TV News:Roanoke Racist Bill White gets black eye

Eye On Hate Radio Note : Neo Nazi Bill White can’t seem to keep himself out of the spotlight or out of trouble - today (wednesday Oct. 10) according to TV news reports Bill White suffered a black eye after he allegedly assualted a Roanoke woman.

How long before Bill White causes some serious damage to a citizen of Roanoke ? - Floyd, Eye On Hate Radio

Bill White Gets in a Fight
Lindsey Henley / WSLS NewsChannel 10
Oct 10, 2007

Roanoke is used to the black eye many would say Bill White gives the Star City.But Wednesday, White was the one with the black eye.

“This guy right here is a crack head, he works for a pimping operation over at that house. We’ve been calling him in pretty regularly for pimping girls on this street. He decided he was going to stop my car,” White said.

That’s when White says he got out of his car and called 9-1-1.

“I took him down on the ground. Once I took him down on the ground, this [woman] came out and started hitting me from behind,” he said.

But there are two sides to every story.

“She was walking down the street and he got to calling her all kinds of ‘n’ words. She was like you don’t even know me like that. He jumped out of the car and started hit on her. I just came and helped her,” Aries Brown said.

Police say White and two others were involved.

They say even with all the commotion, they aren’t planning on filing any charges.

Instead, they’ll leave it up to White and the other two individuals.

“He started it,” Brown said.

For now, we don’t know who is telling the truth, but we do know White is no stranger to the media, and he’s used to being the center of controversy.

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Watch Out For Those Shoes!!!

Hat Tip: By Sherrel Wheeler Stewart, Black America Web

Tennis shoes were used as dangerous weapons on Dec. 4, 2006 when six black students at Louisiana’s Jena High School fought white schoolmate Justin Barker, LaSalle Parish District Attorney J. Reed Walters told a courtroom this summer.

So hundreds of miles away in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, youth members of the NAACP have launched a drive to encourage people to turn in their dangerous weapons — sneakers, or tennis shoes as they are called in the South.

“We want used sneakers. We want the rank, stank, dirty sneakers. We want to send a message,” said the Rev. Elisha B. Morris, youth advisor for the Philadelphia Youth Council NAACP. “We’re going to box the sneakers up and ship them to the district attorney in Jena, Louisiana.” The group also wants each person who donates sneakers to contribute $2 for the Jena Defense Fund.

The effort is in response to charges brought against six black youths following the 2006 fight. Initially, Mychal Bell, Robert Bailey Jr., Carwin Jones, Bryant Purvis and Theo Shaw faced charges attempted murder and conspiracy in connection with the fight. A juvenile was also charged.

Bell was tried as an adult and convicted before an appeals court overturned that action and said Bell’s case should be handled in juvenile court. He is now going through proceedings in juvenile court, which are not public.

The fight followed weeks of racial tension in the town of 3,000 touched off in August 2006, after white students hung nooses from a tree. The white students were suspended from school several days, school officials have said.

The call for equal justice for the Jena Six picked up volume throughout the summer, and on Sept. 20, more than 25,000 people from across the country converged on Jena to show support.

The “Dangerous Weapons Drive” was launched on that day during a rally at Temple University in Philadelphia. Morris said a photographer at the event took his sneakers off and turned them in on the spot along with $2.

“No student, regardless of race, should have to tolerate what the Jena Six has faced,” said Darius Alexander, president of the Temple University Progressive NAACP Chapter.

“The charges were absurd. We want to send a message that this will not be tolerated,” Alexander told BlackAmericaWeb.com.

About 80 pairs of sneakers have been collected at Temple so far, but organizers expect more to come.

A local radio station is helping the effort by supporting a drop off point for sneakers at an Oct. 19 concert at the Wachovia Center featuring Kanye West, Rihanna, Ne-Yo, Eve, Akon, Swizz Beatz, Soulja Boy and Cassidy. Also, contests throughout the Philadelphia area have different organizations competing to collect the largest number of sneakers.

Morris said he wants to encourage activism among youths while sending a message to the justice system in LaSalle Parish and the state of Louisiana. He said he envisions a scene reminiscent of the courtroom scene in “Miracle on 34st Street.”

