Massachusetts Finally Cracks Down on Notorious New England Neo-Nazis (NSC-131)
Source: Rolling Stone
Massachusetts Finally Cracks Down on Notorious New England Neo-Nazis
Tim Dickinson
Fri, December 8, 2023 at 2:38 PM EST·4 min read
The state of Massachusetts has hit the neo-Nazi group NSC-131 with a raft of charges including civil rights violations, trespass, and conspiracy. The 26-page, five-charge complaint is the most aggressive effort yet to blunt the belligerent actions of the hate group, which seeks to turn New England into a whites-only ethnostate.
The charges brought by state attorney general Andrea Joy Campbell are civil, not criminal. But they seek to block NSC-131 and top leaders from engaging in what the state calls “violent and unlawful conduct” — including campaigns to “disrupt and shut down” drag queen story hours, as well harassment of Boston-area hotels that temporarily house asylum seekers. The complaint also seeks significant financial penalties that could hobble the white supremacist organization.
“NSC-131 has engaged in a concerted campaign to target and terrorize people across Massachusetts and interfere with their rights,” the attorney general said Thursday, announcing the action. “Our complaint is the first step in holding this neo-Nazi group and its leaders accountable.” (NSC-131 did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)
Many specifics from the attorney general’s complaint track with a 300-page dossier that the veteran-run, anti-fascist research group Task Force Butler developed as a roadmap for prosecutors earlier this year. “It’s clear that our research was used in this,” founder Kris Goldsmith tells Rolling Stone, with an air of triumph. “We fucking got these guys.”
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