Rechtsextremismus

20.000 Teilnehmer bei #Querdenker-Demo in #Kassel: Massive #Auseinandersetzungen mit der #Polizei – #staatsversagen #polizeiproblem #rechtsfreierRaum #covidioten #ks2003

Tausende sind am Samstag dem Aufruf von Corona-Leugnern gefolgt, in Kassel gegen die staatlichen Maßnahmen zu demonstrieren. Die Polizei konnte die Versammlungsauflagen nicht durchsetzen. Sie schätzte die Zahl der Teilnehmer am Nachmittag auf bis zu 20.000 im gesamten Innenstadtbereich. Bei einer Massen-Demonstration gegen die Corona-Maßnahmen ist es am Samstag in Kassel zu gewalttätigen Auseinandersetzungen mit Polizei und Gegendemonstranten gekommen. Entgegen den gerichtlich bestätigten Auflagen der Stadt versammelten sich Tausende in der Innenstadt und formierten sich zu einem ebenfalls verbotenen Demonstrationszug. Die meisten hielten sich nicht an die Auflage, Mund- und Nasenschutz zu tragen. Immer wieder kam es bei dem Umzug zu Auseinandersetzungen mit Gegendemonstranten, und an einer Polizeisperre auch zu massiven Prügeln und Schubsereien. Journalisten wurden angegangen und beschimpft. Die Polizei setzte nach eigenen Angaben Schlagstock und Pfefferspray ein. Auch Wasserwerfer kamen zum Einsatz. Einzelne Menschen wurden festgenommen. Die Polizei schätzte am frühen Nachmittag die Zahl der Teilnehmer auf rund 10.000 im gesamten Innenstadtbereich. Später erhöhte sich die Polizeiangabe auf „15.000 bis 20.000 Personen aus der ‚Querdenker-Szene“. An dem vom Hessischen Verwaltungsgerichtshof genehmigten Kundgebungsort in der Peripherie fanden sich zunächst nur wenige Menschen ein, wie die Polizei berichtete. Später waren aber auch dort zahlreiche Männer und Frauen versammelt, um gegen die Corona-Politik Deutschlands zu demonstrieren.

via rnd: 20.000 Teilnehmer bei Querdenker-Demo in Kassel: Massive Auseinandersetzungen mit der Polizei

siehe auch: KASSEL – Wasserwerfer im Einsatz: Mehr als 10.000 Querdenker bei Demonstration. Polizeiliches Großaufgebot in Kassel – dort versammelten sich am Samstag tausende Menschen in der Innenstadt, um gegen die aktuellen Corona-Maßnahmen zu demonstrieren. Laut Polizeiaussagen seien mehr als 10.000 Querdenker in der documenta-Stadt unterwegs. Zeitweise mussten sogar Wasserwerfer eingesetzt werden, da Polizeiabsperrungen gestürmt wurden.  An die Maskenpflicht halte sich hier kaum einer, und die Einhaltung sei auch durch die Polizei nicht möglich. Man konzentriere sich auf den Schutz öffentlicher Gebäude, heißt es laut Hessenschau. In den Tagen vor der Kundgebung wurden bereits maximale Teilnehmerzahlen für verschiedene Gebiete in der Innenstadt verordnet. Zusätzlich wurden eine geplante Kundegebung und ein Aufzug durch die Innenstadt gerichtlich untersagt. Letzterer wurde wohl dennoch durchgeführt. 

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13 VERDÄCHTIGE ERMITTELT – Neonazis attackierten Pfarrer auf Friedhof

Der Neonazi-Angriff auf Superintendent Gregor Heidbrink (42) am 15. November 2020 auf dem Friedhof Apolda ist aufgeklärt. Die Polizei hat insgesamt 13 Verdächtige ermittelt, bei einem Mann aus Apolda (35) gab es bereits am 9. März eine Hausdurchsuchung, wurde Freitag mitgeteilt. Die Beamten fanden illegale Pyrotechnik, erstatteten Strafanzeige wegen Verstoßes gegen das Sprengstoffgesetz. Der Pfarrer zu BILD: „Ich freue mich, dass die Polizei den Vorfall so ernst genommen hat und entschlossen zur Sache gegangen ist.“ BILD berichtete: Am vergangenen Volkstrauertag hatte der Geistliche auf dem historischen Friedhof Mitglieder eines Trauerzugs in Bomberjacken entdeckt. STAATSSCHUTZ ERMITTELT Ein Pfarrer (41) wurde auf dem Friedhof in Apolda offenbar von einer etwa 20-köpfigen Gruppe Rechtsextremer attackiert.
Als er die Gruppe Neonazis fotografierte, stürmten sie auf ihn zu, einer packte Heidbrink am Kragen, trat ihm gegen den Oberschenkel.