“The judge asked, ‘Where is the proof that this man is Santa Claus?’ First, they presented the judge a few letters that had been sent to him through the post office. Then, they brought in several loads. That’s what I want to see,” Morris told BlackAmericaWeb.com.

When Syracuse University professor and activist Boyce Watkins heard about the sneakers campaign, he laughed, he said.

“I think the shoes prove a point. It is so reflective of the energy and creativity young people bring to the movement,” Watkins told BlackAmericaWeb.com.

“The civil rights movement was driven by youths. They are idealists, and they believe. They are not constrained by social norms,” he said. “Some people call it the hip-hop generation. I call it the hip-hope generation. We have to support them and harness and nurture their energy.”

Mike Weaver, an Atlanta-based researcher who visited Jena long before the thousands arrived on Sept. 20, said while the sneakers drive will send a message, he is doubtful of the impact.

“They are going to ship (the shoes) to District Attorney Reed Walters, and he’s going to do the same thing he has done before,” Weaver said.

Morris said the goal of the sneakers drive and the contributions is to keep the momentum of Jena going, especially among the youth. “This is not over,” he said.

According to Watkins, attention needs to be focused on the entire system of justice in LaSalle Parish and in Louisiana.

“This is much bigger than Jena,” he said. “What about the thousands who are in prison because of an unequal system of justice?”

None of the six Jena youths currently are in jail. Bell was released on Sept. 28, a week after the rally that attracted world wide attention.

Alexander, a senior majoring in kinesiology at Temple, said word of the drive is spreading to other Philadelphia-area college campuses, including the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University. High school students are also getting involved.

“For me, personally, I just think about the same thing could happen to you,” he said. “That should give enough reason to fight.”

Ban Ann

GLSEN Outraged by Ann Coulter Downplaying Impact of Anti -Gay Slur
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Mar 06, 2007

Comments About Anti-Gay Slur Ignore Real Effect on Students

The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network is calling on Ann Coulter to apologize for her use of an anti-gay slur and for her subsequent defense, which is potentially dangerous to millions of students across the country in denying the real impact of the word "faggot" on those who experience pervasive bullying and harassment based on actual or perceived sexual orientation in school.

After calling Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards a “faggot” last week while poking fun at actor Isaiah Washington, who went into treatment after his own use of the slur, Coulter vehemently downplayed the negative impact of the anti-gay slur Monday on Fox News.

"Faggot isn't offensive to gays; it has nothing to do with gays," Coulter said on "Hannity and Colmes." "It's a schoolyard taunt meaning 'wuss.’"

"It is ludicrous to try to divorce the power of this word from its roots as a derogatory term referring to gay men,” said GLSEN Founder and Executive Director Kevin Jennings. “This anti-gay slur is offensive to every sensible person, from the most conservative to the most liberal among us. The only people who defend the use of such slurs are the very people who use them – bullies."

More than three out of four (75.4 percent) lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students reported hearing anti-gay slurs such as "faggot" or "dyke" frequently or often in school in GLSEN’s 2005 National School Climate Survey. Nearly two-thirds of students (64.3 percent) reported feeling unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation.

"There is so much wrong with Ann Coulter’s comments it is hard to know where to begin, but her ignorance regarding the impact of this 'schoolyard taunt' points to a disturbing reality of school life," Jennings said. "The use of anti-gay slurs in schools is pervasive and affects school climate, students' sense of safety in school and, ultimately, academic achievement and educational aspirations.

"There is no place for the anti-gay slur in our popular culture, and there certainly is no place for it in a schoolyard."

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Koins News Video: Portland Neo Nazi rally shutdown plus anti-racist news coverage.

PORTLAND - While protesters rallied against Hammerskin Nation in Portland, the national neo-Nazi group quietly slipped into the Sherwood Elks Club, until managers realized who they were and asked them to leave.The Hammerskins tried to stay under the radar, but had been planning its 20th anniversary rally in the Portland area.

