Tag Search Result: Aryan Brotherhood

The Aryan Brotherhood, which is also known as "AB" or "The Brand," is a primarily white prison gang with about 15,000 members in and out of prison. According to the FBI, the gang makes up only one percent of the prison population, but is responsible for 18 percent of all murders in the federal corrections system. Members use symbols in their tattoos such as swastikas, SS lightning bolts, the number 666, and Celtic imagery.

The jury convicted Robert Guyton "Krusty" Cook and Samuel Zachary Arrington on two counts each. Both were out of prison and, the prosecution charged, involved in arranging meetings to set up a revenge hit on former Otero County Sheriff's Deputy Billy Anders because he had killed an Aryan Brotherhood leader in New Mexico.

One afternoon about five years ago, I was summoned from my desk at the detective division of a major Southern California urban sheriff’s department and asked to meet one of the staff drill instructors at our academy gymnasium.

It seems a quaint idea now, but before 9/11, the leading culprits for launching major terror attacks on American soil were hate groups and other domestic terrorists. These people are flat dangerous, especially to law enforcement officers who might get in their way.

Although other types of racism certainly exist, we will focus on this pervasive form of bigotry often called 'white supremacy.'