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Judi Lynn

(160,449 posts)
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 05:40 PM Feb 2019

18 members of white supremacist prison gang indicted

Source: Associated Press


Ken Miller, Associated Press Updated 3:18 pm CST, Thursday, February 21, 2019

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Eighteen members of a white supremacist prison gang have been charged with racketeering, drug conspiracy and kidnapping that resulted in at least six homicides during the past 14 years, according to a federal indictment in Tulsa.

The indictment, filed under seal Dec. 7 and unsealed Wednesday, says the 18 are members of the Universal Aryan Brotherhood, or UAB, described as a violent "whites only" gang based primarily in Oklahoma state prisons.

"They are certainly one of the most fearsome (prison gangs). They're aggressive and they're violent," U.S. Attorney Trent Shores said Thursday. "They are absolutely one of the most threatening and one of the most dangerous (gangs)."

The indictment comes after similar charges were filed last week against 54 alleged members of the New Aryan Empire, a white supremacist gang in western Arkansas, but the two are not related, Shores told The Associated Press in a telephone interview following a news conference in Tulsa.








Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/18-members-of-white-supremacist-prison-gang-13633564.php

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18 members of white supremacist prison gang indicted (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2019 OP
Domestic terrorists cp Feb 2019 #1
Great news Leghorn21 Feb 2019 #2
Damn, I misread that the first time... Tribalceltic Feb 2019 #3
I think all of our brains are set on 'wishful thinking.' Dem2theMax Feb 2019 #4
Yeah! LOCK 'EM UP!!! mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #5
K & R NT okaawhatever Feb 2019 #6
Anybody else wonder why the UAB, in prison, are committing crimes, in prison, and are a threat? YOHABLO Feb 2019 #7
The thing about prison gangs wellst0nev0ter Feb 2019 #9
Why do we continue to use the term "supremacist" to describe people with this belief The Liberal Lion Feb 2019 #8

Tribalceltic

(1,000 posts)
3. Damn, I misread that the first time...
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 06:18 PM
Feb 2019

I thought is said White House Prison Gang.

Wishful thinking I guess

 

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)
7. Anybody else wonder why the UAB, in prison, are committing crimes, in prison, and are a threat?
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 11:33 PM
Feb 2019

I honestly don't get it. I guess I'm too lazy to click on the link.

The Liberal Lion

(1,414 posts)
8. Why do we continue to use the term "supremacist" to describe people with this belief
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 10:58 AM
Feb 2019

Clearly they aren't supreme at anything they claim so why do we allow this to be the term to describes these troglodytes?
Words matter.
How about instead of "White Supremacist" we call them "White Morons" or "White Shitheads" when we post the news of the garbage like antics here in DU, even if we have to change the headline.
Words matter.

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