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1 year ago

Tommy Tuberville reverses claim that white nationalists are unfairly labeled racist

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville told ABC News that white nationalists shouldn't all be labeled as "racist" while also insisting he opposes racism
1 year ago
Sen. Tommy Tuberville speaks to reporters in the Senate subway at the U.S. Capitol July 10, 2023 in Washington, DC.
2 years ago

Michigan AG sounds alarm on domestic terrorism after militia members are sentenced

The Michigan AG says domestic terrorism is one of the biggest threats in the U.S. after last week's sentencing of two men who plotted to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
2 years ago
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks at an event, Oct. 16, 2022, in East Lansing, Michigan.
2 years ago

Mayor Wu comments on white supremacists’ march in Boston

Mayor Michelle Wu and law enforcement officials gave an update on the group identified by police as Patriot Front that marched through Boston over the weekend.
2 years ago
Mayor Michelle Wu and law enforcement officials gave an update on the group identified by police as Patriot Front that marched through Boston over the weekend.
2 years ago

31 alleged white supremacists arrested near Pride event in Idaho

Thirty-one alleged members of the white nationalist "Patriot Front" group were arrested near a Pride event in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
2 years ago
VIDEO: 31 alleged white supremacists arrested near Pride event in Idaho
3 years ago

‘I did my job’: Fired Tennessee teacher who taught white privilege

ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with teacher Matthew Hawn who was fired from a rural Tennessee High School after teaching mostly white high school kids about white privilege.
3 years ago
VIDEO: ‘I did my job’ to present varying viewpoints: Fired Tennessee teacher who taught white privilege
3 years ago

$25M awarded in case against white supremacists responsible for 'Unite the Right'

A jury awarded $25 million to those harmed by the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
3 years ago
The night before the 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville, Va., men march with tiki torches through the University of Virginia campus, Aug. 11, 2017.
3 years ago

White supremacist, neo-Nazi organizers found liable for violence

A jury found white supremacist and neo-Nazi organizers a part of the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville liable and awarded over $25 million in damages to nine victims.
3 years ago
VIDEO: White supremacist, neo-Nazi organizers found liable for violence
3 years ago

Secret FBI recordings show plotting of terror attacks by members of 'The Base'

Newly released FBI tapes show white supremacist members of "The Base" plotting terror attacks that they hoped would ignite a racial civil war.
3 years ago
Patrik Matthews seen in a gas mask in an undated photo provided to ABC News by the FBI.
3 years ago

Civil trial draws white nationalists back to Charlottesville

Jury selection is scheduled to get underway in the high-profile civil case in the U.S. district court in Charlottesville against organizers and certain participants of the "Unite the Right" rally.
3 years ago
Jury selection is scheduled to get underway on Monday in the high-profile civil case in the U.S. district court in Charlottesville against organizers and certain participants of the "Unite the Right" rally.
3 years ago

Looking back on deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville 4 years later

The rally and death of protester Heather Heyer were wakeup calls for law enforcement to the threat of white supremacist domestic terrorists.
3 years ago
VIDEO: Looking back on deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville 4 years later
4 years ago

'My life as a hater': The dire warning from a white power leader's son

With hate on the rise, the self-admitted ex-racist says it's time to speak out.
4 years ago
Kelvin Pierce, the 60-year-old son of Dr. William Luther Pierce, stands at the gate to the National Alliance's compound in West Virginia.
4 years ago

How the Oklahoma City bombing has influenced white supremacists: Part 1

Before killing 168 people and injuring hundreds more in the bombing, Timothy McVeigh supported the ideology of white power groups like the National Alliance, led by William Pierce.
4 years ago
VIDEO:  How the Oklahoma City bombing has influenced white supremacists: Part 1
4 years ago

Son of white power group’s leader tries healing from hateful past: Part 2

Kelvin Pierce visits the former National Alliance headquarters. The group is slowly starting to rebuild years after its former leader, his father William Pierce, died.
4 years ago
VIDEO:  Son of white power group’s leader tries healing from hateful past: Part 2
5 years ago

White supremacists encouraging members to spread coronavirus to cops, Jews: FBI

The alert was sent to local police agencies by federal officials.
5 years ago
The FBI seal is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, DC,  July 5, 2016.
5 years ago

Gov't announces arrests of members of neo-Nazi group

The arrests come as the bureau has put a spotlight on neo-Nazi groups.
5 years ago
Raymond Duda, FBI Special Agent in Charge in Seattle, speaks as he stands next to a poster that was mailed earlier in the year to the home of Chris Ingalls, an investigative reporter with KING-TV in Seattle, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, during a news conference in Seattle. Officials announced charges Wednesday against a group of alleged members of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division for cyber-stalking and mailing threatening communications including Swastika-laden posters in a campaign against journalists in several cities.
5 years ago

Inside the neo-Nazi hate group that is the center of an FBI investigation

The FBI's investigation into alleged members of the neo-Nazi group 'The Base' has revealed new details about the militant organization's inner workings and structure.
5 years ago
The FBI seal is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, DC,  July 5, 2016.
5 years ago

