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Maine man ousted from fringe white nationalist group

Maine man ousted from fringe white nationalist group

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A Portland man who is currently in custody for child pornography charges has been publicly expelled from a white nationalist extremist group, the National Socialist Club. Photo: clipart.com


PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – A Portland man who is currently in custody for child pornography charges has been publicly expelled from a white nationalist extremist group, the National Socialist Club.

The Portland Press Herald reports that Andrew Hazelton was named and expelled on social media this week and the group says more thorough background checks will be instituted in the future.

Carla Hill, an associate director at the Center on Extremism for the Anti-Defamation League tracks the group and says it recently established a presence in Maine.

Hill says the NSC is a small offshoot of the wider world of white supremacist groups and has approximately two dozen members in New England.

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