violence while recommitting to the principles of free speech at the core of its mission.”

Following the killing of Collins, the University of Maryland created a rapid-response team for hate-based incidents and announced it will hire a hate-bias response coordinator.

“We’re very concerned with the idea that outside groups are targeting colleges and universities for hate based on race and religion and other identity characteristics,” said U-Md.’s chief diversity officer, Roger L. Worthington. “Hate and bias incidents are not new but certainly in the current national climate we’re concerned because people are more emboldened to engage in those types of behaviors.”

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School administrators across the country and organizations that monitor white supremacist groups know that many of the tactics they employ are no more than attempts to gain publicity and news coverage. They worry, as many news organizations do, about how much attention they should receive.

The ADL’s Segal recognizes the tension between overcovering and undercovering, but says schools and news organizations should opt for the former.

“It’s a cliché, but we still believe that sunlight is the best disinfectant,” he said.




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Neo-Nazi group alleged to be involved in five killings nationwide
Rebecca Savransky01/29/18 09:09 AM EST
Suspects in five killings across the country have reportedly been linked to a neo-Nazi group known as Atomwaffen Division.

The Washington Post reported that Atomwaffen Division is a Charles Manson-obsessed neo-Nazi group that describes itself as a "revolutionary national socialist organization centered around political activism and the practice of an autonomous fascist lifestyle.”

The Post cited the death earlier this month of California college student Blaze Bernstein. Samuel Woodward, who was a former high school classmate of Bernstein's and reportedly joined the hate group in 2016, was arrested and is scheduled to be arraigned Friday.

According to the Post, the group first came into the national spotlight in May 2017, when an 18-year-old man was arrested in Tampa, Fla., and charged with killing two of his roommates. According to ProPublica, all three were linked with the group.

Cells of the group have been reported in multiple states, according to the Anti-Defamation League, but experts say it may only have 80 members nationwide.

The group's website says that training for the group is meant to prepare people for the "ultimate aim of overthrowing the U.S. government through the use of terrorism and guerrilla warfare."

It adds that joining it means "serious dedication not only to the Atomwaffen Division and its members, but to the goal of ultimate uncompromising victory."

"With this means only those willing to get out on the streets, in the woods, or where we maybe [sic] in the world and work together in the physical realm,” the website says. “We often go hunting, adventuring, and a group favorite is urban exploring.”

 

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