The leader of the neo-Nazi Blood Tribe, Christopher Alan Pohlhaus,
never hid the fact that he purchased land in Maine, nor did he hide
his intentions.
SPLC analyst's work helps spur Maine law restricting
paramilitary training
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Jeff Tischauser Read the full piece here
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Friend,
When I started investigating a neo-Nazi camp in Maine last year, I did
not expect my reporting would eventually lead to the state restricting
paramilitary training.
However, that is what happened this month when the governor signed
such a bill into law. It is now possible for the Maine attorney
general to seek a court injunction to stop such training designed to
create civil disorder. Charges can result in a one-year jail sentence,
The Associated Press reported
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.
When I initially exposed a neo-Nazi's plans to establish a
paramilitary training camp
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, I knew
that at best I only helped to delay his plans. But now I'm more
hopeful. Elected leaders in Maine stood up against hate and sent a
clear signal to white supremacists that training to harm diverse
communities is not welcomed in their state.
The road to this point was a long, tedious one that required research
and long hours on my part as well as that of people in the community
dedicated to exposing hate and extremism.
The leader of the neo-Nazi Blood Tribe, Christopher Alan Pohlhaus,
never hid the fact that he purchased land in Maine, nor did he hide
his intentions. He envisioned using the land as the headquarters for
his group and to provide his followers a place to train, strategize
and network. But it wasn't until I saw a video on social media
of Blood Tribe members berating what appeared to be a young mother and
her daughter outside a drag show in Wadsworth, Ohio, in March 2023,
that I started to search property records to locate the camp.
The search was a tiresome process. Even with a tip that helped narrow
the search to Penobscot County, the property records did not include
an address, just a lot number and subdivision name. After more digging
and comparing different versions of hand-drawn maps of subdivisions
- and learning that the names of roads changed in the 1990s
- I was able to conclusively show the camp's location in
my report
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published in July 2023.
What happened next was a humbling experience.
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