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 Extremist-Related Criminal Activity: January - March 2002
Introduction
Activity Overview
  January-March
Activities
Activity by Month
Activity by State
Criminal Acrivity 2001
January to March 2002 Summary

Events listed involve 26 different states, but activity occurs in virtually every state.

Categorization of such events is difficult, not least because many extremists may fit in more than one category. A rough categorization of events listed here, taking into account multiple listings involving the same individuals or incident, reveals the following associations:

  • General white supremacy: 11
  • Skinhead: 5
  • White power prison gangs: 6 (includes non-prison Nazi Low Rider incidents)
  • Klan: 1
  • National Alliance: 1
  • Aryan Nations: 2
  • Sovereign citizen: 6
  • Militia: 4
  • Tax Protester: 9 (many tax protesters are also sovereign citizens)
  • Miscellaneous: 3

Activities During This Period: JAN | FEB | MAR

The Turner Diaries
Turner_Diaries_Cover
One of the most widely read and cited books on the far-right; it explicitly influenced Timothy McVeigh.
The National Alliance
The largest and most active neo-Nazi organization in the United States.
Matt Hale: of the World Church of the Creator
One of the most effective and best-known leaders on the far right
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