Numeric Hate Symbols. Racist Hand Signs. White Supremacist Prison Gang Symbols. Search Keywords. Hate Symbol. The Aryan Brotherhood of Texas which is independent from and has no relationship to the "original" Aryan Brotherhood present in the California and federal prison systems is one of the largest and most violent white supremacist prison gangs in the United States. Aryan Brotherhood of Texas hand sign The Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, a large and violent racist prison gang, uses a hand symbol consisting of a raised index finger and raised ring and little fingers, signifying the numbers 1 and 2.
Substituting letters for numbers 1 and 2 stand for A and B, or Aryan Brotherhood. Aryan Circle AC. The Diamond. The Aryan Circle is the second-largest white supremacist prison gang in Texas and one of the largest such gangs in the United States. Its most common tattoo, known as a "shield" or "patch," consists of a square oriented to form a diamond shape. Inside the diamond is typically a swastika and the initials AC; it is also common to include SS lightning bolts.
Its primary hand sign consists of holding up the thumb and the middle, ring, and little fingers of one hand, signifying the numbers 1 and 3 which stand for AC.
One can also hold up the little finger and the middle and index fingers, plus the thumb. Its main symbol consists of a helmeted and winged skull with the initials ACB. Aryan Fist White Power Fist. White Fist. The Aryan Fist symbol is a white supremacist symbol adopted from the "black power fist" used by black nationalist groups in the s and s.
They often use the initials AK to identify themselves with tattoos or writing. Aryan Nations is a decades-old American neo-Nazi group with a long history of criminal activity. Its logo consists of a Wolfsangel symbol in which the vertical line is replaced by a sword.
Aryan Nations hand sign - Tennessee prison gang Bolts Up. Bolts to the Sky. The largest white supremacist prison gang in Tennessee is Aryan Nations a different group than the neo-Nazi group of the same name.
Aryan Nations gang members use a hand sign they sometimes refer to as "bolts up" or "bolts to the sky," consisting of forming the hand into a pistol shape and pointing it upwards or outwards.
Aryan Nations Tennessee prison gang The largest white supremacist prison gang in Tennessee calls itself Aryan Nations, a name borrowed from the neo-Nazi group of the same name, though the two are separate groups.
Its primary symbol or "shield," is a tattoo featuring a rounded Celtic Cross, with different symbols in each of the quadrants of the cross.
Aryan Renaissance Society The Aryan Renaissance Society is a small but long-lived white supremacist group that has resembled both a racist skinhead group and a prison clique at times. It has had members from a variety of places, but many came from Texas and New Jersey. Motorcycle-club vest 2. Tucked in T-shirt, khaki pants, Midwestern-dad look 4. Cross necklace or other Christian jewelry 5. Shirts and shields with cog-and-pitchfork logo , celebrating industrial and rural workers.
Middle American blue-collar vibe. Matthew Heimbach, 26, runs the party out of a trailer home in Paoli, Indiana though he grew up in wealthy suburban Maryland , and party rallies attract blue-collar or no-collar white workers. TWP is arguably the most effective and well-organized alt-right or white-supremacist movement out there today. White polo shirt, khakis, and mirrored sunglasses 2. Shield with Italian fascist symbol : bundle of sticks around an axe handle, sometimes carried by an eagle 3.
Backpack with buckled chest strap 4. Sensible shoes. Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The rank-and-file Vanguard America vibe is also typified by white polo shirts, khakis, and sensible shoes, as widely seen in Charlottesville. The group subscribes to the usual smorgasbord of white-nationalist and supremacist views, with more overtly neo-Nazi associations than groups like Identity Evropa and the Proud Boys.
A mish-mash of different groups with Klansman politics and fashion. Open-hooded, or unhooded, silk Klan robe 2. Blood drop cross T-shirt. His outfits and icons have evolved, however; many Klan robes worn at Charlottesville were only partially hooded, or wholly sans hood.
So it's not surprising something like this slips in. Along with Thor Steinar clothing, we found a number of other controversial items listed on Amazon.
That may sound not very politically correct, but the T-shirt also has the numbers 14 and 88 in the listing description as well as on the shirt. The number 14 refers to the "14 Words," a popular white supremacist slogan coined by David Lane, a white supremacist serving a year prison sentence for bank robberies and the murder of Jewish talk show host Alan Berg.
The number 88 is a widely known abbreviation in the far-right community for "Hail, Hitler" or "Heil, Hitler. Amazon wouldn't tell us exactly how it determines what items it deems offensive, but questionable items can slip through the cracks. Mark Pitcavage, a senior research fellow at the Anti-Defamation League, put together "Hate on Display," a database of symbols frequently used by white supremacist groups.
Using the ADL database, we found a number of controversial listings on Amazon, including a cardigan in four different colors with a clear image of Hitler on the back. The item was offered by Clifton, a third-party seller. We also found a costume labeled "Reinhard Heydrich Uniform" listed on the site. Heydrich was the main architect of the Holocaust. When News 6 asked Amazon for comment about the specifics of how the company determines what and what isn't offensive, the listing of the Thor Steinar clothing and other items we discuss in this story, we were told:.
When we checked several hours before our newscast, listings for the Nazi shirts, the "Support Your Local White Boy" T-shirt and the Hitler cardigans were no longer available on Amazon's website. Thor Steinar clothing and the Reinhard Heydrich uniform, however, were still being offered. Ye Olde Shirt Shop did not respond to our inquiry about its products.
Donovan is an investigative and special projects producer at News 6.
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