http://www.examiner.com/x-7002-Pittsburgh-Neighborhood-History-Examiner~y2009m4d19-Keystone-skinheads-ZOG-Storm-troopers-and-other-separatists-multiply-in-PennsylvaniaSkinheads, neo-nazis, and other hate groups on the rise in Keystone state
April 19, 3:19 PM
Is your next door neighbor a Nazi?
“A lot of people think they can spot a Nazi a mile away,” said T.J. Leyden, a former neo-Nazi skinhead. Leyden spent 15 years promoting hate, bigotry and racism. “They’re not Hogan’s Heros or Jerry Springer guys,” he emphasizes. They are doctors, lawyers, professors and government officials.
After turning his back completely on the white power movement, Leyden worked for 5 ½ years with the Task Force Against Hate at the Simon Wiesenthal Center. A featured speaker at the Clinton White House Conference on Hate in Washington, D.C. and a major contributor to California Governor Grey Davis’s report “Governor’s Advisory Panel on Hate Groups.” Leyden has trained members of the Pentagon, FBI, military, law enforcement, educators, and over 800,000 students. He has also worked with the Department of Justice District Attorneys.
Just before speaking to a group of students at the University of Pittsburgh last month, Leyden said, “I want to open their eyes to it - especially the young people. The separatist movement has grown vastly in the last decade.In 1995 there were 256 hate groups in the United States. Today, Leyden estimates there are nearly 1000. Last year Pennsylvania had 33 and this year 37.