Man known as 'Asian Nazi' facing federal charges of illegal gun purchases
鈥婣n east Texas man with a penchant for dressing as a Confederate soldier and singing 鈥淒ixie鈥� online now faces multiple federal charges related to illegal gun purchases.
A federal judge unsealed the indictment of 24-year-old Heon Jong 鈥淗ank鈥� Yoo of Tyler, Texas, who is popularly known as the 鈥淎sian Nazi,鈥� on seven charges.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms arrested Yoo on April 9, but his case remained sealed until April 20. Parts of the case still remain under seal by order of a judge.
The gun charges stem from the purchase of seven guns in east Texas. On five occasions, between September 2016 and November 2016, federal prosecutors said, Yoo falsely represented himself as an American citizen and during two other purchases said he had a valid license to carry a handgun from the state of Texas.
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YouTube hit
Yoo thrust himself into the public eye with YouTube videos of himself singing 鈥淒ixie鈥� while wearing a replica of a Confederate soldier鈥檚 uniform and holding a sword and latching on to the alt-right鈥檚 fascination with Taylor Swift by in a video entitled 鈥淪ieg Heil Taylor Swift鈥� which聽saw him singing along to the pop star鈥檚 songs.
Yoo鈥檚 YouTube channel has been taken offline, but videos and interviews with him can be easily found.
Taking his show into real life, Yoo went to the University of North Texas campus in Denton, Texas, in 2016 and waved a Confederate flag. the stunt was designed to rile up 鈥渁s many liberals as possible.鈥�
Yoo told the paper he was banned from four other universities because of his beliefs and 鈥渄isagreeing and calling a feminist professor a 鈥榝at f---鈥�.鈥�
Yoo has also done multiple interviews that were recorded and posted to YouTube.
Yoo, a South Korea native, told the YouTube channel 鈥淧illEater,鈥� run by Francis Nally who also runs the website , that the Civil War was the way 鈥淛ews coming into America.鈥�
鈥淎nd they ruined our God-damned country,鈥� said Yoo who wore a black cowboy hat during the video.
During the hour-long interview, Yoo sounds a bit like talking points for the racist alt-right, championing white supremacy, denigrating Black Lives Matter and Jewish people, pushing the superiority of the United States, eugenics and genetics.
鈥淚 personally don鈥檛 think we should be mixing with any people of color,鈥� Yoo said. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 consider myself a caucasoid, but I do consider myself white.鈥�
Yoo has identified himself as a supporter of President Donald Trump and backing his nationalist beliefs.
鈥淭his is damned serious. I鈥檓 an American. I was raised in America,鈥� Yoo said in the PillEater interview. 鈥淚 called my own f------ parents g----聽and told them to get the f--- out of my country.鈥�
