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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNazi Leader Guilty In Swatting Calls Against Journalists
Just in from the Justice Department:
A former leader of the white supremacist group Atomwaffen Division pleaded guilty today to charges related to his role in a conspiracy that conducted multiple swatting events targeting journalists, a Virginia university, a historic Virginia church, and a former cabinet official.
According to court documents, John Cameron Denton, 26, of Montgomery, Texas, is a former leader of the Atomwaffen Division in Texas. From October 2018 to at least April 2019, Denton and several others conspired together to conduct swatting calls.
Swatting is a harassment tactic that involves deceiving dispatchers into believing that a person or persons are in imminent danger of death or bodily harm and causing the dispatchers to send police and emergency services to an unwitting third partys address.
According to court documents, Denton participated in a conspiracy that conducted three swatting calls that occurred here in the Eastern District of Virginia: a former Cabinet official living in Northern Virginia on Jan. 27, 2019; Old Dominion University on Nov. 29 and Dec. 4, 2018; and Alfred Street Baptist Church on Nov. 3, 2018.
Additionally, Denton chose at least two targets to swat: the New York City office of ProPublica, a non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism; and an investigative journalist that produced materials for ProPublica.
Denton chose the two targets because he was furious with ProPublica and the investigative journalist for publishing his true identity and discussing his role in Atomwaffen Division.
According to court documents, John Cameron Denton, 26, of Montgomery, Texas, is a former leader of the Atomwaffen Division in Texas. From October 2018 to at least April 2019, Denton and several others conspired together to conduct swatting calls.
Swatting is a harassment tactic that involves deceiving dispatchers into believing that a person or persons are in imminent danger of death or bodily harm and causing the dispatchers to send police and emergency services to an unwitting third partys address.
According to court documents, Denton participated in a conspiracy that conducted three swatting calls that occurred here in the Eastern District of Virginia: a former Cabinet official living in Northern Virginia on Jan. 27, 2019; Old Dominion University on Nov. 29 and Dec. 4, 2018; and Alfred Street Baptist Church on Nov. 3, 2018.
Additionally, Denton chose at least two targets to swat: the New York City office of ProPublica, a non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism; and an investigative journalist that produced materials for ProPublica.
Denton chose the two targets because he was furious with ProPublica and the investigative journalist for publishing his true identity and discussing his role in Atomwaffen Division.
Read more: https://www.joemygod.com/2020/07/nazi-leader-guilty-in-swatting-calls-against-journalists/
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Nazi Leader Guilty In Swatting Calls Against Journalists (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Jul 2020
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RussBLib
(9,005 posts)1. what a dirtbag thing to do
Trump's kind of people. I wonder if anyone else is going to be "inspired" to copycat these thugs?
Montgomery, Texas, just north of Houston in the stix.
ck4829
(35,041 posts)2. White Nationalist Terrorism
winetourdriver01
(1,154 posts)3. Oh yeah
It's called "karma" and it's pronounced "Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha".
Grokenstein
(5,721 posts)4. But, but, but! Auntie Fah! Bee El Em!