Saturday, March 18, 2006
White Supremacy Groups in Nevada
Two white
supremacist groups have stepped up recruitment efforts in Nevada, starting
chapters following the National Alliance's battle last year over an
anti-immigration billboard near the Las Vegas Strip.
Emergence
of the pro-Nazi National Socialist Movement and a group called the Southern
Nevada Skinheads is tied to the billboard that read, "Stop Immigration -
Join the National Alliance," critics believe. The sign included the
group's Web site and phone number.
"That
billboard has become an icon in the white power movement," said Cynthia
Luria, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League.
The
Southern Nevada Skinheads, which formed last fall, has organized a few events
in Las Vegas, including passing out fliers on Martin Luther King Jr. Day,
according to the group's Web site.
It's
unclear how many people make up either the Southern Nevada Skinheads or the
National Socialist Movement's chapter.
Anti-immigration
fliers purportedly from the National Socialist Movement were spread in Fallon,
about 60 miles southeast of Reno, last month, prompting complaints from more
than a dozen residents.
The fliers
decried Mexican immigrants and advocated rounding them up and sending them back
to Mexico.
The National Socialist Movement's Web site states
that it recently joined forces with the White People's Party. The party headed
by Michael O'Sullivan who opposes affirmative action and illegal immigration,
needs 7,914 signatures by Aug. 11 to become a recognized political party in
this state.
Source: Associated
Press, Mar. 7, 2006
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