Category: Racial Supremacism

SPLC Urges Congress to Investigate Extremism in the Military

New Jersey: Man in cross burning guilty of 2 intimidation counts
— Philadelphia Inquirer reports: “Terence Jones was driving his new BMW down a country road in Gloucester County three years ago when a pickup truck pulled up and the driver shouted a racial epithet.”
— “Jones, who is African American, took down the license-plate number and told police the man had also pointed a gun at him and his brother, Douglas, before speeding off”
— “Yesterday, Terence Jones said ‘justice was served’ after James J. Trexler, who is white, pleaded guilty to two counts of bias intimidation in state Superior Court in Woodbury”
— “Trexler, 24, formerly of Pittsgrove, Salem County, also faces an additional 18 months for violating the terms of his probation after his conviction in a cross burning. He had been sentenced to probation only 11 days before the April 29, 2006, incident with the Jones brothers.”
— “His lawyer, Leonard S. Baker, asked whether he had called them a slur and said they ‘shouldn’t be driving a BMW,’ and whether he was aware the statements would be intimidating. Trexler, dressed in a white, long-sleeved shirt with a tie and black pants, calmly answered, ‘Yes.'”

Arizona: Judge delays decision on releasing alleged bomber — reported white supremacists
— “A federal judge on Wednesday delayed a decision on whether to release one of two alleged white supremacists charged in a 2004 bombing that injured a black city official in Scottsdale”
— “U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow said at the Phoenix hearing that Daniel Mahon, 58, has a right to attend the court hearing, agreeing with his lawyer and prosecutors”
— “Daniel Mahon and his twin brother Dennis Mahon are charged with conspiracy to damage buildings and property by means of explosive. They were arrested June 25 at their home in Davis Junction, Ill., where authorities say they found assault weapons, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and white supremacist material.”

— July 6: Arizona: Bombing case suspect could be released – white supremacist suspects

(U.S.) Critics warn of extremist groups hiding true message

(Mississippi) Minister Blasts Mississippi Senator’s Connections
— State Sen. Lydia Chassaniol criticized for speaking to “racist, anti-Semitic group about ‘Cultural Heritage in Mississippi.'”
— “Chassaniol described her speech as promotion for the state of Mississippi.”

Newbury Today report:  ‘Loner boasted of KKK connections’

— Newbury Today reports: “Man accused of plotting racist bombing campaign wanted to see black men lynched and skinned alive, jury hears”
— reports: “Neil Lewington, aged 43, told 27-year-old single mother Samantha Dale he wanted to hang a black man from a tree and skin him alive, it is claimed.”
— reports interview with Samantha Dale who states: “He said he was part of a group like the KKK and if he could go to the US he would become a proper member.”
— She added: ‘He was fed up of the black people, they took all the jobs and money. He said he wanted to hang a black man from a tree, skin him alive and set fire to him.'”
— report also states: “Mr Lewington also asked her if she had slept with a black man and told her that black and white people shouldn’t mix because ‘their babies came out deformed,’ the court was told.'”

South Carolina: ACC moves tourneys over Confederate flag dispute
— AP news reports: NAACP “has boycotted South Carolina for nearly a decade for flying and then displaying the Confederate flag on state capitol grounds”

(U.S.) Arizona: Bombing case suspect could be released – white supremacist suspects
— “One of two suspected white supremacists charged in a 2004 bombing that injured a black city official in Scottsdale could be released from federal custody on Wednesday, despite a prosecution argument that he’s a danger to the public and a flight risk.”
— “U.S. District Judge David Campbell is scheduled to decide at a hearing in Phoenix whether to uphold an Illinois magistrate’s order to release Daniel Mahon, 58, from custody on a $50,000 cash bond.”
— “Daniel Mahon and his twin brother Dennis Mahon are charged with conspiracy to damage buildings and property by means of explosive. They were arrested June 25 at their home in Davis Junction, Ill., where authorities say they found assault weapons, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and white supremacist material.”