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UnfairRepresent 04/03/21 4:27:33 PM #1:	A serving police officer was only exposed as a former member of a neo-Nazi terrorist group because anti-fascists leaked data from an extremist website, it can be revealed. Benjamin Hannam, 22, has been convicted of membership of National Action and committing fraud by concealing his allegiance when applying to join the Metropolitan Police. Commander Richard Smith, head of the forces Counter-Terrorism Command, said the investigation was triggered by a data dump from the fascist Iron March forum. A person or group identified only as antifa-data posted the personal information of more than 1,200 users online in November 2019. Mr Smith said police started investigating the leaked material because of its links to extreme right-wing organisations, and searching for UK-based members. We identified a forum user called Anglisc, he told a press conference. We did some work on that particular account back to 2016 and linked it to Hannams address. At that point our investigation revealed that he was, by then, a probationary police officer. Hannam had used Iron March under the alias Anglisc, and two other usernames, since March 2016. In an introductory post, he said he had grown desperate after seeing whats happening to my country. He described himself as a fascist and said he was a member of National Actions London branch in messages to other users. Asked whether Hannam would have been caught without the Iron March data leak, Mr Smith said it was difficult to speculate. Clearly, in this case the Iron March leak triggered the investigation but thats not to say we wouldnt have received information from elsewhere and would not have identified him, he added. Hannams real identity had not been discovered by police before they accessed the Iron March data, despite his attendance at National Action meetings with senior members including the groups co-founder, its 2016 conference, boxing camps and graffiti events. 'Miss Hitler' and fellow neo-Nazis convicted of National Action membership Hannam appeared in a promotional video for NS131 and in a photograph alongside other members, in front of a National Action flag. Several other people at the events he attended were prosecuted more than two years ago, including high-profile leaders such as Mark Jones and Oskar Dunn-Koczorowski. Asked why Hannam had not been identified as part of earlier investigations, Mr Smith said: If it had been possible to identify Hannam earlier, Im confident we would have done. Hannams trial started on 8 March at the Old Bailey, but nothing could be published until the jury reached its verdict because of a reporting restriction. It was imposed because Hannam was due to face a second trial for possessing indecent images of children, and a judge did not want that jury to be swayed by the terror trial. A videograb of Ben Hannam, shown to the jury during his trial for belonging to a banned neo-Nazi group But on 23 March, Hannam pleaded guilty to one count of possessing an indecent image of a child. Prosecutors did not proceed with a second count of the same offence, and left a third to lie on file. Hannam was involved with National Action from March 2016 and it was banned as a terrorist organisation by the government in December that year. He then took part in activities by its successor group NS131, which was an alias used to evade the prohibition until it was also banned. Investigators believe Hannam ceased active involvement with the group by October 2017 almost three months after he applied to become a police officer.*He passed vetting checks,* completed training and was a probationary constable in an emergency response team by the time of his arrest on 5 March 2020. Scotland Yard said no officers had raised concerns about his ideology or behaviour over Hannams two years of service, and were shocked by the investigation. The Metropolitan Police said thorough checks were carried out on the cases and incidents Hannam had dealt with, as well as his use of the Police National Computer database, and that nothing of concern was found. Officials said there had been no complaints about his conduct or behaviour from colleagues or members of the public, and that his only known misconduct was an incident where he used his brothers travel card on public transport. Hannam denied being a member of National Action at any point during his trial, and said that even if he had been he was right to answer no on the forms because it was not similar to the BNP. The Metropolitan Police said the national recruitment form was being updated as part of an unrelated review, but defended its processes. Obviously there will be public concern around the fact a member of National Action managed to become a member of the police service, but once we identified that fact we moved very swiftly and robustly to investigate, Mr Smith said. The fact he had lied on his form and provided reliable references that did not raise any concerns about his character meant that the application proceeded. Hannam gave the Metropolitan Police a character reference from his university, which raised no concern, and investigators said that before his trial they did not know about incidents at secondary school where he had been racially offensive and submitted Islamophobic work. Mr Smith said: A balance has to be struck about the depth and proportionality of the checks that can be carried out into every individual who wants to join the police. We think we have that balance about right, it will never be completely perfect. Hannam was suspended from duty when he was arrested and will