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The New Port Richie Affair

In one of the most horrendous cases I have ever reported on, this man, John Ditullio, was arrested for the murder of 17-year-old Kristofer Guy King and a brutal assault on Patricia Wells in New Port Richey, Florida.

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Although a trial date has not been set, the District Attorney announced today that he would seek the death penalty against Ditullio. As someone opposed to the death penalty I would urge the court to seriously consider keeping this animal in a cage for the rest of his natural life.

Patricia Wells lived in a trailer park in New Port Richey. Unfortunately, her neighbors were a crew of Skinheads who hated African-Americans and homosexuals. Those inhabiting Wells' trailer epitomize the things these Skinheads hated the most. Patricia had an African-American boyfriend and her son was gay.

In March of last year, there was a "party" going on at the Skinhead place, affectionately dubbed by them as "The Clubhouse." Their swastika and confederate flag banners were flying high over their denison. In the early hours of the morning, Ditullio put on a gas mask and burst into Patricia's trailer where he allegedly assaulted her and then turned on who he believed to be her son, stabbing him to death. The young man was, in fact, a friend of her son's who was simply sleeping over.

The scene was right out of "True Crime Magazine." Yellow Crime Scene taped was put up, and the news cameras were rolling. Few of us will ever forget the footage of a dazed, confused, and badly injured Patricia Wells as she stood before the TV cameras and recounted the terror that had shaken her world.

Stories and alibis were checked in the search for the perpetrator while an entire community watched in disbelief. The police knew "The Club House" well, and the residents of the trailer park had had their share of run-ins with the Skinheads who several claimed "terrorized" the community.

Still, it took months for the authorities to work the case and the suspects to conclude that it was John Ditullio who would be charged in this heinous event.

This wasn't the first encounter that the 44-year-old Wells had with the next-door-neighbors. As a matter of fact, Patricia who works as a housekeeper, had filed several complaints of vandalism and threats against the people residing and visiting there.

No one ever likes reporting on this kind of senseless violence, yet it seems that those covering organized hate groups and racist individuals are bound to have to do more than their share in that area. At the time of this investigation, I had no problem telling every single racist out there that if one of the Skinheads were found to be guilty, they should all share in that guilt. I feel the same way today as I did then. And, once again, I'll make the same observation and statement that I did then...

"As long as the American public remains virtually oblivious to the disease that these rodents are spreading, that disease will continue to flourish and spread. The bright side of all of this is that those who are enlightened to what is happening out there are rapidly becoming avid anti-racists. Given the fact that these bilious hate mongers whine and cry about young ARA members and “antis” being so violent toward them, I have but what thing to say – show me how many of you have been killed, or maimed, by an anti. Show me how many communities have been terrorized by anti-racists.

Young Kristofer Guy King has been taken from us because he dared to befriend those who were considered “race traitors.” Patricia Wells has been brutally scarred because of a life-choice to date outside of her race. The Griffin Park Trailer Park community has been traumatized. The students at the local high school have been brought face to face with the ugliest form that hate takes. When do we say “enough is enough?” When do we step up to the plate and say, “Not in our town, not in our community, not in our country, not in our world.” I think the time is now.

MINOR OFFENSES

By Nicole Nichols

What a shame that children are exploited and abused for the pleasures of sick minds. What a travesty that little boys and girls are preyed upon by pedophiles and child pornographers. And what a sad state of affairs it is when the adults entrusted with caring for them and protecting them place them in harms way.

On October 2, 2007, Kevin Alfred Strom, mentored by Dr. William Luther Pierce, and founder of National Vanguard, began the first phase of a trial that is being watched closely by racists and anti-racists alike. After being granted a Motion to Sever, the charges being tried were those of witness intimidation and enticement of a minor into a sexual relationship.

The trial had a problem, however, and it is probable that both sides knew it was not winnable. Yet, it moved ahead only to have the charges dismissed by the judge at the end of the Prosecutions case. They were dismissed for lack of evidence. The second trial will be in January, 2008, when Strom faces five counts of child pornography.

While the initial trial was a bust, not all was lost. During the day and a half affair, the depravity of Kevin Alfred Strom was unveiled for the world to see.

