Danish Nazi-music producers extradited
Danish Nazi-music producers extradited
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30
Danish quisling government hands over alleged Nazi-music distributors to Germany’s fascist judiciary.
Danish quisling government hands over alleged Nazi-music distributors to Germany’s fascist judiciary.
A Dane and a German citizen who lives in Denmark will be handed over to the German authorities within 10 days.
The men who are accused of having published Nazi music, distribution of Nazi symbols, and being members of a criminal organization.
Therefore Germany has demanded their extradition.
Lawyer disappointed
Until today it has been unclear if the two men were to be extradited to Germany or not. But the extradition is now certain to proceed, because today it was decided that the case is not to come before the High Court in Denmark.
This was announced by the Danish citizen’s lawyer Mikael Schjoedt [Skjødt].
‘The extradition means that the case is to go to court in Germany’, he says.
The solicitor is deeply disappointed that the case is not to be tried in the High Court:
‘This case deserves to be tried in the High Court, because we have to consider if we wish to extradite in cases such as this one’.
Case will result in more extraditions
‘I think this case opens up for the possibility to extradite more people to other EU states’, says Mikael Skjoedt.
‘Germany for historical reasons hands out very harsh punishments, while in Denmark it is perceived as a trivial matter’, Mikael Skjoedt explains.
Extradition to proceed on Tuesday (February 24 2009)
The two men have not yet been arrested, reports the North Zealand police, who refuses to give further comments about the case.
But according to Mikael Skjoedt German police will fetch the two men on Tuesday.
In Germany the men will be held in custody until their case goes to court in Germany.
If they are convicted, they are to serve their term not in Germany, but in Denmark. This was a condition for the extradition.
Aug
30
Alleged Nazi music distributors to be extradited to Germany
Alleged Nazi music distributors to be extradited to Germany
A 33-year old Dane and a 34 year old German citizen will be extradited to Germany, where the German police want to prosecute the men for having distributed music which incites to racial hatred.
The Danish High court [Oestre Landsret] decided on December 22, 2008 to confirm the previous decision from the Court in Elsinore that the extradition warrant from the German justice system is to be served and the two men are to be extradited to Germany.
Danish police arrested the men in North Zealand in August, after German police had been investigating a case about distribution of ‘Nazi music’ for 3 years.
Both of the arrested deny guilt
The Dane explained in court that he stored the CDs for a friend, and that he had had no connections with the nationalist scene.
Fear of extradition
The German citizen told the court that he fears being extradited to Germany since Germany does not treat nationalists fairly in court.
Both men have asked the Danish justice system to allow the decision to be appealed to the Supreme Court.
Aug
12
Serial stabber suspect caught trying to flee the country after leaving deadly trail, police say
Serial stabber suspect caught trying to flee the country after leaving deadly trail, police say
A serial stabber who police think carried out a three-state killing spree was arrested, police said Thursday.
The suspect was caught at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport late Wednesday night, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official told The Associated Press.
The official said that after the suspect was arrested on unrelated charges, he was handed to the FBI and Atlanta police.
The early-morning attacks started May 24 in Flint, Mich., leaving five men dead and 10 others wounded. Almost all the Flint victims are black and the three men stabbed in Leesburg, Va. have been described by authorities as dark-skinned, leading police to believe the attacks were racially motivated.
A sketch of the suspect depicts him as white. His name has not been released.
“While this is a key step in the investigation, there are still many issues that need to be addressed before we identify this individual as the person responsible for this horrific crime spree,” Leesburg Police Officer Chris Jones said in a statement.
Initially, police focused on the Flint area, but a similar stabbing in Toledo, Ohio, followed by the Leesburg attacks that began Aug. 3, widened the search.
Police say they narrowed in on the suspect after witnesses spotted him in a dark green Chevy Blazer.
Last week, a surveillance camera captured a similar vehicle cruising through a Leesburg parking lot where a teen was hit in the head with a hammer by a man who asked him for help fixing the Blazer, police said.
Authorities plan a press conference Thursday afternoon.
