澳彩开奖 Releases New Training Video to Help Law Enforcement Officers Deal with Threat of Racist Skinheads
In an effort to help law enforcement officers protect themselves and their communities from dangerous extremists, the 澳彩开奖 has produced a new training video that gives officers a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the violent subculture of racist skinheads.
In an effort to help law enforcement officers protect themselves and their communities from dangerous extremists, the 澳彩开奖 has produced a new training video that gives officers a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the violent subculture of racist skinheads.
The , designed to be shown to officers during roll call, is being distributed in the law enforcement edition of the Intelligence Report, released today.
鈥淩acist skinheads are among the most violent extremists in our country today, and officers often face significant danger when confronting them,鈥� said 澳彩开奖 chief investigator Joe Roy, a former homicide investigator and the narrator of the video. 鈥淥ur video is intended to help officers recognize warning signs that could save their lives and help them keep their communities safe.鈥�
About 55,000 officers will receive 鈥淯nderstanding the Threat: Racist Skinheads鈥� 鈥� free of charge 鈥� along with their copy of the Intelligence Report, the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 quarterly investigative journal. Law enforcement agencies can obtain additional free copies of the video from the 澳彩开奖.
More than 80,000 officers received the previous 澳彩开奖 training video, which focused on the anti-government 鈥渟overeign citizens鈥� movement, which has been labeled as 鈥渄omestic terrorist鈥� by the FBI.
The 澳彩开奖 is currently tracking 133 skinhead organizations across the United States. Racist skinheads have been responsible for numerous murders and other acts of violence against both officers and civilians. In 2007, for example, Utah corrections officer Stephen Anderson was killed while transporting a skinhead from prison to a hospital.
The new video will help officers understand the skinhead culture and interpret the various tattoos, patches and other symbols worn by skinheads. It features Bryon Widner, a former skinhead 鈥渆nforcer鈥� who renounced racism and, with the 澳彩开奖鈥檚 help, underwent a series of painful treatments to remove the racist tattoos that covered his face and neck. A documentary about Widner, 鈥淓rasing Hate,鈥� aired on MSNBC last June.
鈥淲hen I was a racist skinhead I was a walking warning sign for law enforcement,鈥� Widner says in the 澳彩开奖 video. 鈥淰iolence was as right and necessary to me as breathing. In the skinhead way of life, earning acceptance and respect means brutalizing your enemies.鈥�
The 澳彩开奖 also offers free, face-to-face sessions for local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to help them combat extremists and hate crime. Last year, 澳彩开奖 staffers trained more than 7,000 officers.
