FBI: Neo-Nazi amassed 40,000 rounds, 18 weapons in plot to kill black and Jewish leaders

By Arturo Garcia/Raw Story

A convicted felon and alleged neo-Nazi amassed 40,000 rounds of ammunition and planned to kill black and Jewish community leaders in Detroit as part of a “hit list,” WXYZ-TV reported on Thursday.

Federal authorities said this week that a search of 47-year-old federal suspect Richard Schmidt’s home revealed the list and apparent plans to kill Scott Kaufman, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, and Rev. Wendell Anthony, president of the Detroit chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

“You have to realize it is the world we live in,” said Kaufman after being notified of the list. “There are people who don’t like us and would just as soon have us not exist, but you can’t dwell on it.”

According to NBC News, Schmidt was indicted in January 2013 on federal charges of possessing firearms, ammunition and body armor, all of which violated his parole. Schmidt was released from prison in 2003, after 13 years of incarceration in Ohio following a homicide conviction for shooting and killing a man during a traffic stop. Schmidt also wounded two others during that attack.

Investigators then found 18 weapons inside Schmidt’s home in Ohio in December 2012, including various types of shotguns and high-caliber rifles, including two different AR-15 assault weapons.

U.S. Attorney Steven M. Dettelbach, who represents Ohio’s northern district, said investigators have concluded that Schmidt acquired his arsenal at gun shows or via private firearms sales, which currently do not require a background check.

“It’s scary,” Dettelback said about the amount of weaponry found at the suspect’s home, adding that while he would say where Schmidt bought the guns if he knew, “It’s that sitting here today as a senior federal law enforcement official in northern Ohio, I can’t say.”

Schmidt, who owns a sporting good store, is also accused of selling knock-offs of popular brands like Nike, Reebok and Louis Vuitton.

Watch WXYZ’s report on Schmidt’s alleged “kill list,” aired Thursday night, below.

GOP candidate Jesse Kelly refuses to answer question about white supremacists

By Eric W. Dolan/Raw Story

Republican candidate Jesse Kelly on Wednesday refused to answer a question about his endorsement by a controversial political action committee linked to neo-Nazi groups.

Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) endorsed Kelly in 2010 when he was running against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona’s 8th Congressional district. The group renewed their endorsement again in 2012.

During a sit-down interview, KGUN9 News anchor Jennifer Waddell asked about the controversial endorsement. But before she could finish the question, Kelly’s spokesman John Ellinwood — who was off camera — interrupted her and said Kelly did not recently accept the endorsement.

After a brief back and forth between Waddell and Ellinwood, Kelly gestured to his spokesman to stop and allowed Waddell to finish her question.

“I will ask the question and you can address it how you choose,” she said.

“So Joe Evano says, recently you accepted the endorsements of the Americans for Legal Immigrations group — he’s saying this was in 2010 — Senator John McCain and the Anti-Defamation League have denounced the group for being backed by white supremacists, neo-Nazis and anti-Semites,” Waddell asked. “Why then did you accept that endorsement? This is from Joe Evano.”

“It was in 2010,” Kelly responded. “This election is about jobs, and the economy, and lower gas prices. Frankly it’s completely out of bounds.”

After the interview was over, Ellinwood reportedly berated Waddell for asking the question.

Sen. John McCain’s spokesman has condemned the group as “backed by white supremacists, neo-Nazis and anti-Semites.” According to the Anti-Defamation League, ALIPAC is supported by Stormfront, Vinlanders Social Club, European Americans United and David Duke.

Kelly is running against Democratic candidate Ron Barber in the race to replace Giffords, who resigned due to her injuries from a mass shooting in Tuscon.

Watch video, courtesy of KGUN9, below:

Bus beating Limbaugh exploited draws neo-Nazis

By Daniel Tencer A neo-Nazi group staged a rally Saturday in Belleville, Illinois, the site of the schoolbus beating that prompted radio host Rush Limbaugh to call for segregated busing.

Members of the National Socialist Movement waved placards urging police to file hate crimes charges against two black students who were caught on videotape beating a white student aboard a school bus headed for Belleville West High School.

“Wake up white America!” one protester urged. Participants carried signs saying “It was a hate crime.”

Police have charged two boys, aged 14 and 15, with felonies over the incident, but found no evidence of hate crimes, according to the Fox affiliate in nearby St. Louis.

Opponents of Saturday’s protest far outnumbered supporters. The Belleville News-Democrat reports that opponents of the protest gathered at a nearby parking structure and shouted down the speakers with calls of “Go home!”

Videotape of the Sept. 14 beating caused a stir in the right-wing news media, with the Drudge Report playing it as its top story for an entire day.

“In Obama’s America, the white kids now get beat up with the black kids cheering, ‘Yay, right on, right on, right on, right on,’” radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh said of the incident.

“We need segregated buses,” Limbaugh asserted, though he later said the statement was a joke.

Jason Bonn, one of the protest organizers, wrote on the National Socialist Movement’s Web site that the police had reneged on their promise to allow the protest to continue until 3 p.m., saying authorities had “Jewed” the protest on time.

“The police knew we were coming and just wanted to make sure we weren’t changing the location of the rally,” Bonn wrote. “Thinking back now as I write this, how funny would it have been if I would have called the media and did just that? There [sic] going to jew us on time.”

The following video was broadcast on KTVI, Fox Channel 2 in St. Louis, on Sept. 26, 2009: