MAJOR CONTENT WARNING for: online discussion between neo-Nazis that includes threats of violence, slurs, anti-Semitic language, reference to Unite the Right rally.

An anonymous community member submitted to Solidarity Cville these 17 pages of Facebook screenshots that document neo-Nazis discussing their plans for August 12, 2018, the one-year anniversary of the Unite the Right rally. Besides arguing between each other about the “optics” of being racist and ensuring a safe space for themselves, there are some pretty explicit threats of violence.

Here’s the Facebook poll that sparks the comment thread:

Atomwaffen Division (AWD) is a violent white supremacist group whose members “have been implicated in a string of violent crimes,” according to a ProPublica investigation published earlier this year. White supremacists affiliated with AWD have been charged in five murders, a bomb plot, and more. The investigation also found that AWD had a spike in recruitment after Unite the Right 2017 and that Virginia is home to one of their largest chapters.

Another commenter suggests Rise Above Movement (RAM) as an alternative.

RAM is yet another notorious white supremacist group, whose mission consists entirely of “physically attacking its ideological foes” as documented by another ProPublica investigation from last October.

One commenter suggests that AWD set off a “suitcase nuke” against antifa; another suggests brandishing and aiming weapons at counter-protesters. One commenter, Dave Shyne, admits to helping organize Unite the Right 2 on August 12, 2018. Shyne assures them they’ll have “professional private security.”

This submission exposes “Dave Shyne” as David Rother, who testified as a defense witness at Christopher Cantwell’s preliminary hearing in November. He was named in the court transcript as well as in Cantwell’s suit against Emily Gorcenski, which confirms his presence at the August 11 torch rally at UVA.

These online forums only further cement the need for City Council to take the threat of white supremacist violence seriously. Though the alt-right may be deeply fracturing and anything but unified, there is always still potential for danger. Last spring and summer, countless community members warned city officials of the violence that would occur with the Unite the Right rally, and were sadly proven right. It’s up to the community to make sure this never happens again.

READ THE FULL FACEBOOK THREAD HERE:

Unite the Right 2018 Facebook Posts

Annotations courtesy of the submitter.