Ex-Missouri guardsman tells of training supremacists
ST. LOUIS -- A former Missouri National Guardsman provided combat training to a white supremacist group whose members were preparing for an expected race war, a court document shows.
The court document detailing the guardsman's role in the American Front was made public in a Florida state court proceeding regarding charges filed in May against members of the group. The Associated Press isn't naming the former guardsman, whose enlistment ended in May, because he hasn't been charged. But other members of the group are charged with hate crimes and conspiracy, as well as paramilitary training in furtherance of a civil disorder.
The court document shows that in July 2011, the guardsman went to Florida and trained American Front members on the AK-47 assault rifle and fighting techniques. Afterward, the group gave him a patch, a sign of membership, according to the document.
Guard spokeswoman Maj. Tammy Spicer said an investigation into the allegations had been conducted but its results weren't being made public because it dealt with personnel matters.
Court documents show the 28-year-old guardsman appeared to be cooperating with authorities, giving investigators access to an email account he used to correspond with supremacist groups and an old cellphone with text messages to members of the American Front. The organization has been identified by both the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League as a hate group.
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