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deminks

(11,014 posts)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 06:45 AM Apr 2016

Skinheads Come Out in Full Force for Donald Trump in Pennsylvania

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/26/skinheads-come-out-in-full-force-for-donald-trump-in-pennsylvania.html

A Donald Trump rally in Harrisburg, Pa. last week brought out a large and varied crowd: teens in business suits, Republican members of Congress, and racist skinheads.

Almost a dozen white men decked out in the regalia of a white supremacist group hung out toward the back of the Trump-loving crowd, cheering heartily at the mogul’s calls for stricter immigration enforcement and eyeing police as they dispatched protesters.

The group is called Keystone United -- also known as the Keystone State Skinheads -- and it’s one of the better-organized state-level white supremacist franchises in the country.

Its members sport tattoos of Norse symbols and shiny black jackets with patches displaying their logo, a white pit bull, and the letters KSS. They have a lot of trouble with the law.

And they love Trump.

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pampango

(24,692 posts)
2. SPLC: Keystone State Skinheads is one of the largest and most active single-state racist skinhead
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:31 AM
Apr 2016

crews in the country.

EXTREMIST GROUP INFO:
Date Founded 2001
Location Harrisburg, PA
Ideology: Racist Skinhead

Keystone United, known until 2009 as the Keystone State Skinheads (KSS), is one of the largest and most active single-state racist skinhead crews in the country. While its members attempt to project a mediagenic image of being part of a new breed of more sophisticated and less spasmodically violent skins, the truth is that the group’s members have been convicted of a string of remarkably violent attacks dating back to at least 1998, ranging from bar brawls to murder. Keystone United frequently sponsors white-power picnics and music festivals across Pennsylvania, including the annual "hatecore" event known as "Uprise."

Background

The Keystone State Skinheads (KSS) formed near Harrisburg, Pa., in 2001. Like most racist skinhead outfits, the group says it is dedicated to white supremacy and cleaning up white society so that America will be more like "many other once great European nations." KSS says it is committed to "being active in our communities, public awareness, contacting local politicians, or just simply showing people we are not ashamed of who we are." Though the group holds picnics, hikes and other events it claims are "family-friendly," it has a history of criminal violence.

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/keystone-united

meow2u3

(24,764 posts)
9. They're not violent thugs. Yeah, right!
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 12:23 PM
Apr 2016
In Its Own Words
"We wish to break the stereotypes of skinheads being alcoholic thugs and violent drug-addicted criminals."
— Keystone State Skinheads website


Translation: we're clean and sober thugs.

whatthehey

(3,660 posts)
4. Well on one hand you cannot choose your supporters but on the other hand
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 08:20 AM
Apr 2016

if a candidate for political office develops widespread suport amongst those whose racial politics are the most odious, it's probably a good time to consider adjustring your message in that area. This would require introspection however, so bugger all chance of that.

 

davidn3600

(6,342 posts)
5. So the skinheads endorse Trump and the Koch Brothers endorse Hillary
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 08:29 AM
Apr 2016

That's your choice in this election, ladies and gentlemen.

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