Thread by @MSNBC

.@maddow looks at the history of landmark cases in which victims of violence by white supremacists acquired money or assets from the groups that victimized them, shutting them down. (1/8) on.msnbc.com/2MFc6i9

@maddow “The title to that 7,000 square foot national Ku Klux Klan headquarters in Tuscaloosa, Alabama…the ownership of that headquarters was signed over to Michael Donald’s mother.” - @maddow says of 1981 murder of black man by white supremacists (2/8) on.msnbc.com/2MFc6i9

@maddow “That case did set a precedent that was used by other victims of Klan violence, and other victims of white nationalist, white supremacist, neo-Nazi violence.” - @maddow (3/8) on.msnbc.com/2MFc6i9

@maddow .@maddow gives the history of Mulugeta Seraw’s case, in which a black man was murdered by a group of white supremacists, and a jury ordered payment to the victim’s family, $12.5M in damages. (4/8)

@maddow “This tactic has a certain elegance to it, right? When it comes to strategizing against ongoing, violent, terrorist movements in this country.” - @maddow says of legal strategy in the wake of violent acts by white supremacists, resulting bankruptcy (5/8) on.msnbc.com/2MFc6i9

@maddow “But the ideology hasn’t gone away, and their movement has been sustained.”

@maddow looks at the El Paso and Gilroy shootings as recent examples of domestic terrorism perpetrated by white supremacists. (6/8) on.msnbc.com/2MFc6i9

@maddow This weekend marks 2 years since the attacks in Charlottesville, Virginia, and @maddow gives a timeline of racist attacks in the 6 months leading up to it. (7/8) on.msnbc.com/2MFc6i9

@maddow “Can the victims of these crimes, and their families, play a part in shutting down this terrorist movement in a way that the federal government may not be able or willing to do?” - @maddow (8/8) #NBCNewsThreads on.msnbc.com/2MFc6i9