Morning Briefing: Report Documents 1,225 Active 'Hate Groups' During 2022
Morning Briefing: Report Documents 1,225 Active 'Hate Groups' During 2022
The Southern Poverty Law Center annual report documented 1,225 active 'hate groups' in 2022, and 'shows how their tactics shifted after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.'
Morning Briefing: During 2022, there were 1,225 active hate groups according to new report published by the Southern Poverty Law Center “shows how their tactics shifted after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol — organizing locally and pursuing their agenda in venues where it is easier to gain power and strip communities of their rights and livelihoods.”
A New Hampshire judge agreed with a request from two members of the Nationalist Social Club (NSC-131) and dismissed trespassing complaints against the neo-Nazi White Supremacists group “who prosecutors say displayed ‘Keep New England White’ banners without a permit from an overpass last July.”
Roger Morningstar, chief of police in Morton, Washington, who was previously placed on administrative leave and is under internal investigation, has reportedly resigned, and the mayor of Morton said in a statement that “there will be more information released on the investigation when it is completed.”
Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan District Attorney, announced the indictment of Camila Rodriguez for a “string of attacks against people of Asian descent on the Upper West Side.”
James Breheny, a member of the far right militia the Oath Keepers, pleaded guilty to a felony charge related to the January 6th Insurrection and was allegedly “in close proximity to the ongoing violence against law enforcement officers that caused the East doors to be breached and emergency alarm bells to ring loudly,” according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Columbia.
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Steven Monacelli reports that “Republican elected officials appeared eager to offer their thoughts and prayers in the immediate aftermath of the May 6 mass shooting. Some went out of their way to drive from the state capitol during a contentious legislative session to attend a prayer vigil at Cottonwood Creek Church, where former Republican state Representative Scott Sanford serves as executive pastor. But when it comes to condemning the hateful beliefs of the shooter, not one Republican elected official in Texas has been willing to make a public statement. The Texas Observer reached out to 15 elected officials who represent constituents in Allen, requesting comment on the fact that the shooter held hateful views and is a part of a broader pattern of far-right mass murders. Only four responded. Only one condemned the Allen shooter’s beliefs without equivocation.” [Texas Observer]
Chrissy Stroop writes that “a few years back, bans on gender-affirming healthcare for trans minors would have been inconceivable. Now, a frightening 20 American states have passed such bans – and Florida has even managed a de facto ban on most gender-affirming care for adults, which amounts to forced detransition for many of the state’s approximately 100,000 trans adult residents.Legal challenges to these laws will continue, but the Supreme Court is unlikely to rule favourably for trans people or drag performers. The bottom line is clear. The Republican base, and many of the party’s elected officials, do not want trans people to exist – at least not as ourselves, thriving, in public, or in any way that involves them having to see us and accept us.” [openDemocracy]
Will Carless reports that “the Southern Poverty Law Center is for the first time labeling Florida-headquartered Moms for Liberty and 11 other right-wing “parents' rights” groups as extremist groups in its annual report, released Tuesday. Moms for Liberty and the other organizations are being designated as “anti-government extremist groups,” based on longstanding criteria, explained SPLC Intelligence Project Director Susan Corke. Corke said the grassroots conservative groups are part of a new front in the battle against inclusivity in schools, though they are drawing from ideas rooted in age-old white supremacy… The new designations are detailed in the SPLC’s annual 2022 Year in Hate and Extremism report. The 12 new groups brought the total number of active extremist groups included in the 2022 report to 1,225 nationwide.” [USA Today]
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