Four California white supremacists arrested in connection with deadly Charlottesville rally

[dalton99a]

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-charlottesville-charges-20181002-story.html
Members of California white supremacist group arrested in connection with deadly Charlottesville rally
By Associated Press
Oct 02, 2018 | 11:10 AM | Charlottesville, Va.

Four members of a militant white supremacist group from California have been arrested on charges they traveled to Virginia last year to incite a riot and attack counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally that turned deadly, court documents unsealed Tuesday say.

The defendants — Benjamin Drake Daley, Michael Paul Miselis, Thomas Walter Gillen and Cole Evan White — are part of the Rise Above Movement, which espouses anti-Semitic views and meets regularly in public parks to train in boxing and other fighting techniques, according to an affidavit.

The affidavit alleges that the four men were "among the most violent individuals present in Charlottesville" on Aug. 11 and 12 of last year. It says photos and video show they attacked counterprotesters, "which in some cases resulted in serious injuries."

The men have also taken part in "acts of violence" at political rallies in Huntington Beach, Berkeley and other places, the affidavit alleges.

[malaise]

1. Get thee to the greatest page

Lock them up

[Blue_Tires]

2. "Economic anxieties" strike again

[gratuitous]

22. Well, you'd be economically anxious, too

If you had to travel all over the country being a racist and picking fights. Travel costs, air fare, lodging, meals, and stuff ain't cheap.

[Capperdan]

3. Good

Get 'em outa my state.

[donkeypoofed]

4. Excellent! Hope they have large non-white cellmates!!

[lordbateman]

10. That kind of crap is not useful (nt)

[donkeypoofed]

21. Clearly, I disagree but thanks for your opinion. Have a nice day.

And I hope you can find your sense of humor. Good luck with that.

[northoftheborder]

5. good to hear

[Ilsa]

6. Justice! Well, the beginning of it. nt

[MineralMan]

7. Orange County-based.

I first though of Temecula in Riverside County, but then saw that the Rise Above Movement seems to be an Orange County phenomenon. There are a few YouTube videos. the one I looked at had a violence warning from YouTube. I didn't watch it.

[barbtries]

17. two of them

are from the same area where I grew up, the South Bay. I've lived in Redondo Beach and Lawndale both during my life though I was born and raised in Torrance, one of the most racist cities I know.

Orange County is next door to LA. If they hooked up over the internet that wouldn't be too far to meet up at all.

[Hekate]

8. Good. There are a lot of active hate groups in California, dammit. nt

[Scurrilous]

9. K&R

[Archae]

11. Article at Right Wing Watch, their white supremacist cronies are throwing a hissy fit.

"When are dem lib'rul Antifas gonna git busted too?"
"Wahhh!!!"

[BigmanPigman]

12. If these idiots love to fight so much why don't they join the military

and get paid for it? Their testosterone driven angst could be trained and harnessed by people who can actually think and plan rationally and organize them into a fighting unit in combat.

[Fritz Walter]

14. As my career Army dad used to say

They wouldn’t make a good pimple on a PFC’s butt!

They would not survive boot camp. And if their first-sergeant (or equivalent) were a person of color, they could not handle taking orders from her/him. Insubordination would be the reason for their swift and well-deserved dishonorable discharges.

[BigmanPigman]

15. I wad thinking that they could get knocked into shape

but I can see your point too. They wouldn't be able to handle not being in charge and taking orders, especially from a group they love to hate. Too bad, they need to get their asses kicked and sense knocked into their heads.

[barbtries]

18. thank you

i was thinking the same thing. these are not military grade humans.

[apnu]

13. From Cali to Virginia.

And they bitch about liberals "busing" people in. Out of state assholes.

[iluvtennis]

16. Exactly. Lock them up.

[barbtries]

19. if you start enumerating

and getting pissed at the right wing's OUT OF CONTROL, BREATH-TAKING hypocrisy, you'll stroke out. it is that maddening. think "projection." for instance,

i read on twitter today that trump called Democrats "loco" several times in one speech. to calm my raging soul, i meditated "projection" for each occurrence. watching out for my blood pressure.

[apnu]

24. Yup, "projection" is right. (nt)

[cp]

20. Good.

[Midnightwalk]

23. Good documentary

See the PBS Fronline / ProPublica documentary Documenting Hate: Charlottesville from August. Very good but disturbing and covers the Rise Above Movement

[link:https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/documenting-hate-charlottesville/|

Edit: ProPublica spelling