Extremists Weigh in on Nationwide Protests | Anti-Defamation League
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Some white supremacists are using violent images and videos as recruitment tools. 131 Crew members posted a video of a white person being assaulted in Dallas, Texas, purportedly during the protests, accompanied by the words, “This could be you – join a local crew #131.”
White supremacist Nick Fuentes, who runs the American First podcast, chanted “Groyper” during an ABC news video report of protests in Tampa, Florida. The so-called “Groyper army” is a white supremacist group that presents its ideology as more nuanced than other groups in the white supremacist sphere.
Online, white supremacists are reacting to the ongoing chaos with a mixture of glee and anger. What follows is a small sampling of what we’ve observed online.
Some, especially those in the accelerationist camp, are celebrating the prospect of increased violence, which they hope will lead to a long-promised “race war.” They are extremely active online, urging other white supremacists to take full advantage of the moment:
This accelerationist Telegram channel suggests murdering protesters, then spreading rumors that law enforcement snipers are doing the killing: “It’s Friday and if you live in the west it’s even still early. Consider crimemaxing [sic] tonight if you have nothing to do. I’m far from Minneapolis but the first thing I want to do when I see footage of those areas is sit far back with a suppressed subsonic round and drop some joggers while also using social media to spread rumors of police snipers taking out specific rioters….”