A 14yo boy from Raleigh & Benson, NC, has claimed to be the youth director of Aryan Freedom Network. We have found these claims to be legitimate. Our blog discusses the many adults grooming this kid into white power & hate. CW: KKK, violence, slurs, etc. arelephanteau.noblogs.org/post/2024/11/1…
Because he's so young, we don't name the kid or show his face. We refer to him by his internet handle, "Ohpeak." Ohpeak is "homeschooled," but we fear that this might consist of field trips to record stores and collecting Nazi and Klan memorabilia. arelephanteau.noblogs.org/post/2024/11/1…
The Aryan Freedom Network is a Texas-based neo-Nazi org with chapters across the U.S., though most are just a few individuals. AFN is known for holding white power protests/rallies, swastika burnings, and "racial holy war" training.
Per the AFN website, youth membership requires parental membership. This means the kid's mom and/or dad is a member. Shannon Dale Coats of Benson, NC, brought 14yo "Ohpeak" to Georgia for "Aryan Fest" bc that is the fatherly thing to do when you're a racist skinhead?
Ohpeak's mom, Jennifer Woodall, lives in Wake County (Raleigh, we believe) but is registered to vote at Shannon's house in Johnston County. Shannon is Ohpeak's chosen father figure; he and Jennifer maintain a non-traditional family unit centered around "homeschooling" Ohpeak.
Unknown if kid's family are Klan, but it's notable that he has access to a KKK Nighthawk hood and robe w/a "Realm of No Carolina" patch that doesn't look real tattered. 14yo Ohpeak claims he's pagan and not a member himself.
Johnston County, NC, has a long (and not long ago enough) history with Klan activity. nccadp.org/klan-country-n…
Ohpeak and Shannon Dale Coats hang out in Benson, Four Oaks, and Raleigh, NC, among other places. In addition to posting pictures of Ohpeak speaking at Aryan Fest, Aryan Freedom Network have posted propaganda on Telegram featuring Ohpeak's NC flyer drops twice.
In a video compilation AFN posted on Sept 16 '24, we see Ohpeak and another person throwing propaganda out the window of a moving vehicle and posing with a swastika flag at the Family Fare in Benson, NC.
In a set of photos AFN posted on Oct 13 '24, Ohpeak is putting a piece of trash on a vehicle in Raleigh, NC.
Ohpeak tagged a couple of buddies on TikTok to thank the for their help with the AFN flyer run. We identified one of those people--user 'Elksman'--as 19yo commercial truck driver Jonathan Lee Hardie of Knightdale/Roxboro, NC.
Another adult actively grooming and aiding in this child's neo-Nazi delinquency: David Fair of Blythewood, SC. Fair is the lead of Southern Sons ('Active Club' no longer part of the group's name but that's a story for another day).
Fair was first intro'd by @afainatl and @jordangreennc
has written about him more recently for @RawStory.
Ohpeak's radicalization was both in-person thanks to the adults around him and online. We believe gaming was a significant entry point for him. His mom lamented that her son had been brainwashed by a certain unnamed games.
Maybe it's not public schools that are the problem, Jennifer. Just saying.
A final piece we want to bring to this thread: Someone took Ohpeak to Georgia in Sept '24 for the wedding celebration of skinhead William David "Davey" Locks and Deirdre Faith Burn/Vickerman. We believe Deirdre may be unidentified Unite the Right attendee #TWPHelmetBlondeUTR.
Action item: Shannon Dale Coats is very active on TikTok as a pro-Trump flat-earther dork with terrible hot takes. Please report his accounts for Harmful Misinformation violations. Links toward the bottom of the piece at our blog. arelephanteau.noblogs.org/post/2024/11/1…
Thank you as always to the many wonderful people who have contributed to this in all kinds of ways. Take care of each other, y'all.
fuck nazis, fuck the confederacy.
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