Aug
6
Conn. Gunman Called 911, Said He Shot Up ‘Racist Place’
Conn. Gunman Called 911, Said He Shot Up ‘Racist Place’
HARTFORD, Conn. (Aug. 5) — A black man who went on a shooting rampage at a beer distributor calmly told a 911 operator that it was “a racist place” and that he “handled the problem” but wished he had shot more people.
Omar Thornton called 911 after shooting 10 co-workers – eight fatally – on Tuesday morning at Hartford Distributors Inc. He introduced himself as “the shooter over in Manchester” and said he was hiding in the building, but he would not say where.
“You probably want to know the reason why I shot this place up,” he said, his voice steady. “This place is a racist place. They’re treating me bad over here. And treat all other black employees bad over here, too. So I took it to my own hands and handled the problem. I wish I could have got more of the people.”
Connecticut State Police released the audio of the four-minute 911 call on Thursday, the day company and union officials rebutted suggestions that the company had ignored Thornton’s complaints of racism.
Thornton, 34, went on his rampage moments after he was forced to resign when confronted with video evidence that he had been stealing and reselling beer.
The 911 call confirmed suggestions from his relatives and girlfriend that he believed he was avenging racist treatment in the workplace.
Hartford Distributors president Ross Hollander said there was no record to support claims of “racial insensitivity” made through the company’s anti-harassment policy, the union grievance process or state and federal agencies.
“Nonetheless, these ugly allegations have been raised and the company will cooperate with any investigation,” Hollander said.
The union said 14 of 69 dock workers, or 20 percent, were racial minorities – four black, nine Hispanic, one Asian.
The idea that Thornton’s motive may not have been retaliation for losing his job has not sat well with many of the people who knew the victims and have firsthand knowledge of the environment inside the enormous distribution center in Manchester.
“Everybody just thinks this race card is such a wrong thing,” said Michael Cirigliano, whose slain brother, Bryan, was Thornton’s union representative at the disciplinary meeting and the president of the local union.
Michael Cirigliano also spent three decades working at the warehouse before he retired two years ago.
“The Hispanics and the blacks were telling me they’ve never seen anything they’re accusing the company of in the bathrooms or anywhere else at HDI,” he said. “It’s never been separated white, black, Asian. It’s never been like that.”
He said the company had increased its hiring of minorities in recent years.
“They’ve been bringing in more and more minority people to fill the positions,” Cirigliano said. “You could almost go as far as that’s reverse discrimination. They were hiring the groups to balance the workplace, because that’s what we are in America, there’s a balance.”
Anthony Napolitano, the son-in-law of victim Victor James, 60, of Windsor, said James treated everyone equally, regardless of race or religion.
Truck driver David Zylberman, a 34-year employee of the company, said that the racism claims “pissed me off because they were good people.”
Thornton’s ex-girlfriend, Jessica Anne Brocuglio, told The Associated Press on Thursday that he had a history of racial problems with co-workers at other jobs and believed he was denied pay raises because of his race.
She said he told her: “I’m sick of having to quit jobs and get another job because they can’t accept me.”
Thornton’s girlfriend of the past eight years, Kristi Hannah, said he showed her cell phone photos of racist graffiti in the bathroom at the beer company and overheard managers using a racial epithet in reference to him. Police said they recovered the phone and forensics experts would examine it.
The union’s lawyer, Gregg Adler, said the claims of racial mistreatment can be difficult to disprove, but if they had been raised by any employee the union would have acted immediately.
“There’s not even a connection between the violence and the accusations as far as we can tell,” Adler said. “The only people who were targeted were the people who happened to be in his meeting. And then he went to the warehouse, he just killed people who happened to be near the door.”
The 911 operator attempted to keep Thornton on the phone and to talk him into surrendering. Thornton said he would not give up his location in the building and knew police were looking for him.
“When they find me that’s when everything is going to be over,” he said, assuring the operator he was not going to kill anyone else.
He then said he saw a SWAT team and hastened to get off the phone.
“Tell my people I love them and I gotta go now,” he said.
Police found him dead with a gunshot wound to his head.
