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Trumpenkriegers are Warriors for Trump.(dict.cc dictionary :: Krieger :: German-English translation
From the beginning, the founders of the so-called Rise Above Movement had a goal: to reinvent what it meant to be a white nationalist.
Members of the Southern California group were instructed to blend in at political rallies with polo shirts, khakis and military-style haircuts. They were told to avoid violent or extremist language on social media, to keep a low profile.
"Its time to reimagine the nationalist look and playbook, we have become predictable that needs to change," Benjamin Daley told an associate in a Facebook message in August 2017.
At rallies across California and last year in Charlottesville, Va., they showed up trained and ready to fight their political enemies. Authorities believe their notorious leader, Robert Rundo of Huntington Beach, then posted clips of the racism-fueled violence on Twitter to recruit - the attackers' faces covered by their distinctive skeleton or U.S. flag masks.
Federal authorities have been working to dismantle the organization, early this month arresting Daley and three others - Thomas Walter Gillen, 34, of Redondo Beach; Michael Paul Miselis, 30, of Lawndale; and Cole Evan White, 24, from the Northern California city of Clayton - for their role in the violence.
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The Daily Stormer, a forum popular among neo-Nazis, posted an article headlined, "Trumpenkriegers Physically Remove Antifa Homos in Huntington Beach."
Later that day, Daley sent a text to another RAM member saying, "Front page of the stormer we did it fam."
The next month, RAM members rented a van to attend the rally in Berkeley, where local police saw Rundo punch a defenseless person in the head, the affidavit said. Berkeley police ordered Rundo to stop, but he didn't respond. When the officer knocked Rundo to the ground, he punched the officer twice in the head before he was subdued and arrested.
California white supremacists vowed to 'reimagine' racist movements with new look, secretive tactics