How Did a Convicted Neo-Nazi Release Propaganda From Prison?
A white supremacist incarcerated on explosives charges says his fellow hate group members have “created something beautiful”
Less than six months into his five-year sentence on federal explosives charges, neo-Nazi Brandon Russell, founder of Atomwaffen Division, has issued a statement. In a new video released this week, Russell, a former National Guardsman, and the subject of a lengthy investigation in Rolling Stone, thanked his comrades for their “undying loyalty and courage,” and issued a warning to those who’d betrayed the hate group Russell founded in 2014. “There is no room in this world for cowardly people,” he said, quoting Adolph Hitler. “The sword has been drawn. There is no turning back.”
Russell’s statement, ostensibly recorded from inside the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta, where he is now incarcerated, followed several recent reports of white supremacy among active duty military personnel, including several Atomwaffen members who left the organization at the end of 2017. On May 4th, Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) wrote a letter to Defense Secretary James Mattis requesting the DOD open an investigation into white supremacist activity within the military. “The…