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North Carolina police seize gun in drug bust altered to look like Nerf toy

North Carolina police say they uncovered numerous firearms while carrying out a drug raid at a local home this week, including one pistol that was altered to look like a toy gun. The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release that investigators found a Glock 19 pistol and a 50-round drum magazine that been painted blue and orange and labeled with the Nerf logo in order to resemble a toy.  Pictures shared by police on social media showed the disguised weapon and its magazine, with the only part not resembling a toy an attachment at the weapon’s rear. Authorities said they found a total of 20 firearms, including pistols, rifles and shotguns, as well as approximately $2,300 in cash, the sheriff’s office said. 

via thehill: North Carolina police seize gun in drug bust altered to look like Nerf toy

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MOVING TOGETHER – The Colonisation of Eastern Germany by the Far Right

Zusammenrücken (Moving Together) was established in Germany in its online format in February 2020. It operates primarily as a Telegram channel and internet platform, calling the far-right faithful to relocate en-masse from western Germany to the southern states of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) – which, post-unification, is referred to as central Germany. The logic for this relocation is simple: “A high proportion of foreigners in west Germany makes it biologically impossible to reach broad sections of the population – these regions are ultimately lost,” Michael Brück, a 31-year-old far-right activist, stated on Telegram Dr Floris Biskamp, lecturer at the University of Tübingen, who co-ordinates the university’s doctoral programme on Right-Wing Populist Social Policy and Exclusionary Solidarity told Byline Times: “The Telegram group is clearly a project of right-wing extremists and neo-Nazi activists. This becomes clear both from the biographies of those people involved as well as the language they use. “In principle, the strategy of settling in the east is not new. Since the reunification of 1989-90, neo-Nazi cadres from western Germany have repeatedly moved to eastern Germany because they hoped to have good mobilisation opportunities there. In fact, parts of the high prevalence of right-wing extremism in eastern Germany can be blamed on this western German colonialism.”

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US intelligence report says white supremacists have ‘traveled abroad to network with like-minded individuals’

A US intelligence assessment says white supremacists pose a transnational threat. The threat assessment says some of these groups have traveled abroad to network. The threat of domestic violent extremism has been given increased focus since the Capitol attack. White supremacists have the “most persistent and concerning transnational connections” of any violent domestic extremist group in the US, according to an unclassified summary of a joint threat assessment released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Wednesday. The assessment said this is because individuals with similar ideological beliefs exist outside of the US, and such groups “frequently communicate with and seek to influence each other.” “We assess that a small number of US [racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists] have traveled abroad to network with like-minded individuals,” the report added.
The assessment of the national security threat posed by domestic violent extremism was ordered by the White House in January and produced by the ODNI as well as the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security. The transnational links between white supremacist groups, fueled in part by social media, have been a growing concern for US officials and extremism watchdogs in recent years. “The danger of terrorism is growing in the United States, just as it is elsewhere in the world, with white supremacist extremists strengthening transnational networks and even imitating the tactics, techniques, and procedures of groups like al-Qaeda and the Islamic State,” a 2019 report from the Soufan Center states.

via businessinsider: US intelligence report says white supremacists have ‘traveled abroad to network with like-minded individuals’

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There were 3,800 anti-Asian racist incidents, mostly against women, in past year – #terror