More alleged members of neo-Nazi group called 'The Base' arrested

The arrests were announced just before the Virginia Supreme Court upheld a gun ban ahead of a rally where the FBI says several alleged members of the white supremacist group were planning to attend.
5 years ago
VIDEO: More alleged members of neo-Nazi group called ‘The Base’ arrested
5 years ago

FBI arrests 3 alleged members of neo-Nazi group who reportedly discussed gun rally

The FBI has arrested three men with suspected ties to a neo-Nazi hate group who planned to travel to a pro-gun rally in Virginia next week.
5 years ago
File photo of the State Capitol in Richmond, Va.
5 years ago

Dems call for Stephen Miller to resign after emails promoting white nationalism leak

Democrats are calling for Stephen Miller to resign after a cache of emails promoting white nationalism were leaked.
5 years ago
White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller boards Air Force One to depart Washington with U.S. President Donald Trump for travel to Louisiana at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Nov. 14, 2019.
5 years ago

White supremacist charged with threatening to shoot up Jewish community center

An Ohio man has been arrested for making threats toward a local Jewish community center in New Middletown.
5 years ago
James Reardon Jr., 20, is accused of making threats against a Jewish community center in New Middletown, Ohio.
5 years ago

Charlottesville car rammer gets sentenced to life plus 419 years

The man who killed a female counterprotester when he rammed his car into a crowd at a 2017 Charlottesville rally will spend the rest of his life in prison.
5 years ago
VIDEO: Charlottesville car rammer gets sentenced to life plus 419 years
5 years ago

Charlottesville car rammer James Fields gets life plus 419 years for state charges

Based on a new sentencing issued Friday, James Alex Fields was sentenced to many lifetimes in prison.
5 years ago
James Alex Fields Jr., is led out of General District Court courthouse after his sentencing on state charges in Charlottesville, Va., July 15, 2019.
5 years ago

Mother of woman killed in attack at white nationalist rally reacts to sentencing

Alex Fields his car into a crowd in Charlottesville and killed Heather Heyer.
5 years ago
The mother of Heather Heyer spoke out at a press conference after the sentencing of Alex Fields - the man who rammed his car into a crowd in Charlottesville and killed her daughter in 2017.
5 years ago

Charlottesville car rammer sentenced to life in prison

James Alex Fields had his sentencing hearing in federal court in Virginia, in the same town where his 2017 car ramming led to the death of a female counter-protester, Heather Heyer.
5 years ago
James Alex Fields had his sentencing hearing in federal court in Virginia, in the same town where his 2017 car ramming led to the death of a female counter-protester, Heather Heyer, and injured others.
5 years ago

Charlottesville car rammer sentenced to life in prison

James Alex Fields, who slammed a car into a crowd during white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, received his life sentence today for his federal charges.
5 years ago
In this Aug. 12, 2017 photo, James Alex Fields Jr., second from left, holds a black shield in Charlottesville, Va., where a white supremacist rally took place.
5 years ago

Calif. district judge tosses US case against members of white nationalist group

The government suffered a loss this week in a case against members of a militant white nationalist group accused of inciting violence at political rallies.
5 years ago
White nationalist Robert Rundo, center, clashes with an anti-Trump protester, bottom center, in Huntington Beach, Calif., March 25, 2017.
6 years ago

Charlottesville car rammer changes his plea to guilty in federal hate crimes case

James Alex Fields has pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes after the fatal crash during the protest in Charlottesville.
6 years ago
In this Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, photo, James Alex Fields Jr. stands on the sidewalk looking at the procession of the clergy as they gathered at McGaffey park, ahead of a rally in Charlottesville, Va.
6 years ago

Man pleads guilty to federal hate crimes in fatal Charlottesville incident

James Fields, a self-proclaimed neo Nazi, drove into a group protesting a white nationalist rally in Virginia, killing one woman and injuring dozens in 2017.z
6 years ago
VIDEO: Man pleads guilty to federal hate crimes in fatal Charlottesville incident
6 years ago

Teen arrested over 'ethnic cleansing' threat that closed schools for 2 days

This isn't the Virginia city's first brush with race-based issues.
6 years ago
Police Chief Rashall Brackney of Charlottesville, Va., talks to reporters about an arrest made in connection with racist threats that forced the city's schools to close for two days.
6 years ago

Online threat closes Charlottesville, VA schools

Schools in the district are closed for the second consecutive day.
6 years ago
VIDEO: Online threat closes Charlottesville, VA schools
6 years ago

Charlottesville schools closed over 'racially charged' online threat

The Charlottesville City Schools include seven elementary schools, one middle school, one high school and one education program for young patients at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital.
6 years ago
VIDEO: The Charlottesville City Schools include seven elementary schools, one middle school, one high school and one education program for young patients at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital.
6 years ago

Charlottesville rally lawsuit to proceed despite bankruptcy filing

A lawsuit against organizers of the 2017 Charlottesville rally will proceed despite a bankruptcy filing, judge rules.
6 years ago
People fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017.
6 years ago

