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21/01/2018

[Here is] evidence I’ve come across that suggests the recent murder of a young Jewish man in California was committed by a neo-Nazi, possibly as a politically motivated killing. (Sat on this for a week waiting on editors but now bits of the info are already out, so fuck it).

On January 2nd a 19-year-old Jewish man went missing in southern California. He turned up dead on Jan 9th, buried in a shallow grave in Borrego Park. A former class-mate was arrested on suspicion of the murder on Jan 12th.

The deceased is Blaze Bernstein and the suspected killer — now charged with the murder — is Sam Woodward, 20. (Referred to here on out as Blaze and Sam).

Police were first considering that it may have been a hate crime as Blaze was gay. Sam told police that Blaze tried to kiss him whilst he was at Borrego Park with him (they were former class-mates hanging out). Blaze was then stabbed more than 20 times.

Sam, the suspected killer, was actually a self-proclaimed Nazi and once allegedly part of Atomwaffen Division (AWD), according to three people who knew him that I’ve spoken to. [The evidence comes later in the thread.]

AWD is a small American neo-Nazi group that follows the teachings of a Nazi named James Mason (who started his teachings on the advice of Charles Manson).

Whilst AWD are seen often as a bit of an edgelord group of Nazi LARPers, they have actually been connected to several acts of violence, including murder.

Being linked to violence is something they seem to revel in, as is shown here in one of their videos.

They say they’re non-violent yet their whole aesthetic and message is one of militancy. [This was meant to be a sarcastic joke but it didn’t land. Dumb of me really. They have never claimed to be non-violent as is evident from the get-go.] These photos for example don’t exactly depict peaceful people.

Note: AWD logo is the Atomic sign in the middle of the flag. On social media they often use the nuclear emoji to show allegiance.

To get more of an idea of what they’re about (it’s mad), check out the AWD website: https://atomwaffendivision.org/

And James Mason’s Nazi work.

[The Atomwaffen site is now down. See an archive image of their site below.]

It was alluded to in reports already that Sam was far-right on some level, but it’s only just come out that he was a white supremacist. It’s much bigger than that though. Sam was once a member of Atomwaffen Division and a self described Nazi, as mentioned above.

[It later became apparent that Sam never actually left Atomwaffen and was a fully starred up member at the time of Blaze’s murder.]

A few people (who wish to remain anonymous) who knew Sam, recently told me that he was a long time neo-Nazi. One of them showed me a message from Sam where he says, referring to himself, “being an American NS” — NS being National Socialist.

The screenshot above was sent from Sam’s Snapchat. I’ve confirmed with two different people that this was Sam’s Snapchat. Pics here show Sam sending pics of himself from the Snapchat account. Note “44” being half of “88” (“Heil Hitler”). Also below that is a pic of Sam in jail for reference.

Sam’s Snapchat profile.

Messages Sam sent from his Snapchat, including a photo of himself. Note, the gay equality image is him being ironic / taking the piss. He claimed to have hated gay people.

Sam in jail.

Whilst a member of AWD, the people who knew Sam said he went to a training camp in Arizona in the summer of 2017. The pic here is a photo Sam allegedly sent on Snapchat whilst there.

Here’s a video of one of AWD’s “Hate Camps” (not Arizona).

Here’s another image Sam sent of himself from his Snapchat. See that it’s his face, his name on the Snapchat. Reverse search doesn’t show this image anywhere else. I believe the Snapchat account to be legit.

Sam’s associates sent me links to what they say were his old Kik messenger accounts. One has a picture of James Mason (the Nazi referred to above in this thread — Atomwaffen ideological leaders) as the avatar and also the AWD nuclear sign.

This is allegedly Sam’s other Kik. The handle is “This_Time_The_World” which is the title of a book by George Lincoln Rockwell, the founder of the American Nazi Party and father figure to James Mason.

Sam’s associates told me that he left / was kicked out of AWD because he said they were just posers. I cannot confirm this.

[This proved to be a lie Sam told his friend as he wanted to trick him into believing Sam had left Atomwaffen. He hadn’t. In fact he was becoming a state cell leader.]

Sam then allegedly joined another group via IronMarch.org, the now defunct Nazi and white supremacist website which was a hub for fascists. [Ironically, it turns out the founder of Iron March wasn’t actually white.]

Sam allegedly met some guy in real life from Iron March, who I’m told convinced him to drop out of college and take a job as a metal worker. Whoever this guy is (I don’t have enough info) he is believed by Sam’s associates to have radicalised him further.

[This man is still yet to be found. He goes by the alias Kruuz.]

On Snapchat Sam sent a screenshot from Iron March which was the last message from the Iron March owner before the site was taken down (the black box is to protect the identity of my source). Sam sent this a month before the murder of Blaze.

It’s this image.

Here is a suggested reading list from an account on an app called iFunny that I’ve been told was Sams. Not my captions.

Looking at all the evidence I’ve laid out above, it suggests to me at least that Sam Woodward is likely a Nazi. Whilst it’s not proof of motive in the killing of Blaze Bernstein, I dare say it’s worth looking at considering Blaze was a gay Jewish man.