Something else that was unveiled was the fact that not only was Strom stalking a nine-year-old friend of his step-daughter, but he was pleasuring himself to photo shopped pictures of the neo-Nazi singing twins that comprise Prussian Blue. In fact, Strom had pasted their heads on the bodies of younger girls to meet his sexual desires.

In the debates and controversies engaged in by those on the racist right, it was more than appalling to see that there are those who saw nothing wrong with what Kevin did, or those who continued to support him because of the work he had done on behalf of the "movement."

Kevin's estranged wife, Elisha, testified against him at the trial and found herself castigated for being a traitor by some while applauded by others. The revelation that the singing twins had been one of the objects of Strom's affection generated a lot of discussion and a blasting from April Gaede, the twins' mother.

Gaede, a long time cohort of Strom's, had defended Strom from the time of the arrest. She insinuated over and over again that it was Elisha Strom who had "planted" the child porn on Kevin's computer.

Now that the truth had surfaced and the evidence included confessions by Strom, as well as his sexual fetishes which included her girls, April was righteously indignant that the situation was being discussed in a public forum. Also, she held Elisha Strom accountable for remaining silent for so long, and claimed that Kevin and Elisha should have a stake driven through their hearts.

Such a reaction might have been understandable, given the circumstances, had it come from anyone other than April Gaede. Let's look at both of these women.

While Kevin Alfred Strom's sexual leanings had long been questioned by the racist community, so had Elisha's. Considering her to be a "feminist" she was persona non gratis at many of their functions. It should be remembered that in the misogynistic world of white supremacy women should "know their place" and not become involved in the "man's affairs" unless in a helping capacity.
As sure as Kevin's website was "weird" and "creepy" to some - so was Elisha's. She had been the focus of an almost brutal lambasting from those who remained in the National Alliance after Strom's ousting.

In addition, Elisha had continued to live with Kevin Alfred Strom, along with her young daughter, even after she was certain that his proclivities toward children existed. Hence, in my opinion, sharing some of the blame in this abomination against the innocent.

However, April Gaede is just as much responsible. In a dialogue between the two women on the VNN message board, Elisha Strom absolutely pummeled April.

Objecting to a comment made by April asserting that her girls hardly knew Kevin, Elisha claimed that they had attended many of the same events, and that she had, in fact, protected the girls from Kevin on a couple of occasions. At one event, in particular, in New Orleans, she claimed she had started an argument with Kevin to divert his attention as he wanted to go to the pool to watch the twins in their bikinis.

April proffered that the reason her children's names were mentioned was because of Elisha Strom's testimony. Never mind that Elisha was under subpoena and had to answer the questions, and never mind that Kevin Alfred Strom had used her girls for his own sexual fantasies.

Elisha told April…

"Your daughters' names are out there because of YOU. Your daughters' names are out there in a criminal case because of KEVIN STROM.

You've put up pictures of your daughters in string bikinis, and outfits others have said were provocative, and, honestly, I don't think there's anything wrong with you doing so. But when you do that knowing your children are public figures, how dare you bitch if someone misuses those pictures?"

Taking issue with Elisha's silence, April was questioning why she had never come forward and warned her about Kevin and his actions to which Elisha replied:

"I have that one, too. And I have the conversation I had with (I believe it was) your husband -- immediately prior to my leaving that message -- in which I told him that Kevin had named your daughters in a public document and I wanted to not only let you know about it but how I would be responding to it. I also have the entire conversation we had about the photograph Kevin had made putting your daughters heads onto the bodies of not adult females but on children significantly younger than them -- to paraphrase Kevin, "shockingly young girls."

"You have the nerve to say I didn't warn anyone when this first happened but I also have the message your attorney, Edgar Steele, left for me after my two phone calls trying to warn you Kevin had publicized your daughter's names in a court document. You attack me for not trying to warn you then you attack me when I do try to warn you.

"I have the PM exchanges where we discussed the upskirt pictures of your daughters that Kevin had taken himself, and I asked you why you let him stand there at an event (one I was excluded from) and take so many pictures. He has literally hundreds of pictures of your daughters, most of which you allowed him to take and some of which you sent him. The one he photoshopped came directly from you.

