Audio Leaks Show White Supremacists Plotting 'Blackmail' of Girlfriends

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Audio Leaks Show White Supremacists Plotting ‘Blackmail’ of Girlfriends
17 hours of recordings from the white supremacist group Patriot Front paint a disturbing picture of the organization’s inner workings.


A massive new leak from the white supremacist group Patriot Front reveals how members seek to normalize their extreme message even as they try to avoid outside scrutiny.

The leaks, published by the media nonprofit Unicorn Riot, contain more than 17 hours of conversations from inside Patriot Front as it recruited members and refined its tactics late last year. A white supremacist group with origins in 2017’s deadly Unite The Right rally, Patriot Front has vied for national attention by participating in anti-choice rallies and by staging a series of often-disastrous marches.

The leaked chats and audio recordings give more insight into the group, including plans to target Black and LGBT artwork, and to “blackmail” members’ girlfriends participating in hate sprees.

While openly fascist, Patriot Front also tries to build inroads with the more mainstream conservative movement. Some of those efforts come in the form of graffiti blitzes, the leaked chats show.

In recorded conversations, Patriot Front members discussed targeting Black and LGBT artwork so as to encourage contempt against those groups. ...................(more)

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