A Neo-Nazi group leader has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a plot to threaten and intimidate Jewish people, journalists and advocates working to expose antisemitism.
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The leader of a Neo-Nazi group was sentenced in Seattle to seven years in prison on Tuesday for his role in a plot to threaten and intimidate Jewish people, journalists and advocates working to expose antisemitism.In late January last year, Kaleb Cole, 25, and his conspirators sent threatening posters by gluing them to people's homes or mailing them to intended targets, who were primarily Jewish or journalists of color, federal.
Some of their victims were forced to leave their homes for some time or install security systems, per the Justice Department. One purchased a firearm while another left her job as a journalist. Cole was convicted in the Western District of Washington on one count of interfering with a federally protected activity because of religion, three counts of mailing threatening communications and one count of conspiring to commit offenses against the U.S."Kaleb Cole helped lead a violent, nationwide neo-Nazi group," U.S. Attorney Nick Brown for the Western District of Washington said in a statement."Today the community and those Mr.
"He tried to intimidate journalists and advocates with hate-filled and threatening posters, tried to amplify their fear. Instead they faced him in court and their courage has resulted in the federal prison sentence imposed today."About 25% of Jewish people in the U.S. have experienced some form of antisemitism, according to the American Jewish Committee's
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