EXCLUSIVE: I’ve got a big story for you about a national network of neo-Nazi teenagers engaged in a multi-state campaign to terrorize Jews, Black people and LGBTQ+ folks.
Meet 2119, also known as Blood and Soil Crew. @RawStory /1 rawstory.com/raw-investigat…
Meet 2119, also known as Blood and Soil Crew. @RawStory /1 rawstory.com/raw-investigat…
Blood and Soil Crew first came across my radar while combing Terrorgram channels where users celebrated the electrical substation attack in Moore County, NC.
At the time, harassment of drag shows by an array of far-right actors was mounting. /2
At the time, harassment of drag shows by an array of far-right actors was mounting. /2
Aaron Alligood, a 2119 member from Georgia who bragged about his involvement in the group on Terrorgram, said the FBI seized his electronic devices after his friend Brian Tierney was arrested for his part in a white supremacist bank robbery conspiracy. /3 justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/t…
Another 2119 member, Aiden Cuevas, was arrested as a juvenile for terroristic threatening. He wound up serving a sentence at Mt. Meig’s campus, a juvenile facility in Alabama. /4 
Noah Houran, now 17, was interviewed by the FBI at his high school about online posts featuring a burning LGBTQ+ pride flag, mention of attending a rally and firearms. /5
A fourth 2119 member, whom I have not identified, disclosed on Telegram that he was charged by the FBI as a juvenile and served a federal prison sentence. /6
Led by a national cadre that includes Cuevas, 2119 members document their crimes & incorporate the footage into propaganda videos, which are then used to indoctrinate and recruit even younger teenagers on Telegram. /7
Recruiting children through skateboarding and Roblox is essential to 2119’s strategy for spreading hate.
“They are reaching an untapped market for of white children that could potentially change their worldview and get them into the movement just form some fun on Roblox.” /8
“They are reaching an untapped market for of white children that could potentially change their worldview and get them into the movement just form some fun on Roblox.” /8
While 2119 is led by teenagers, the members have received mentorship from older Nazis in groups such as Southern Sons Active Club, Tennessee Active Club and Clockwork Crew, along with Brian Tierney, the aforementioned failed bank robber. /9
Four 2119 members were arrested last summer for a string of hate crimes in Pensacola, FL.
Members, including leader Waylon Fowler, are accused of smashing windows at TWO synagogues with bricks inscribed with swastikas, not to mention attacks against a mosque & Masonic lodge. /10
Members, including leader Waylon Fowler, are accused of smashing windows at TWO synagogues with bricks inscribed with swastikas, not to mention attacks against a mosque & Masonic lodge. /10
The hate crime spree by 2119 members capped an 18-month harassment campaign against the Party of Socialism & Liberation. No charges have been issued for the vandalism of PSL’s community center. /11
You might think felony hate crimes charges would cause 2119 members to put their illegal activities on hold. You would be wrong.
Following the arrest of the Pensacola members, the group adopted the hate-inscribed brick as their totem of action. /12
Following the arrest of the Pensacola members, the group adopted the hate-inscribed brick as their totem of action. /12
Attacks in 2119’s name followed in Laconia, NH targeting Jews (not once but twice), and in Concord, NC someone spray-painted “2119” on a Martin Luther King Jr. monument. /13
They distribute terror manuals like the writings of Ted Kaczynski, Turner Diaries (a blueprint for race war), and Terrorgram documents that extol racially motivated mass shootings and industrial sabotage. /14
Mathew Bair, also a rogue Proud Boys member and 2119 member who is 34, openly embraces Terrorgram. He unapologetically shared a video showing a flier that said, “Shoot your local judge,” while posting a photo of his 4yo son posing w/ a swastika. /15
The 2119 members rely on secrecy to carry out their campaign of harassment and intimidation against Jews, African Americans and LGBTQ+ people.
They use the same tactics to try to discourage journalists from exposing their illegal and hateful activities. /16
They use the same tactics to try to discourage journalists from exposing their illegal and hateful activities. /16
When I started investigating 2119, the members turned to a broader network of violent neo-Nazis for support.
Their efforts to intimidate me started with crude insults drenched in antisemitism and homophobia on Telegram. /17
Their efforts to intimidate me started with crude insults drenched in antisemitism and homophobia on Telegram. /17
It escalated to harassing and threatening phone calls, a hoax pizza delivery and surveillance of my home.
A 2119 member (Bair) threatened me while speaking with me during an interview. /18
A 2119 member (Bair) threatened me while speaking with me during an interview. /18
It culminated with six neo-Nazis staging a flash rally outside my home earlier this month while holding emergency flares and giving sieg heils, and warning about a “consequence” for exercising my 1A freedom of press. /19 rawstory.com/hunted-by-nazi…
Let me clear: No amount of intimidation is going to make me stop reporting.
This is the biggest investigative project I’ve ever been involved in. I couldn’t have done it on my own. /20
This is the biggest investigative project I’ve ever been involved in. I couldn’t have done it on my own. /20
Big thanks go out to @RawStory for unflagging support and to @davelevinthal for his heroic editing job.
And thanks to @appalachresclub for key findings that helped put the puzzle together. /21
And thanks to @appalachresclub for key findings that helped put the puzzle together. /21
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