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Community Research Opposing Hate. Keeping tabs on the far right in the Lehigh Valley area | Tips: crohlv@protonmail.com | CW: bigotry & violence
Jul 7, 2022 14 tweets 9 min read
Timothy Loehmann — the police officer who murdered Tamir Rice — was sworn in as the sole police officer of Tioga (a small borough in northern PA) yesterday by the borough council.

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1/x In 2012, BEFORE Loehmann murdered Tamir, he resigned in an attempt to avoid being fired by the police force in Independence, OH for “lack of maturity” and a failure to competently engage weapons training. latimes.com/nation/nationn…
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Nov 3, 2021 12 tweets 9 min read
We wanted to add a little more context to Lynch's statements. We think it is necessary to push back against the urge to dismiss him bc he is a crackpot. The sad truth is that this rhetoric is typical of the Patriot Movement (PM) & representative of its historical development. The age of corruption will ...Our commitment to righteous...just the beginning!!!! I ha...Image From 'Insurgent Supremacists' by Matthew N Lyons. The Patriot Movement developed out of the white nationalist Posse Comitatus movement & the theocratic Christian right. Conspiracism & armed militancy is the glue that binds the different currents within the Patriot Movement. From the beginning, the Pat...The Patriot movement is oft...An important point of conne...
Jul 14, 2021 14 tweets 6 min read
These FTV influencers are also the biggest mouthpieces for M4M4ALL -- including Jack Posobiec-associate Niko House, his MCSC network (including The Convo Couch & Facts on the Ground), "Fred Hampton Leftists" podcast network, Jimmy Dore, and others. /8 In regard to Jimmy Dore and his syncophants, the late Michael Brooks hit the nail on the head years ago. /9
Jul 14, 2021 6 tweets 3 min read
We've been looking into the March for Medicare for All & the more we dig, the more issues we discover. Below is a thread of our prelim. findings relating to #M4M4ALL. Follow the link in our bio to read our open letter. A more thorough article incoming in the next week or so. /1 M4M4ALL is a multi-city march in support of M4A. While M4M4ALL sounds like a great development, a closer examination reveals poor OPSEC & vetting, ties to crypto-fascist influencers & other far-right operatives, & a culture of conspiracism among organizers. The basics... /2
Jul 1, 2021 24 tweets 0 min read
Jun 9, 2021 10 tweets 5 min read
So far, we've identified two of the individuals who attended a 2020 neo-Nazi meetup at Ringing Rocks Park in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Photo'd below are neo-Nazis Matthew Robert Guse & Gregory Anthony Cristiano (who is also a pedophile & sex offender). A 🧵... /1 Image Scranton resident Matthew Guse was exposed by @discord__panic in 2019 as a member of white nationalist organization Identity Evropa (then rebranded as "The American Identity Movement"). Below is a summary of Panic's article from @IGD_News column TWIF. /2 panicinthediscord.noblogs.org/post/2019/11/1… Image
Mar 15, 2021 25 tweets 9 min read
CROH would like to introduce you to Alan Swartz, a police officer working for @KutztownU with a habit of sharing his racist, transphobic, & anti-Muslim views publicly online. Stick around for the 🚨Action Step🚨 at the end of this 🧵 & help KU students get rid of this officer. /1 ImageImageImageImage On Feb 3rd, Kutztown University Activists (KUA) released a trove of bigoted posts from Swartz's FB profile. Content included support for white supremacist teenage murderer Kyle Rittenhouse & content invoking racist "lost cause" historical revisionism. /2 inclusivehistorian.com/lost-cause-myt… Image
Feb 25, 2021 20 tweets 9 min read
CROH would like to introduce you to Bangor, PA resident Amie Eckert. Eckert is the Lehigh Valley Tea Party member who organized bus trips transporting dozens of LV residents to the violent "Million MAGA Rallies" & the fascist coup attempt at the Capitol on Jan. 6th. (1/19) Amie Eckert rapidly radicalized around the 2020 US Presidential Election. She hosted "pro-Trump flag rallies" in the Lehigh Valley. At one such event in Easton, PA on Oct. 30th, 2020, Eckert was charged by Palmer Township Police for Harassment and Disorderly Conduct. (2/19)
Feb 12, 2021 17 tweets 10 min read
Meet Gerard Stezelberger — prolific Nazi memorabilia dealer & owner of Lehigh Valley gun shop "Relic Hunter Firing Line". Gerard chartered a bus and transported dozens of Lehigh Valley residents to the #J6 #CapitolRiot. (Content Warning: Nazi imagery) (1/15) In this thread we'll cover Relic Hunter's origins as a major online Nazi memorabilia dealer, RH's role in Lehigh Valley far-Right organizing, & Stezelberger's bus charter to the J6 Capitol Riot. First, an Internet Archive capture of RelicHunter .com from 2006. (2/15)
Jan 12, 2021 12 tweets 4 min read
CROH Lehigh Valley would like to introduce you to Steve Lynch -- aspiring GOP politician, personal trainer, field director for Lisa Scheller’s failed campaign in PA's 7th Congressional District, and attendee of the Capitol Riot on Jan 6th, 2021. (1/10) Lynch provided video proof on Facebook that he attended the Capitol Riot on Jan 6, 2021. (2/10)