King County man arrested in FBI raid on extremist hate group

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If I recall correctly one of these individuals or a member of Attomwaffen was the subject of a red flag law confiscation recently.

SEATTLE - A King County man is one of four suspected extremists around the nation who were arrested and charged Wednesday in connection with a racially motivated conspiracy to threaten and intimidate journalists and activists, including a Seattle-based TV reporter, officials said.

The arrests came after the FBI and other law enforcement agencies launched an investigation into the suspects' activities beginning in 2018, said U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran of Seattle.

According to court documents in the case, Cameron Brandon Shea, 24, of Redmond, Wash., and the others were part of a group called the Atomwaffen Division that threatened and intimidated journalists who reported on the group's anti-Semitic and racially motivated activities.

The three other suspects were identified as Kaleb Cole, 24, of Montgomery, Texas; Taylor Ashley Parker-Dipeppe, 20, of Spring Hill, Fla.; and Johnny Roman Garza, 20, of Queen Creek, Ariz.

“These defendants sought to spread fear and terror with threats delivered to the doorstep of those who are critical of their activities,” Moran said.

Court documents say Shea created posters, which included Nazi symbols, masked figures with guns, images of Molotov cocktails and threatening language that were delivered to Atomwaffen members electronically. The suspects then printed and delivered or mailed the posters to journalists or activists the group was targeting, court files say.​

King County man arrested in FBI raid on extremist hate group

 

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If I recall correctly one of these individuals or a member of Attomwaffen was the subject of a red flag law confiscation recently.

SEATTLE - A King County man is one of four suspected extremists around the nation who were arrested and charged Wednesday in connection with a racially motivated conspiracy to threaten and intimidate journalists and activists, including a Seattle-based TV reporter, officials said.

The arrests came after the FBI and other law enforcement agencies launched an investigation into the suspects' activities beginning in 2018, said U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran of Seattle.

According to court documents in the case, Cameron Brandon Shea, 24, of Redmond, Wash., and the others were part of a group called the Atomwaffen Division that threatened and intimidated journalists who reported on the group's anti-Semitic and racially motivated activities.

The three other suspects were identified as Kaleb Cole, 24, of Montgomery, Texas; Taylor Ashley Parker-Dipeppe, 20, of Spring Hill, Fla.; and Johnny Roman Garza, 20, of Queen Creek, Ariz.

“These defendants sought to spread fear and terror with threats delivered to the doorstep of those who are critical of their activities,” Moran said.

Court documents say Shea created posters, which included Nazi symbols, masked figures with guns, images of Molotov cocktails and threatening language that were delivered to Atomwaffen members electronically. The suspects then printed and delivered or mailed the posters to journalists or activists the group was targeting, court files say.​

King County man arrested in FBI raid on extremist hate group

Yeah I heard about this, thanks for posting it.

Kind of reminds me of this guy -- although he was an individual rather than a group, same thrust, trying to intimidate the media.

Wonder if he was connected.

What's a "red flag law confiscation"?

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

If I recall correctly one of these individuals or a member of Attomwaffen was the subject of a red flag law confiscation recently.

SEATTLE - A King County man is one of four suspected extremists around the nation who were arrested and charged Wednesday in connection with a racially motivated conspiracy to threaten and intimidate journalists and activists, including a Seattle-based TV reporter, officials said.

The arrests came after the FBI and other law enforcement agencies launched an investigation into the suspects' activities beginning in 2018, said U.S. Attorney Brian T. Moran of Seattle.

According to court documents in the case, Cameron Brandon Shea, 24, of Redmond, Wash., and the others were part of a group called the Atomwaffen Division that threatened and intimidated journalists who reported on the group's anti-Semitic and racially motivated activities.

The three other suspects were identified as Kaleb Cole, 24, of Montgomery, Texas; Taylor Ashley Parker-Dipeppe, 20, of Spring Hill, Fla.; and Johnny Roman Garza, 20, of Queen Creek, Ariz.

“These defendants sought to spread fear and terror with threats delivered to the doorstep of those who are critical of their activities,” Moran said.

Court documents say Shea created posters, which included Nazi symbols, masked figures with guns, images of Molotov cocktails and threatening language that were delivered to Atomwaffen members electronically. The suspects then printed and delivered or mailed the posters to journalists or activists the group was targeting, court files say.​

King County man arrested in FBI raid on extremist hate group

Yeah I heard about this, thanks for posting it.

Kind of reminds me of this guy -- although he was an individual rather than a group, same thrust, trying to intimidate the media.

Wonder if he was connected.

What's a "red flag law confiscation"?

Apparently, it is the same person (Kaleb Cole): And I do remember the guy in the photo you posted. He had most of Congress terrified if I recall correctly.

Police Seize Guns From Man Thought to Be Neo-Nazi Leader
Using a red-flag law, the authorities confiscated a cache of weapons from a man believed to be a leader of the Atomwaffen Division, a violent extremist group.

Kaleb J. Cole was questioned at Chicago O’Hare International Airport last year after a trip to Europe. In his luggage was the flag of a neo-Nazi group, the Atomwaffen Division.Credit...M. Spencer Green/Associated Press
By Mike Baker

SEATTLE — When Kaleb J. Cole landed at Chicago O’Hare International Airport after a trip to Europe last year, federal officials were waiting at the gate for a chance to question him. In his luggage was the trefoil flag of a neo-Nazi hate group. On his phone, a photo of two people posing at the site of the Auschwitz death camp.

The officials did not charge Mr. Cole with any crimes that day, or in the months to come, despite information that he was a leader of the Atomwaffen Division, one of the most violent extremist groups in the country. But last month, according to records provided by a prosecutor’s office Thursday, the authorities in Seattle moved to seize a cache of weapons from Mr. Cole, using a state law intended to prevent gun violence.

“This was an individual who had access to firearms and was preparing for a race war,” Kimberly Wyatt, a prosecutor in King County, Wash., said in an interview on Thursday.

The move was part of a larger effort by investigators around the country, including the F.B.I., to crack down on members of Atomwaffen, as officials seek to counter the rising threat from hate groups. The Atomwaffen Division has been linked to a series of killings.

Southern Poverty Law Center, which describes the group as seeking a societal collapse and race war to achieve its goals.

Atomwaffen Division?
In petitioning to seize Mr. Cole’s weapons, law enforcement officials said Mr. Cole was believed to be the cell leader of Atomwaffen’s chapter in Washington State. They wrote that Mr. Cole had participated in firearms training and recruiting at “hate camps,” where members performed military-style exercises and wore skull masks over their faces. In a video, they chanted anti-Semitic slurs and “race war now.”

Officials seized the firearms using a so-called red-flag law, which in a number of states including Washington allows law enforcement or civilians to get a court order to confiscate weapons when there is evidence that people are at high risk of harming themselves or others. Ms. Wyatt said the law provided a temporary intervention, allowing the seizure of the guns for up to a year.

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