General Hate

Top Takeaways

Hate group numbers in the neo-Völkisch movement—which distorts pre-Christian Norse traditions and spirituality with ideas about white racial superiority and ethnocentrism—grew significantly in 2019. At the same time, two members of a prominent group, the Ásatrú Folk Assembly, were outed as members of law enforcement. The Proud Boys, the “Western chauvinist” men’s club prone to violent street confrontations, held far fewer rallies in 2019 than they did the previous year. The demonstrations they did hold failed to recapture the momentum they had in 2018.

Key Moments

Robb Stamm, a sergeant with the Virginia Division of Capitol Police, was outed as a member of Ásatrú Folk Assembly. He was placed on administrative leave in February. The neo-Völkisch affiliations of Trent East, a jailer in Haralson County, Georgia, were exposed in June, and he lost his job. Both men ascended in the Ásatrú Folk Assembly leadership ranks after they lost their jobs. Two of the Proud Boys members charged in the October 2018 attack on protesters outside of the Metropolitan Republican Club in Manhattan were sentenced to four years in prison.

What’s Ahead

At the beginning of 2019, the Ásatrú Folk Assembly paid off the mortgage on their Brownsville, California, hof, or meeting place. The group plans to expand with a second hof in 2020. Members of the Proud Boys will likely attend upcoming Trump campaign rallies in the lead-up to the 2020 election.

Background

These groups espouse a variety of unique hateful doctrines and beliefs that are not easily categorized. This list includes a “Jewish” group that is rabidly anti-Arab, a “Christian” group that is anti-Catholic and a polygamous “Mormon” breakaway sect that is racist. Many of the groups are vendors that sell a miscellany of hate materials from several different sectors of the white supremacist movement.

2019 General Hate groups

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