[lbo-talk] Dean: hang 'em high!

Michael Pugliese debsian at pacbell.net
Wed Jun 18 10:33:45 PDT 2003



> Are skinheads really a major problem these days? Is there a place in the
> US
> where "American History X" is played out for real?
>
> DP

http://www.nizkor.org/ftp.cgi/orgs/american/adl/skinhead- international/skins-united-states
> ...
Neo-Nazi Skinheads first appeared on America's streets in the mid-eighties and have since shown substantial growth. From a membership of 1,000 to 1,500 in 12 states in early 1988, their ranks swelled to between 3,300 and 3,500 in 40 states by 1993. These numbers have held essentially steady since then.[1] The growth in membership has been paralleled by an extraordinary record of violence. American Skins have graduated from the use of boots, bats and knives to using firearms. Indeed, the relative availability of guns in the United States has made American Skins among the most dangerous and violent in the world. Only the German Skinheads have consistently matched their American counterparts in the frequency and ferocity of their attacks. This propensity for extreme acts of violence is reflected in the dramatic rise in the number of murders committed by Skinheads in the United States. From December 1987 to June 1990, there were a total of six such killings; in the three years that followed, no fewer than 22 more took place; since June 1993, an additional nine homocides have occurred for an overall total of at least 37. Most of the Skinheads' murder victims have been members of minority groups: Hispanics, blacks, Asians, homosexuals and homeless persons. Some deaths have resulted from in-group violence, with Skinheads killing fellow gang members over, for instance, a pair of boots, a jacket, or some money. American Skinheads have also committed thousands of lesser crims: beatings, stabbings, shootings, thefts, synagogue desecrations and other forms of mayhem and intimidation.

-- Michael Pugliese



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