The Fash have become increasingly violent in Salem. This summer and fall have featured a series of escalating rallies that often inflict extreme and unprovoked violence against community members.
For years, Salem police have favored the far-right with selective enforcement of the law. Multiple times this summer, videos of police and Fascists collaborating have gone viral.
The problem is so bad that a concerned documentatian even put out this three hour long piece chronicling the history selective enforcement of the law in Salem.
The media coverage surrounding right-wing protests in Salem paints protestors as aggrieved conservatives, but that isn't the entire truth. Multiple overt White Nationalists and neo-Nazis frequent these actions. Let's talk about them:
Eric Oelkers is a white supremacist who has been present at numerous fash rallies in Salem over the last several months. He has a well documented history of sharing neo-Nazi propaganda online.
After a rally in Salem on November 27th, Eric stalked and threatened a person of color. He was later caught on security camera vandalizing a business associated with the individual he was harassing.
The neo-Nazi group Patriot Front targeted the same business with racist stickers days later. The individual pictured here was caught on the same security camera.
Jeremy recently got out of prison in 2015. During his time behind bars, he was close friends with neo-Nazi spree killer David “Joey” Pedersen. Pederson and his girlfriend Holly Ann Grigsby were self avowed White Supremacists who carried out four murders in September of 2011.
While in prison, Pederson started a gang called the”Aryan Soldiers” that required initiates to commit a stabbing to join. According to an article from PDX Monthly, Jeremy was friends with Pedersen in prison. Jeremy has also called him a friend online.
Like many of his fellow White Supremacists, Jeremy is also a domestic abuser. He is currently on probation and is not allowed to have weapons because of his domestic violence. The following is testimony from a neighbor about Jeremy’s violent abuse.
Allen Pucket is an extremely violent neo-Nazi from Tillamook. He publicly advocates against race mixing, LGBTQ+ rights, and Jewish people. He promotes holocaust denial, and Naziism. He and members of Hell Shaking Street Preachers frequent Salem rallies.
David Willis is a long time associate of Patriot Prayer and the right-wing protest scene. He has publicly claimed to be a former member of East Side White Pride, a neo-Nazi bonehead gang responsible for the murder of Ethopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw.
He frequently posts antisemitic memes on twitter. He has been seen repeatedly menacing people of color in Salem in his orange Jeep Patriot.
All of these White Supremacist individuals are welcomed and lauded by the Salem protest scene. Their presence is a testament to the true fascistic nature of these groups. They are a home for neo-Nazis, domestic abusers, and violent racists. They must be treated as such.
This is just a small selection of the Fascists showing up to the Capital on the 1st. For a more comprehensive list, please check out our article here: cvantifa.noblogs.org/post/2020/12/3…
Show up on 1/1 to tell these bigots that they're not welcome in Oregon!
All of the information and photos within this article come directly from infiltrators operating within the organization. None of the pictures are Lawrence's personal media.
Patriot Front is a rebrand of Vanguard America, the group responsible for the murder of Heather Heyer at the 2017 Unite the Right rally. Here, PF's leader, Thomas Rousseau, can be seen standing next to the murderer James Alex Fields at the event.
Rural Nexion is located on two plots of land in Alba. The group’s members are heavily armed and they espouse dangerous Nazi ideology.
The land is fenced off and is patrolled by armed guards. This video, posted on the group’s social media, shows someone being detained at gunpoint on the property line.