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Thought it would be useful to make a running thread on coverage of crossover between official state organs of repression (police, military, prison guards, border patrol, etc.) and fascist or far-right groups. Feel free to send me any that I should add.
I'm including:
- members of fascist groups uncovered within state organizations (whichever one they joined first)
- cooperation between the state and fascist groups, and
- the use of fascist terminology, memes, etc. in state communications (either public or leaked internal ones)
- members of fascist groups uncovered within state organizations (whichever one they joined first)
- cooperation between the state and fascist groups, and
- the use of fascist terminology, memes, etc. in state communications (either public or leaked internal ones)
I'll focus on Canada and the US just because that's what I'm most familiar with but I'll include stories from other countries when I come across them.
Part one of three-part series on current and former police in US found in racist Facebook groups https://www.revealnews.org/article/inside-hate-groups-on-facebook-police-officers-trade-racist-memes-conspiracy-theories-and-islamophobia/
Part two of three-part series on current and former police in US found in racist Facebook groups https://www.revealnews.org/article/the-american-militia-movement-a-breeding-ground-for-hate-is-pulling-in-cops-on-facebook/
Part three of three-part series on current and former police in US found in racist Facebook groups https://www.revealnews.org/article/american-cops-have-openly-engaged-in-islamophobia-on-facebook-with-no-penalties/
Another story on US cops' racist posts on Facebook https://www.injusticewatch.org/interactives/cops-troubling-facebook-posts-revealed/
US Border Patrol cooperating with a far-right militia https://tyt.com/stories/4vZLCHuQrYE4uKagy0oyMA/55ZimtgirWgUh9ZgMSPirI
Thread documenting the cooperation of Portland police with "Patriot Prayer" fascists https://twitter.com/IGD_News/status/1145623629448843264?s=09
A nice round-up of US cops with fascist ties: https://twitter.com/JewishWorker/status/1145745073394638850?s=09
"A group of German rightwing extremists compiled a 'death list' of leftwing and pro-refugee targets by accessing police records, then stockpiled weapons and ordered body bags and quicklime to kill and dispose of their victims, [...]." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/28/german-far-right-group-used-police-data-to-compile-death-list
"Border Patrol leadership knew about photos posted to the group as far back as 2016, when agents reported them, according to a current Homeland Security official." https://twitter.com/politico/status/1146571876447260673?s=19
Fascist identified in Canadian military https://twitter.com/FF1_ywg/status/1163411733064630272?s=19
US Army recruitment unit issues a memo containing the phrase "Arbeit Macht Frei" https://taskandpurpose.com/houston-recruiting-nazi-phrase-2639956761.amp.html
"Three people were fired and dozens more have been suspended after a photo surfaced of West Virginia correction officer trainees apparently performing a Nazi salute." https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1203121718543425536
I guess this counts https://twitter.com/USArmyPAO/status/1206725290992570368?s=19
Former US Marine and current captain at a detention facility used by ICE exposed as a Neo-Nazi https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/y3mg9x/ice-detention-center-captain-was-on-a-neo-nazi-website-and-wanted-to-start-a-white-nationalist-group
"A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been arrested on suspicion of neo-Nazi terror offences." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-officer-terror-arrest-met-london-right-wing-group-a9379641.html
Fascist in Chicago PD exposed https://twitter.com/discord__panic/status/1253021929658777603?s=19
Another fascist in Chicago PD https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1264980626442203136?s=19
"Boogaloo boi" who killed two cops in the Air Force https://twitter.com/passantino/status/1272955873514659842?s=19