Mother of Charlottesville victim talks about hatred in America

Susan Bro said her first reaction to the jury's recommendation for life in prison was that “justice was served”: “I was able to sleep that night for the first time.”
6 years ago
Susan Bro, mother of the slain Heather Heyer, is photographed in Charlottesville, Va., nearly a year after the deadly white supremacist rally on Aug. 2, 2018.
6 years ago

Jury recommends life in prison for Charlottesville car attacker

James Alex Fields was found guilty of murder and several counts of wounding.
6 years ago
James Alex Fields was found guilty of murder and several counts of wounding.
6 years ago

Jury recommends life in prison for Charlottesville car attacker

James Alex Fields was found guilty of murder and several counts of wounding.
6 years ago
James Alex Fields Jr. is seen attending the "Unite the Right" rally in Emancipation Park before being arrested by police in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017.
6 years ago

'Darkness has tried to swallow us whole,' says mother of Charlottesville victim

The man who rammed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters was found guilty.
6 years ago
Susan Bro, mother of the slain Heather Heyer, is photographed in Charlottesville, Va., nearly a year after the deadly white supremacist rally on Aug. 2, 2018.
6 years ago

Guilty verdict for man who plowed car into Charlottesville crowd

James Field, who was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Heather Heyer, now faces up to life in prison.
6 years ago
VIDEO: Guilty verdict for man who plowed car into Charlottesville crowd
6 years ago

Charlottesville car rammer found guilty of first-degree murder

Stems from the August 2017 attack at the violent rally.
6 years ago
In this Aug. 12, 2017 photo, James Alex Fields Jr., second from left, holds a black shield in Charlottesville, Va., where a white supremacist rally took place.
6 years ago

Charlottesville car rammer found guilty of first-degree murder

James Alex Fields was on trial for the death and injuries he is accused of causing when he drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing Heather Heyer.
6 years ago
James Alex Fields was on trial for the death and injuries he is accused of causing when he drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing Heather Heyer.
6 years ago

Charlottesville driver's calls show no remorse

The murder trial is ongoing.
6 years ago
This artwork shows James Alex Fields Jr., second from left, along with his attorneys, Denise Lunsford, left, and John Hill, front right, as Judge Richard E. Moore, top right, reads charges during jury selection in the trial of Fields in Charlottesville General District Court in Charlottesville, Va., Nov. 26, 2018. A court clerk is at top left.
6 years ago

Alleged Charlottesville car attacker may claim self-defense, lawyer suggests

Jury selection has started in the case connected to the deadly car ramming at the 2017 white nationalist rally in the Virginia town.
6 years ago
In this Aug. 12, 2017 photo, James Alex Fields Jr., second from left, holds a black shield in Charlottesville, Va., where a white supremacist rally took place.
6 years ago

Jury selection begins in murder trial for alleged Charlottesville car attacker

James Alex Fields faces a first-degree murder charge for killing counter-protester Heather Heyer in the incident.
6 years ago
VIDEO: James Alex Fields faces a first-degree murder charge for killing counter-protester Heather Heyer in the incident.
6 years ago

'White supremacists' arrested over violent attacks at rallies

Three men are in custody and one is still wanted by authorities.
6 years ago
White nationalist Robert Rundo, center, clashes with an anti-Trump protester, bottom center, in Huntington Beach, Calif., March 25, 2017.
6 years ago

Police searching for suspects after brawl following right-wing Proud Boys event in NY

Police may be looking for nine or 10 potential suspects.
6 years ago
Chaos erupted outside of the Metropolitan Republican Club in New York City on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018.
6 years ago

4 men arrested in connection with Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville

The four men in California are accused of assault and plotting to incite a riot, authorities said
6 years ago
VIDEO: 4 men arrested in connection with Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville
6 years ago

4 'white supremacists' charged with attacking counterprotesters in Charlottesville

The men are facing charges related to the riot act.
6 years ago
Federal investigators state in charging documents that this video grab shows Thomas Gillen, Benjamin Daley, Cole White and Michael Miselis committing violent acts against counter-protesters at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017.
6 years ago
In August 2017, far-right extremists gathering for a "Unite the Right" rally in Virginia clashed with counter-protesters, leaving more than a dozen injured and several under arrest. Shortly after 1:00 p.m. a vehicle driven by a rally-goer struck a crowd of pedestrians in an attack that killed a 32-year old woman and injured 19 others.White nationalists and far right extremists march through the University of Virginia Campus with torches in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 11, 2017.
6 years ago

Counterprotesters overwhelm 'Unite the Right' rally

Counterprotesters appeared to far outnumber those who came to protest in support of white civil rights one year after the Charlottesville protests.
6 years ago
VIDEO: Counterprotesters overwhelm 'Unite the Right' rally
6 years ago

Dueling demonstrations in the nation's capital

A small group of extremists staging a so-called "white civil rights" rally were outnumbered by counter-protesters. David Wright reports from Lafayette Park.
6 years ago
VIDEO: Dueling Demonstrations in the Nation's Capital
6 years ago

Charlottesville anniversary: Peaceful protests

Eva Pilgrim reports on the mostly peaceful protests in Charlottesville. There was only a small scuffle leading to the arrest of four protestors.
6 years ago
VIDEO: Charlottesville Anniversary: Peaceful protests