All posts tagged "James Laporta"

Three neo-Nazis alleged to have planned an attack on the energy grid as part of a plot to launch a race war are set to go before a federal judge on Thursday for sentencing.

Liam Montgomery Collins, a one-time Marine who allegedly led the neo-Nazi terror cell known as “BSN”; Paul Kryscuk, a former porn actor; and Justin Hermanson, who also served in the Marine Corps, are expected to appear before Judge Richard E. Myers in federal court in Wilmington, N.C.

Kryscuk pleaded guilty to conspiracy to damage an energy facility, while Collins and Hermanson respectively pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the interstate transportation of unregistered firearms, and conspiracy to manufacture firearms and ship interstate. ...

Since last year, the neo-Nazi group 2119 has committed acts of violence targeting Jews, Black people, LGBTQ+ people and other perceived enemies.

I began reporting on 2119 in an effort to expose its actions. As I investigated the group’s leadership and activities, and publication of a two-part project neared, neo-Nazi threats against me escalated. Online harassment led to phone calls and doxxing, which devolved into death threats and, most recently, visits to my home.

My ordeal began in November, when 2119 called me out by name in profane Telegram posts laden with racism, antisemitism and homophobia....