Florida White Supremacist Group Admits Ties to Alleged Parkland School Shooter Nikolas Cruz
Source: ADL
A spokesperson for the white supremacist group Republic of Florida (ROF) told the Anti-Defamation League on Thursday, February 15, that Nikolas Cruz, the man charged with the previous days deadly shooting spree at a Parkland, Florida, high school, was associated with his group.
On Wednesday, February 14, Cruz, 19, a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, allegedly entered the school with an AR-15 and opened fire, killing at least 17 people and injuring 14 more. Cruz left the scene but was later captured by police and has been charged with premeditated murder.
After self-described ROF members claimed on the discussion forum 4chan that Cruz had also been a member, the Anti-Defamation League called the ROF hotline and spoke with an ROF member who identified himself as Jordan Jereb.
Jereb, based in Tallahassee, is believed to be the leader of ROF. In 2016, he was arrested on charges of threatening a staffer in the office of Florida Governor Rick Scott because he was allegedly angry at the staffers son.
Read more: https://www.adl.org/blog/florida-white-supremacist-group-admits-ties-to-alleged-parkland-school-shooter-nikolas-cruz
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)ck4829
(35,077 posts)n/t
askyagerz
(776 posts)This is why a leader's words matter
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)Sessions took these groups off the FBI watch list.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)major uptick in shootings across the country lately, being related to a group of neo nazis called, the Atomwaffen. I'm not sure if a I read it on here, or on Twitter. It was scary AF.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Decades to undo the damage that is being done.
DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)He took supremacists off the watch list? Is he therefore inciting violence? That would be the obvious, and very deadly, conclusion. When are any of these treasonous people going to be arrested? Do we have to make citizen's arrests?
ancianita
(36,058 posts)getagrip_already
(14,752 posts)check. check. check.
reported to the fbi for threats involving the school and guns a year ago. check.
Nothing done. Check.
keithbvadu2
(36,809 posts)noneof_theabove
(410 posts)CONSPIRACY = lock them all up
Any group who's members commit a crime of hate, violence, rape, pillage, etc
then all the members are aiding and abetting in criminal activity.
appalachiablue
(41,135 posts)AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)sense of winning are involved here, and maybe they just do not care anymore about who/what they are these days...emboldened, empowered and such - ?
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ck4829
(35,077 posts)Like when an Islamist group claims responsibility for an attack, they know absolutely nothing's going to happen to them in Trump's America.
Same with the situation with the alt-right and Neo-Nazi Daily Stormer, members of the group have been linked to I think three deadly attacks now. The heaviest official response was that ISPs knocked them off. I just know that if it was called the Daily Jihad, the government response would have been a lot different.
C Moon
(12,213 posts)It excites them to no end.
IronLionZion
(45,446 posts)Why would anyone want that?
C Moon
(12,213 posts)Devil Child
(2,728 posts)Not mental illness, Mr. President.
Remember this info when countering right wing lies that Cruz was "antifa" or other bullshit conspiracy theories.
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)This is the Republic of Florida...
https://m.
Jordan Jereb is a 21-year-old punk whos as wide as he is tall. The Republic of Florida is a couple dozen kids barely old enough to buy guns, and as you will see from their videos theyre a bunch of little kids who have absolutely no clue about soldiery. Their desire is to cause Florida to secede as a nation for whites only, but (1) there are only a few of them, (2) their leader cant have any guns because hes been convicted of crimes of violence and (3) there are far more of the people he wants to kick out of Florida than there are of the ROF.
There are two Republic of Florida groups. Jereb used to be in the Republic of Florida until he pissed everyone in it off...so, after he was voted off the island, he started the Real Republic of Florida.
I doubt Cruz was really in either group because they hate everyone who isnt White Protestant, and Cruz is not that. I can totally believe Jereb would adopt him...
hlthe2b
(102,279 posts)IronLionZion
(45,446 posts)in fact, there are all types of Hispanics: white, black, brown, Filipino, Catholic, protestant, born again, Mormon, etc.
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,809 posts)"The US Army is Stealing our valor,..."
Yeah! Right!
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)There are 4 women for every 10 men in Jereb's army club. He claims this means the group is 40 percent women. Republican math at its finest.
keithbvadu2
(36,809 posts)Good catch.... amongst many.
mikeysnot
(4,757 posts)ISIS and the taliban is laughing their asses off at this "training" video.
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,809 posts)ROF training video reposted
Looks like they took it down and someone saved it and reposted it.
(and some other videos)
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=republic+of+florida+training+
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jmowreader
(50,557 posts)And gee, I really can't imagine why...
Gothmog
(145,264 posts)hlthe2b
(102,279 posts)Ligyron
(7,632 posts)Friends said he was reluctant to speak spanish or associate with Hispanic culture.
IronLionZion
(45,446 posts)and both adopted parents had passed away. There are self-hating Hispanics out there, who think they are better than others.
cp
(6,631 posts)EarthFirst
(2,900 posts)Taking immediate responsibility for one of its own perpetrating headlines?
Is it terrorism yet?
Puzzler
(2,505 posts)-Puzzler
SunSeeker
(51,559 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)in America, at least for one day.
WestIndianArchie
(386 posts)The whole racist/white supremacist group should be arrested. They should be arrested and held without charges before they kill again. I don't understand what's so hard about it. They are terrorists
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Because that sort of thing always works out well.
Cold War Spook
(1,279 posts)and should be treated as one. Either a trip to Gitmo or better still a CIA camp in Lithuania.
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)marble falls
(57,093 posts)just like there had to be some good kids among the dead students.
We have to stop this crap. Pretty clear, too. Why are most of them white male RWers??
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)Wonderful. My initial gut feeling as a Mother and Retired School Para was seek the Death Penalty. On second thought, NO. Life Imprisonment without the possibility of Parole. As a Mass Child Murderer and White Supremacist, let him make a lot of new "friends" in prison. Let HIM live the rest of his natural life in fear.
mcar
(42,333 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)But then, I imagine their ranks are quite thin to begin with. Anytime a group has a march there are 30 marchers and 3000 protestors.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)They are so full of anger, depressed and I doubt they can even express why or what exactly they are angry at. Some shallow hate group message board accepts them, emboldens them.
Gothmog
(145,264 posts)Turbineguy
(37,331 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Oh right, silly me.