In May 2023, when Mauricio Garcia killed eight people in an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, it seemed like just another senseless mass murder similar to innumerable school shootings. But when it came out that he identified as a neo-nazi, outrage spread: calling a Latino…
The detailed inner workings and operations of neo-Nazi organization Patriot Front have come to light after a massive leak from their chat servers. The exposed communications show coordination with their leader Thomas Rousseau to deface murals and monuments to Black lives across the United States,…
Charlottesville, VA – After nearly three days of deliberation, a federal jury returned their verdict in the civil rights lawsuit filed against organizers of the the deadly August 12, 2017 Unite The Right rally. The plaintiffs in the ‘Sines v. Kessler’ case – 10 people…
Charlottesville, VA – The lawsuit against leading white supremacist organizers and groups began trial on October 25, 2021 at the federal courthouse in Charlottesville, Virginia. Attorneys with civil rights nonprofit Integrity First For America are representing victims of racist attacks at the ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Charlottesville in…
Charlottesville, VA – After four weeks of testimony, the trial in the federal lawsuit against organizers of the deadly Unite The Right rally is set to go to a jury after closing arguments on Thursday, November 18. 13 individuals and 9 organizations are named in…
Charlottesville, VA – At least two of the attorneys in the defense team for ‘Sines v. Kessler’, the lawsuit filed over deadly neo-nazi violence at the August 2017 Unite the Right rally, have controversial views including antisemitism and Holocaust denial.
Joshua Smith, one of the…
Charlottesville, VA – Opening arguments took place the morning of Thursday, October 28 in ‘Sines et. al v. Kessler’, the lawsuit filed by civil rights nonprofit Integrity First For America against organizers of the violent and deadly August 2017 neo-nazi ‘Unite The Right‘ rally.
The…
Charlottesville, VA – This week marks the official start to the trial in ‘Sines v. Kessler‘, the federal civil rights lawsuit filed against organizers of the violent and deadly August 2017 ‘Unite The Right’ rally. The case was filed on behalf of 10 plaintiffs injured…
In early 2020, the more violent and radical end of the neo-nazi movement has come under increasing scrutiny and legal prosecution. Members of Atomwaffen and The Base, both neo-nazi groups that openly embrace terrorist tactics, have recently been arrested in ongoing high-profile criminal cases. The…
Las Vegas, NV – On Friday, August 9, federal prosecutors announced the arrest of 23-year-old Conor Climo for allegedly planning attacks to kill LGBTQ and Jewish people. According to the criminal complaint, Climo discussed making homemade explosives and intended to bomb synagogues, the offices of…
On June 17, 2015, 20-year-old Dylann Roof shot and killed 9 people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Roof, an avid reader of neo-Nazi websites such as Stormfront and the Daily Stormer, quickly admitted to the killing and later …
Lincoln, NE – 26-year-old neo-Nazi Taylor Wilson was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison last week for his attempted armed attack on an Amtrak train last year. Now, newly discovered materials, including leaked Discord chats from the now-defunct Traditionalist Worker Party, show that Wilson…
Portland, OR – Ahead of this weekend’s far-right “Patriot Prayer” rally in Portland, which is expected to bring many members of violent far-right groups such as the Proud Boys, Unicorn Riot has obtained the logs of a Discord chat server showing months of closely related…
Knoxville, TN – Emails obtained by Unicorn Riot through public records requests show conversations between law enforcement monitoring events concerning the now-defunct neo-Nazi Traditionalist Worker Party, or TWP. An email thread we received from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation shows a loose timeline of various…
Paoli, IN –Â One of the most prominent neo-nazi factions in America, the Traditionalist Worker Party (TWP) was led by Matthew Heimbach, a camera-friendly rising star in the far-right lecture circuit who had once trained with mainstream conservative think tanks. Founded in 2013, the TWP…
Paoli, IN – Felony charges have been filed today against Matthew Heimbach, the leader of the neo-Nazi Traditionalist Worker Party (TWP). Online court filings show a new case, ‘State of Indiana v. Matthew W. Heimbach,’ and a police report lists four charges of strangulation, intimidation,…
Lansing, MI – As white nationalist Richard Spencer is scheduled to speak at Michigan State University on Monday, March 5, far-right, neo-Nazi and “alt-right” factions have been arriving in the area ahead of his event.
One such group is Patriot Front, which was formed after…
The Internet – On Sunday afternoon, the twitter account @AnonyInfo announced that they had “taken over” a subdomain of the website for the anti-Muslim group Act for America.
Act for America is mostly known for organizing yearly March Against Sharia rallies in cities across the…
Fort Collins, CO – On Friday night, Turning Point USA (TPUSA), a right-wing xenophobic student group, held a “Smashing Socialism” speaking event featuring its founder Charlie Kirk, at Colorado State University (CSU). A call to protest the event came from the Northern Colorado Antifa Collective,…
Murfreesboro & Shelbyville, TN – Large demonstrations of hundreds of anti-racist protesters are expected on Saturday as two different white supremacist rallies are planned to take place in middle Tennessee the same day.
The ‘Nationalist Front’ has organized two different rallies under the banner of…
Charlottesville, VA – On Thursday, October 12, the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) at Georgetown Law School filed a criminal complaint in Virginia state court against a list of organizations and individuals. The legal filing seeks to enjoin a variety of groups involved…
Charlottesville, VA – More than two weeks after the white supremacist Unite The Right event ended in a vehicular mass attack that left a woman murdered and nineteen people injured, many details from August 12 remain unresolved. Unicorn Riot obtained access to thousands of internet…
Charlottesville, VA – As white supremacist groups continue to hold “free speech” events in the wake of the deadly hit-and-run attack in Charlottesville, many elements of the self-named “alt-right” have come under increased scrutiny. Organizations have been refused service by web providers and payment processors.…
Charlottesville, VA – White supremacist, white nationalist, neo-Nazi, and alt-right groups are currently converging on the Charlottesville area in anticipation of tomorrow’s planned “Unite The Right” rally.
Friday: White Supremacist Mob Carrying Torches Attacks Anti-Racist Protesters in Charlottesville / Saturday: Violent White Supremacist Rally in…
Colorado Springs, CO – Neo-Nazi William Planer is currently in the custody of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office after being arrested on misdemeanor charges stemming from the vandalism of a local synagogue. Surveillance video from around 1:30 AM on June 10 shows Planer and…
Denver, CO – The anti-Muslim extremist group ACT for America organized a “March Against Sharia” in multiple cities across the US today. Unicorn Riot was on the ground documenting the event in Denver, as well as a planned antifascist counter-protest.
Around 3 PM the “March…
Pikeville, KY – On Saturday, April 29 a coalition of white supremacists calling themselves the Nationalist Front held a small rally in front of the old courthouse in downtown Pikeville.
The rally was the public component of a gathering where various established white nationalist/neo-Nazi organizations…