White supremacists arrested on 'race war' charges in Florida

The Chicago Tribune / The Los Angeles Times ^ | May 8, 2012 | Richard Fausset

[2ndDivisionVet]

Law enforcement officials in central Florida have been rounding up members of a white supremacist group who were allegedly training with weapons at a rural Osceola County compound. The training was reportedly in preparation for a coming "race war."

The group was also planning a "disturbance" at Orlando City Hall to recruit new members, according to court documents.

The arrests of the 10 alleged members of the neo-Nazi skinhead group American Front, or AF, came after a confidential informant infiltrated its Osceola County chapter and shared information about the group's plans with state investigators.

The arrests serve as one of numerous reminders of the efforts of law enforcement to monitor, and sometimes crack down on, the militia and hate groups whose numbers have ticked up since the election of President Obama.

In Alaska on Monday, a 12-member jury was selected in the trial of three militia members who are accused of planning to kill judges and police, according to the Anchorage Daily News. In Georgia on Tuesday, two militia members who had allegedly planned to attack government workers and buildings attended a pretrial hearing after two of their alleged conspirators agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors, according to the Associated Press.

Seven of the arrests in Florida occurred over the weekend, with three more suspects arrested Monday, according to court documents and a statement from the office of Lawson Lamar, the state attorney based in Orlando.

Each of the seven, including the apparent ringleader, Marcus Faella, 41, faces state felony charges of attempting to shoot into an occupied dwelling, evidence of prejudice while committing a crime, and violation of a state "paramilitary training" statute....

[Jewbacca]

“When was the last time you were accosted due to your ethnicity?”

About 2 months ago. I was filling up my rental car for return to Hertz at Hobby Airport in Houston.

A crappy American sedan, with a black boy driving and a black boy leaning out the back window skidded up, the boy in the back threw a red slurpee at me, soaking me, while they screammed “f——g Jeoooooo” and peeled off.

It was great going though security covered in red sticky crap.

[GeronL]

didn’t the Black Panthers and Nation of Islam also call for a bloody race war?

[Americanexpat]

Louis Farakhan in jail for sedition and treason.

Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson in jail for inciting a riot.

[Jewbacca]

790.29 Paramilitary training; teaching or participation prohibited.— (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the “State Antiparamilitary Training Act.” (2) As used in this section, the term “civil disorder” means a public disturbance involving acts of violence by an assemblage of three or more persons, which disturbance causes an immediate danger of, or results in, damage or injury to the property or person of any other individual within the United States. (3)(a) Whoever teaches or demonstrates to any other person the use, application, or making of any firearm, destructive device, or technique capable of causing injury or death to persons, knowing or having reason to know or intending that the same will be unlawfully employed for use in, or in furtherance of, a civil disorder within the United States, is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. (b) Whoever assembles with one or more persons for the purpose of training with, practicing with, or being instructed in the use of any firearm, destructive device, or technique capable of causing injury or death to persons, intending to unlawfully employ the same for use in, or in furtherance of, a civil disorder within the United States, is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. (4) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit any act of a law enforcement officer which is performed in connection with the lawful performance of his or her official duties or to prohibit the training or teaching of the use of weapons to be used for hunting, recreation, competition, self-defense or the protection of one’s person or property, or other lawful use. History.—s. 1, ch. 82-5; s. 164, ch. 83-216; s. 1220, ch. 97-102.

[allmost]

I wasn’t asking you, but your response sounds about right. I take it your not an Ethiopian offshoot Jew:)

[Sarajevo]

Any Black Panthers in jail for putting a million dollar bounty on George Zimmerman's head?

1. Wrong color. 2. Protected class

[Leep]

What were they charged with?

“...preparation for a coming “race war.” Apparently that is a crime?
Doesn’t matter arrest were made and thats what really matters. It will make all the headline news and MSNBC.

I’m guessing all charges will be dropped. However, that won’t make the news or if it does page 15.
mission accomplished.

[citizen]

This is a slippery slope. A private spot of land with some gun range targets on it can become a “para-military compound.” Idle, frustrated chatter on websites or in email can become a “plot to [fill in the blank].” The “inside informant” may be a felon offered a sweet deal - but only if he returns information about nefarious activities being planned by the target group.

This is scary stuff. Add in a headline seeking, wanna-be-a-politician DA, the Holder FBI and/or an aggressive or paranoid sheriff who may be up for re-election and any of us could be caught up and accused of terrorists activities.

[Jewbacca]

Nope, 100% Ashkenazi, beard, kippot, etc.

Houston is a sh-thole. I hope to never go there again.

[Califreak]

Meanwhile, MSM INCITERS of race war go free.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

Fax or e-mail would leave a trail. Probably a deniable phone call.

[allmost]

Do you kick ass in chess?

[Jewbacca]

Nope, 100% Ashkenazi, beard, kippot, etc.

Houston is a sh-thole. I hope to never go there again.

[Jewbacca]

Not particularly.

Then again, I’ve never really played it.

[UnwashedPeasant]

"The training was reportedly in preparation for a coming 'race war.'"

You cannot prepare for Obama's race war, unless you are on the right side.

[goseminoles]

I don’t doubt that the informant was wired or they have communication, but how in the hell do you attempt to shoot into an occupied dwelling if a shot was never fired and they weren’t in the vicinity of the targeted dwelling??

[TLI]

The training was reportedly in preparation for a coming "race war."

However, this is just dandy....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2863852/posts

The New Black Panther Party is calling for a militia of 5,000 black volunteers to capture Trayvon's killer, George Zimmerman, who's in hiding. The small group has posted flyers calling for his capture "dead or alive." That's in addition to the $10,000 bounty the group is offering for Zimmerman's capture.

Yeah, no problem with that at all, huh?

The group was also planning a "disturbance" at Orlando City Hall to recruit new members, according to court documents.

Yep. A "disturbance." Haul their cracker racist butts to JAIL damnit! .a href=http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2863852/posts

[PeterPrinciple]

Note that this is a “Florida-story” being reported in the Chicago Tribune

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But how do the few sentences about alaska fit in the story?

[allmost]

Stay safe. Avoid the criminal element if you can. Slurpy stains sounds like a good ending IMO.

[Quickgun]

The way the article reads to me, no crimes were committed. Thought about, talked about, went out and practiced with weapons..blah..blah. What exactly did they DO?I guess the law is now whatever someone wants it to be.