"So… you want to use a message I left for you against me? Be my guest. Force me to defend myself though, and you better believe I will."

Throughout the entire soap-opera, however, I do believe that Elisha Strom delivered the crowning blow to April Gaede with this comment:

"And for the record: When asked, I had always stated that I did not for even a second believe you would purposely contribute to Kevin's sick obsession with your children. The only time I questioned my judgment of that was when I saw your complete lack of response to David Lane in that interview when he told you your children were his fantasy girls. Quite frankly, even a retarded first grader would have known exactly what he meant by that. This would be the same interview in which you called your teenage daughter a "cunt" on national television."

A lot of people did some judgment questioning after viewing the James Quinn video and seeing April interacting with her children in a manner quite telling about what it is like in the Gaede household.

April Gaede is no role model even for the white supremacists. She is a delusional and controlling individual who has attempted to live her life through her twin girls and is promising to do much the same with a younger child.

When you consider what the, now fifteen-year-old, twins have had to endure, you can't help but wonder just how much damage has been done. Having been home-schooled for a good portion of their lives while being indoctrinated into the white supremacist mindset has to have taken its' toll. As is evidenced in the Quinn documentary, they are starting to rebel.


April has promoted and exploited these girls for own gain, both personal and self-gratifying, since they were three. She has been criticized for the clothing they have been pictured in and the sultry poses, which some even on the racist right have considered way too provocative for little girls.

As most of us attempt to protect our children from certain influences and people, April has forced her children into a world of skinheads, racists, and pure hatred. They have been required to perform before audiences of drunken and seedy individuals by what can only be considered a mother intent on riding the gravy train.

In the Quinn documentary, who can forget April taking the girls into a local bar to perform? The girls sang folk tunes devoid of racist lyrics - but that wasn't enough for April. She began passing out the girls' CD's with all of the white nationalist music that they had done. The upshot of this affair was that all three of them were kicked out of the bar to the girls' utter embarrassment. They were 14 - and they were, obviously, sick of their mother and her ideology.

The relationship between David Lane and the girls, as Elisha referenced, was promoted and perpetuated by April Gaede. Most sane people would question holding Lane up as a hero to their children, much less naming him as "Godfather." Yet, April had no reaction to Lane's openly admitting his lust for her children.

April has placed her children in harms way for a good portion of their lives and now wants to be outraged that a perverted and twisted individual exploits them.

On the flip side, Elisha Strom is no candidate for canonization. A virulent racist and anti-Semitic person, she must shoulder some of the blame for allowing this to go on as long as it did. But, then again, we all know about the battered and abused wife who can't let go. We have all heard about woman who falsely believe that "he will change."

Which raises yet another question for me. Who else knew? Who else in the movement knew Kevin and knew his penchant for babies? Why is it that I get the feeling that there is much more going on here than we know about? I will never forget Don Black's reaction to the news when he said, "We were afraid of this."


Kevin Alfred Strom went to New Orleans a couple of years ago to speak at a confab of white supremacists that was organized by David Duke. Shortly after that, he attempted a coup on the National Alliance - something that I believe was devised by Duke, Jamie Kelso, and Kevin Strom at that meeting.

For quite some time, Vincent Breeding was David Duke's right hand man. He and Duke were very close until it was revealed that he was in the porn business on the side. Of course, after that revelation, Duke had to distance himself. Yet, rumor has it that Breeding is still in the picture - simply low-key.

There have been questions and jokes arise from the claim that Jamie Kelso shares Duke's home and that the two of them bought a car together in both of their names.

Duke, whose popularity has been waning here in the U.S. among racists, since the New Orleans Protocol affair has spent an inordinate amount of time out of the country since his release from prison. He had a lot to gain if the coup on the National Alliance had been successful.

Of course, all of this is speculation - but the thought that the tip of the iceberg is all that has been scraped is a nagging one. Undoubtedly, the trial in January will provide us with even more information in this repugnant episode in yet another travesty from the racist right. I think it would behoove the authorities to look further - to look deeper - because my intuition tells me that Strom isn't the only one in this cesspool.