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TexasTowelie

(112,346 posts)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:08 AM Nov 2019

Teen white supremacist allegedly coordinated defacing synagogues in Michigan, Racine

RACINE — An 18-year-old from New Jersey faces federal charges filed by the FBI for allegedly coordinating the defacement of two Jewish synagogues: one in Hancock, Michigan on Sept. 21 and the second being Racine’s Beth Israel Sinai Congregation on the night of Sept. 22.

Richard Tobin of Brooklawn, New Jersey, is accused of coordinating with at least two people from the “Great Lakes Cell” of an online-based white supremacist group. Tobin allegedly encouraged other members of his hate group to “tag the (expletive)” out of synagogues, according to a criminal complaint filed last week.

The complaint states that Tobin “and other known and unknown individuals did conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate minority citizens, including Jewish citizens, of the United States, to hold and use real and personal property in the same manner as that right is enjoyed by white citizens.”

Data released by the FBI last week shows that hate crimes in total were down in 2018 across the U.S., but actually saw a slight increase in Wisconsin, an increase attributed to a spike in north-central Wisconsin. There were 48 identified hate crimes in Wisconsin in 2017, and 52 in 2018, according to the FBI.

Read more: https://madison.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/teen-white-supremacist-allegedly-coordinated-defacing-synagogues-in-michigan-racine/article_61d6357d-4830-5a2d-8434-d8669338fdcd.html

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Teen white supremacist allegedly coordinated defacing synagogues in Michigan, Racine (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2019 OP
What in the world could an 18 yr old possibly have suffered at the hands of Jewish Americans that .. marble falls Nov 2019 #1
White supremacist propaganda. Archae Nov 2019 #2
I do not get the emotional connection they get to alleged history that even if true never affected marble falls Nov 2019 #3

marble falls

(57,145 posts)
1. What in the world could an 18 yr old possibly have suffered at the hands of Jewish Americans that ..
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:33 AM
Nov 2019

invites this sort of crap??

Archae

(46,340 posts)
2. White supremacist propaganda.
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 10:22 AM
Nov 2019

At that age, they want to "belong," and racist groups are notorious for recruiting among lonely and disaffected teens.

marble falls

(57,145 posts)
3. I do not get the emotional connection they get to alleged history that even if true never affected
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 01:33 PM
Nov 2019

them or their families personally. Their disaffection is an affectation. They disconnect themselves and then rage about their inability to connect or have an emotional life.

They set themselves up for low wage slavery and feel robbed of opportunity.

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