Mark Potok on September 12, 2008
Neo-Nazi boss
Bill White, long given to swaggering threats and proposals for violence, this week went even further than normal - announcing plans for a magazine cover headlined “Kill This NIGGER?” with a photo of Barack Obama and, two days later, publishing the home address of a juror who helped convict another neo-Nazi leader in a federal conspiracy case.
White, who heads the Virginia-based American National Socialist Workers Party, has issued a series of Internet calls for violence in recent years, including his infamous September 2007 suggestion that followers “Lynch the Jena 6,” a reference to black students in Jena, La. But of late, his postings have become even more violent, possibly as a result of White’s deliberate attempts to be provocative.
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