Thread by @AntifaGarfield

Yesterday, members of the neo-Nazi group Nationalist Social Club (NSC) showed up for a pitiful White Lives Matter rally in Wakefield, Ma. Likely among them was their new recruit Andrew S. Hazelton of Portland, Maine. Let's say hi to Andrew and let him know he's not welcome
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Andrew, originally from Westford, Massachusetts, is 28 years old and joined NSC about a month ago after being recruited in an affiliate chat. On Telegram, an encrypted messaging app, Andrew goes by the name "Andrew Anagnorisis"
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For more on National Socialist Club (NSC)-131, please check out some of our earlier work, or the brief synopsis written by @FightExtremism
counterextremism.com/supremacy/nati…

While Andrew and NSC thought this chat was private, they failed to realize it wasn't and allowed us to listen in on their informal recruiting and chats. Andrew revealed a lot about himself personally, and regularly shared extremely violent neo-Nazi content (more to come).
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Andrew shares that he is 28 years old (as of February 12), that his initials are AH (the same as Adolf Hitler's, much to Andrew's delight), and is originally from Massachusetts but living in Portland, Maine.
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Oh, and Andrew, who isn't the brightest, also shared screenshots containing his legal name and the names of family members. He made an attempt to redact identifying information, however his name is clearly visible in screenshots he shared. Whoopsies Andrew!!
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Andrew also makes clear his efforts to radicalize his father, Scott Hazelton. Andrew talks on numerous occasions about how he tried to push anti-semitic beliefs on his father, and how his father casually recognizes his son as a neo-Nazi.
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This is especially concerning given the fact that J. Scott Hazelton, Andrew's father, is a Select Board Member in the local government of Westford, MA. The radicalization and openness to anti-semitic beliefs by a local politician should be a huge concern. @WestfordPatch
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(CW: Violence, mass shootings)

Andrew himself is also a committed neo-Nazi and praises extreme violence. On multiple occasions he expressed joy over mass shootings, wishing shooters killed more people, and fantasized about racist and misogynistic violence.
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More recently, Andrew joined the New England neo-Nazi group NSC-131. For the past few weeks Andrew has been putting up neo-Nazi posters across Portland, including on the signs of a church. He has also been to several NSC banner drops
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In addition, Andrew offered to conduct firearms training for NSC. Andrew formerly participated in competitive shooting and owns several firearms. Considering Andrew has praised mass shooters and has offered to train other violent neo-Nazis in shooting, this is an extreme concern.

We are unsure where Andrew works, but he talks about behavior at work that is extremely concerning. For example, he brags about how he pointed a pocket stun gun at an elderly coworker, and also brags about listening to neo-nazi literature at work.
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Lastly, Andrew is one of the newest vetted members of NSC, and thus we want to extend a message to all the new and prospective NSC recruits: Fascists and NSC members are not welcome in our communities and we'd lovee getting to know you. Don't forget being a Nazi has consequences

To conclude, Andrew Hazelton is a violent neo-Nazi, and active member of NSC. He has proven himself to promote neo-Nazi violence and is heavily armed. He is a danger to the Portland, Maine community and we as you all to spread this and inform communities in New England!

WE PROTECT US @EasternMaineSRA @Bos_Solidarity @NYCAntifa @AntifascistF12 @IGD_News @gwensnyderPHL @discord__panic @WhiteRoseAFA @getsthegoods @LCRWnews @RuthlessWe @COSAntiFascists @EyesOnTheRight @anonymouscommie @PressHerald @BostonGlobe @Westford_Eagle @afainatl @jaredlholt

Also to clear up some stuff in this thread! To be fair, there is no current indication that Scott Hazelton is himself a full anti-Semite, yet we wanted to draw attention to the extremely concerning efforts of his son, Andrew Hazelton, to radicalize him

Welp looks like Andrew Hazelton is in panic mode and is trying to change his online Nazi accounts. Here is his new Telegram profile. His profile picture, George Floyd dressed as the Christchurch shooter, is very indicative of who Andrew is: a piece of shit