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Federal prosecutors are investigatingan Atlanta-based extremist black group that preaches violence against the U.S. government, as part of a broader criminal investigation, the report said. ing.
Black's Hammer Party, which is allegedly involved in arming and recruiting homeless men, is a member of theFBI and the Fayetteville, Georgia Police Department. under joint investigation. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published a report on crimes against weapons and drug crimes, kidnapping and human trafficking.
Fayetteville police street gang investigator Diana Snyder, who ran for trial in , 21-year-old Xavier "Keno" Rushin, in connection with the alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of gang recruits held against their will in the garage. He testified that he read a newspaper article about the Black Hammer Party at about the same time that the FBI contacted him several months earlier about moving its investigation of extremist groups to Fayetteville, an Atlanta suburb. She said in court that no charges had yet been filed in the investigation, but the group allegedly armed a homeless man and targeted college students near Woodruff Park in downtown Atlanta for donations.
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2019 The FBI logo outside the Atlanta field office in Atlanta on February 1 (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)
A recent public release in Tampa, Florida. According to a federal indictment, Roman and the Black Hammer Partywere implicated in alleged plots with Russian citizens linked to the Kremlin to protest and infiltrate local political movements. aims to sow discord within the United States by paying
In addition to the Atlanta-based Black Her Hammer Her Party, theindictment named other groups in Florida and California.
Romain and Rushin were accused of kidnapping, aggravated assault, wrongful imprisonment, conspiracy to commit a felony, and street gang violence after an alleged recruit to their organization called 911. He remains in custody without bail for his participation in the activism. Locked in the garage at home.
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Conspiracy charges were dropped against both men during hearings on Tuesday. However, Roman has also been charged withforcibly sodomizing one of his victims.
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Snyder cites sex as a way for Romain to gain a position in the Black Hammer Party, and that the authorities One of the victims claimed she was sexually assaulted at gunpoint for refusing Roman's 8 p.m. phone call. did. A bedtime order so that the group could get up early the next morning for protest.
Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital, covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and her Twitter (@danimwallace).