May
7
“Skinhead Soldiers” Arrested For Homeless Beating
“Skinhead Soldiers” Arrested For Homeless Beating
Cincinnati Police say they’re working with military police to round up the last skinhead soldier charged with beating a homeless man.
The Army arrested Specialist Travis Condor today — he’s stationed at Fort Bragg. He and a soldier in his unit, Matt MacMurtrie, are charged with felonious assault. MacMurtrie is not in custody.
Police say the three soldiers and a friend from Norwood went looking for a homeless man to beat up and found John Johnson in his Mitchell Avenue camp. They allegedly beat Johnson with metal pipes and baseball bats as he slept along Mitchell Avenue and I-75 in the early morning hours of April 10th, telling him to “get a job” and leaving him with severe bruises and requiring stitches.
Local 12’s Joe Webb says Private Riley Feller who was arrested at Fort Knox yesterday waived extradition this morning so he could be in Cincinnati by the weekend. Michael Hesson from Norwood is held on a probation violation in the Butler County jail. Now police are focusing on rounding up the last soldier at Fort Bragg and getting those two to Cincinnati. They’re also trying to get a handle on their skinhead bond — if there is one.
Riley Feller’s mugshot could be that of any GI with closely cropped hair. But a Myspace page linked to the 24-year-old soldier named Riley Feller is covered with skinhead art. And encourages people to rock against skinheads who work with cops. “We’re trying to figure that out further. We’re working with some other agencies, military agencies that have information on some of those skinhead organizations that some of these four individuals might have been on. With that, we’re trying to figure out what connections are with that. We don’t know.”
Feller lived in Northern Kentucky for a while but Michael Hesson is the only current local guy among the four. After his court appearance yesterday, people in Northside, where he hung out, were surprised. They have trouble believing he was part of a group that waylaid John Johnson in his homeless camp. “I don’t know what they mean to be skinheads. I don’t. I don’t know but like I said they’re more around them guys with the scooters and stuff hanging around with.”
The four were spotted at a big scooter rally at The Comet in Northside hours before the beating. There was speculation that’s what brought the four to town. Police want that cleared up. “They are in no way, shape or form associated with the scooter club in Northside nor any of the local taverns or our good people of Northside that came forward. They are not associated with them at all.”
Police aren’t saying how they are connected or why they were in Cincinnati the weekend of April 10th. They say Feller has an ex-girlfriend in the area who may be dating Condor. Police say Hesson is the only real connection to the area. but Riley Feller’s Myspace page makes several mentions of Cincinnati.
Feller has a previous assault conviction but police don’t believe the victim was a homeless person.
All four men are charged with felonious assault. Police say they may drive to Hardin County, Kentucky as soon as tomorrow to pick up Feller.
May
7
Russian judge who cracked down on skinheads and corruption is gunned down
Russian judge who cracked down on skinheads and corruption is gunned down
A Russian city court judge who cracked down on high-level corruption and nationalist skinhead groups was gunned down in the stairwell of his Moscow apartment today.
Eduard Chuvashov, 47, was fatally shot in the head and chest, RIA-Novosti reports.
Last week, Russia Today reports , Chuvashov sentenced leaders of the notorious Ryno Gang to 10 years each in prison for their random killing of at least 20 people of non-Slavic appearance. The group uploaded videos of the slayings online.
In February, he sentenced members of the White Wolves nationalist group to prison terms of up to 23 years for 11 murders , mainly of central Asians.
RIA-Novosti says that according to Moscow City Court’s website, the judge today was to begin looking into the case of Vladimir Belashev, a former member of the Interior Ministry department in charge of fighting organized crime, who was accused of taking part in the bombings of two statues near Moscow.
Chuvashov’s high-profile cases included Federal Drug Control Service officer Alexander Bulbov, who was accused of embezzling $3.2 million, illegal phone tapping, money laundering and offering bribes.
At the time of his arrest, Bulbov and his colleagues had been investigating a furniture smuggling cases that resulted in the arrests of five senior officers of the FSB, formerly known as the KGB. The arrest, Ria-Novosti says, has prompted speculation over a possible conflict between the two state agencies.
