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February 27, 2020

Feds Arrest Five Neo-Nazis for Threatening Journalists and Activists
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Federal officials said Wednesday they've arrested five members of a
far-right white nationalist group who were conspiring to threaten and
intimidate journalists and activists around the United States. U.S.
prosecutors say members of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen threatened
black and Jewish journalists in Arizona and the Seattle area, while
others harassed and threatened an unnamed reporter from Pro Publica.
That reporter is likely journalist A.C. Thompson, who's written
extensively about Atomwaffen and one of its leaders, John Cameron
Denton, who was among those arrested on Wednesday.


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