“There is an intersectional dynamic going on that others may perceive both Asians and women and Asian women as easier targets,” one professor said. New data has revealed over the past year, the number of anti-Asian hate incidents — which can include shunning, slurs and physical attacks — is greater than previously reported. And a disproportionate number of attacks have been directed at women. The research released by reporting forum Stop AAPI Hate on Tuesday revealed nearly 3,800 incidents were reported over the course of roughly a year during the pandemic. It’s a significantly higher number than last year’s count of about 2,600 hate incidents nationwide over the span of five months. Women made up a far higher share of the reports, at 68 percent, compared to men, who made up 29 percent of respondents. The nonprofit does not report incidents to police. (…) The data, which includes incidents that occurred between March 19 of last year and Feb. 28 of this year, shows that roughly 503 incidents took place in 2021 alone. Verbal harassment and shunning were the most common types of discrimination, making up 68.1 percent and 20.5 percent of the reports respectively. The third most common category, physical assault, made up 11.1 percent of the total incidents. More than a third of incidents occurred at businesses, the primary site of discrimination, while a quarter took place in public streets. According to the data, Asian women report hate incidents 2.3 times more than men. A further examination of the submitted reports showed that in many cases, the verbal harassment that women received reflected the very intersection of racism and sexism.

via nbcnews: There were 3,800 anti-Asian racist incidents, mostly against women, in past year

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#WhiteRex: How #MMA’s most dangerous neo-Nazi is attempting to revive his lifestyle brand – #azov #ukraine #DenisNikitin #WHRX

Karim Zidan delves into Denis Nikitin, the dangerous neo-Nazi attempting to revive his White Rex MMA lifestyle brand. “Our“Our work continues. Stay tuned.” These five words appeared in a March 3, 2021 post on a Telegram channel run by Denis Kapustin (aka Denis Nikitin), the neo-Nazi hooligan, MMA fighter, and entrepreneur who founded the infamous White Rex clothing brand and MMA promotion known for propagating neo-Nazi and white nationalist rhetoric. After years of relative silence regarding his defunct promotion, the post signalled White Rex’s potential revival. Over the past few months, Nikitin has used Telegram to help rejuvenate interest in his White Rex brand. He posted pictures of Caucasian women dressed in White Rex clothing—one wore a t-shirt sporting the “88” symbol which stands for “Heil Hitler”—as well as video montages of his old MMA events and Nazi celebrations, and an announcement confirming a new White Rex “summer collection”. While it remains unclear what the notorious organization is planning, Nikitin’s decision to pour renewed resources into his brand underscores his desire to further his extremist agenda. Given that Nikitin is considered one of the most dangerous neo-Nazis in Europe, as well as the godfather of Europe’s extreme-right MMA scene, his renewed interest in the sport is a cause for concern. (…) In 2008, Nikitin founded White Rex, his MMA lifestyle brand that combined MMA subculture with far-right political ideologies. The White Rex logo featured as stylized Black Sun Nazi symbol, while the company name, often written as WH|RX, stands for “White Heterosexual Reactionary Xenophobe”. The company produced shirts, hoodies, pants, sports gear, and other items branded with white nationalist and Nazi symbols, as well as slogans such as “Zero Tolerance,” “Angry Europeans,” and “White Rex Against Tolerance.” While White Rex operates under the guise of a clothing brand, Nikitin also uses his brand to organize MMA events that provided a safe haven for neo-Nazis to congregate. From 2011 to 2015, White Rex hosted multiple MMA shows, some of which featured several notable Russian fighters, including Bellator star Anastasia Yankova (Yankova has since denied sharing White Rex’s ideology). White Rex also hired former Bellator middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko to train its fighters ahead of one of their shows in 2013. Anastasia Yankova dressed in White Rex gear Nikitin used White Rex to market his ideology to disenfranchised youth whom he viewed as the next generation of hooligans and fighters. White Rex used hyper-masculine men and women with blonde hair and blue eyes to strategically market their clothing brand to the young men who are inclined to join their cause. (…) In 2017, Nikitin joined forces with the far-right Azov Battalion, a neo-Nazi paramilitary regiment in Ukraine that eventually morphed into a political party. The group’s insignia features the Wolfsangel and the Black Sun, which are both neo-Nazi symbols adopted by many white supremacist groups around the world. The group is also known for organizing annual summer camps for children and teenagers to learn practical military tactics mixed with lectures on Ukrainian nationalism. Nikitin moved to Kyiv and served as the unofficial ambassador for their MMA events at the Reconquista Club, a restaurant turned fight club run by the Azov Battalion. He hosted several events there and brought in notorious neo-Nazis and white supremacists from around the world, including Robert Rundo, one of the founding members of the Rise Above Movement, a white supremacist, pro-Trump gang that considered itself the “premier MMA fight club of the alt-right.”.

via bloodyelbow: White Rex: How MMA’s most dangerous neo-Nazi is attempting to revive his lifestyle brand

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