Apr
30
Investigation continues into racial shirt incident
CHAMBERLAIN — The superintendent of the Chamberlain School District said Thursday that an investigation involving disruptive shirts worn by six students Wednesday is continuing at the school.
“The issue has polarized the community, and much will need to be done to overcome the actions taken by these students,” wrote Superintendent Tim Mitchell in a press release. “The facts will need to be determined and distributed and much healing will need to take place to allow for the entire community to come back together in a positive way.”
CHAMBERLAIN — The superintendent of the Chamberlain School District said Thursday that an investigation involving disruptive shirts worn by six students Wednesday is continuing at the school.
“The issue has polarized the community, and much will need to be done to overcome the actions taken by these students,” wrote Superintendent Tim Mitchell in a press release. “The facts will need to be determined and distributed and much healing will need to take place to allow for the entire community to come back together in a positive way.”
Four students left the school with parental notification Wednesday after homemade shirts with the words “White Pride World Wide” and “cracker” were worn to school. Two other students changed their shirts and stayed in school. All six of the students are white.
The shirts, which also featured a cross design commonly used by white supremacy groups, were deemed to be a violation of both the school’s dress code and a rule against disruptions to the school’s learning environment.
Mitchell said there’s a strong focus on finding out the inspiration behind the creation of the shirts. He wrote that one student claimed to have overheard American Indian students state that white students had more privileges in the school.
“They wanted to make a point that it was not true,” Mitchell wrote.
The same student said the group was not aware of what the symbol on the shirt meant, Mitchell wrote.
The first link to result from a Web search Thursday for “white pride world wide” was to www.stormfront.org, a forum featuring a topic titled “What’s wrong with good oldfashioned racism?”
“We all know, and science has proven, that blacks and browns are less intelligent than whites,” writes forum member “white_usa_.” “Blacks, browns and others are obviously lesser people.”
In Chamberlain, Mitchell stated that class meetings would take place Thursday to discuss the shirt incident.
“There was an incident at our school that has many students upset,” Mitchell wrote. “We are going to work through this and resolve the issues in a positive manner.”
According to published statistics from last year, Indians make up approximately 32 percent of the student population in the Chamberlain School District, compared to the 55 percent of students who are white.
Apr
30
Cyber-racism summit to be held in Sydney
Cyber-racism summit to be held in Sydney
April 27, 2010
Leading minds from the anti-discrimination and internet communities will join forces to tackle online racism in Sydney.
The Australian Human Rights Commission says instances of cyber-racism, which includes racist websites, images, blogs, videos and comments on website forums, are on the rise.
In a bid to solve the problem, the commission has teamed up with the Internet Industry Association to co-host a cyber-racism summit on Tuesday.
Race Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes said the summit provided a unique opportunity for international cyber-safety experts to come together and develop ways of tackling online racism.
“This is definitely not going to be a passive conference,” he said in a statement.
Association chief executive Peter Coroneos said the summit would help internet industry professionals better understand cyber-racism from the perspective of those affected by it.
The nature of online racism, where it is happening, and ways of counteracting it will all be on the summit’s agenda.
Apr
23
Fight intensifies over N.J. kids with Nazi-based names
FLEMINGTON — A custody battle intensified Thursday for a New Jersey couple who gave their children Nazi-inspired names.
Heath and Deborah Campbell’s three small children were removed from their Hunterdon County home last year, not long after a supermarket refused to decorate a birthday for then-3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell.
Deborah Campbell and attorney Pat Giannetta attended a hearing at family court in Hunterdon County on Thursday. A judge kept a gag order in place, and the parties left through a back door and didn’t discuss the hearing. State child services officials have declined to discuss the case, citing confidentiality laws.
Reached by cell phone Thursday, Heath Campbell, who didn’t attend Thursday’s hearing, said, “I don’t know what’s going on, but it’s been too long. I miss my kids.”
Adolf Hitler Campbell, now 4, and siblings JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell, 3, and 2-year-old Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell were removed from the Campbell home in January 2009. They have been in foster care since then.