South Bay Locals Named as Part of White Supremacy Group
An in-depth report by ProPublica.org into the activity of a Southern California-based white supremacy group has named at least four South Bay residents including one each from Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach.
The report details how the group, called the Rise Above Movement (RAM), organized neo-Nazi and white supremacist demonstrators from Southern California and traveled across the country to commit violence.
The incidents the locals took part in were among the year’s biggest news stories including the August rally in Charlottesville, the pro-Trump rally in Huntington Beach in March, a clash with left-wing activists in Berkeley in April and another rally in San Bernardino in June.
One expert on hate groups called RAM an alt-right street fighting club. The members, nearly all in their 20s, look innocuous enough with close-cropped hair, clean shaven faces and white t-shirts.
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