Five men described by federal officials as 'racially motivated violent extremists' with ties to a neo-Nazi group called the Atomwaffen Division were arrested on charges including intimidation of journalists and making bogus bomb threats.
Five men described by federal officials as"racially motivated violent extremists" with ties to a neo-Nazi group called the Atomwaffen Division were arrested on charges including intimidation of journalists and making bogus bomb threats.In Seattle, prosecutors accused the four alleged Atomwaffen Division members with cyberstalking and mailing threats in a campaign against journalists, who received posters covered in swastikas and the warning:"We know where you live.
An affidavit unsealed Wednesday details a scheme in which a caller reported phony incidents to 911, prompting police to send out heavily armed SWAT teams to the targets of the scheme. “These defendants from across the country allegedly conspired on the internet to intimidate journalists and activists with whom they disagreed,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers."This is not how America works. The Department of Justice will not tolerate this type of behavior.”
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