now face misconduct proceedings that will see him dismissed. Mr Smith said he believed Hannam was unique as the first police officer convicted of a terror offence. But he added that Scotland Yard was alive to the risk of infiltration by right-wing groups, who have recently been active in the British military. Nothing indicated that either Hannam was part of deliberate infiltration in the police, or that he carried out any activity seeking to draw others into the ideology that he holds, Mr Smith said. We didnt find any evidence of that at all. Mikko Vehvilainen, a National Action member who was convicted in 2018, was a lance corporal in the British Army and had been trying to recruit fellow soldiers in preparation for a race war to cleanse our lands. Two members of the Generation Identity white nationalist group were also found to be serving in the Royal Navy in 2019, and were not formally disciplined. Numerous international Iron March users included in the leaked data claimed to be members of the military or police forces. An investigation by Vice verified the identities of three American servicemen, including a marine who was trying to recruit people for a fascist paramilitary group he wanted to launch in the US. Iron March was shut down in November 2017 and succeeded by a website called Fascist Forge, which went offline in February 2019. Full Article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/nazi-police-officer-benjamin-hannam-b1823383.html Scary to think if you call the police, someone like this could be who turns up Not sure why guys who have fight clubs in the woods wear gloves tho, that seems kinda wuss shit. May as well just go to any gym. --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:952429664] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote>A serving police officer was only exposed as a former member of a neo-Nazi terrorist group because anti-fascists leaked data from an extremist website, it can be revealed. Benjamin Hannam, 22, has been convicted of membership of National Action and committing fraud by concealing his allegiance when applying to join the Metropolitan Police. Commander Richard Smith, head of the forces Counter-Terrorism Command, said the investigation was triggered by a data dump from the fascist Iron March forum. A person or group identified only as antifa-data posted the personal information of more than 1,200 users online in November 2019. Mr Smith said police started investigating the leaked material because of its links to extreme right-wing organisations, and searching for UK-based members. We identified a forum user called Anglisc, he told a press conference. We did some work on that particular account back to 2016 and linked it to Hannams address. At that point our investigation revealed that he was, by then, a probationary police officer. Hannam had used Iron March under the alias Anglisc, and two other usernames, since March 2016. In an introductory post, he said he had grown desperate after seeing whats happening to my country. He described himself as a fascist and said he was a member of National Actions London branch in messages to other users. Asked whether Hannam would have been caught without the Iron March data leak, Mr Smith said it was difficult to speculate. Clearly, in this case the Iron March leak triggered the investigation but thats not to say we wouldnt have received information from elsewhere and would not have identified him, he added. Hannams real identity had not been discovered by police before they accessed the Iron March data, despite his attendance at National Action meetings with senior members including the groups co-founder, its 2016 conference, boxing camps and graffiti events. 'Miss Hitler' and fellow neo-Nazis convicted of National Action membership Hannam appeared in a promotional video for NS131 and in a photograph alongside other members, in front of a National Action flag. Several other people at the events he attended were prosecuted more than two years ago, including high-profile leaders such as Mark Jones and Oskar Dunn-Koczorowski. Asked why Hannam had not been identified as part of earlier investigations, Mr Smith said: If it had been possible to identify Hannam earlier, Im confident we would have done. Hannams trial started on 8 March at the Old Bailey, but nothing could be published until the jury reached its verdict because of a reporting restriction. It was imposed because Hannam was due to face a second trial for possessing indecent images of children, and a judge did not want that jury to be swayed by the terror trial. A videograb of Ben Hannam, shown to the jury during his trial for belonging to a banned neo-Nazi group But on 23 March, Hannam pleaded guilty to one count of possessing an indecent image of a child. Prosecutors did not proceed with a second count of the same offence, and left a third to lie on file. Hannam was involved with National Action from March 2016 and it was banned as a terrorist organisation by the government in December that year. He then took part in activities by its successor group NS131, which was an alias used to evade the prohibition until it was also banned. Investigators believe Hannam ceased active involvement with the group by October 2017 almost three months after he applied to become a police officer.He passed vetting checks, completed training and was a probationary constable in an emergency response team by the time of his arrest on 5 March 2020. Scotland Yard said no officers had raised concerns about his ideology or behaviour over Hannams two years of service, and were shocked by the investigation. The Metropolitan Police said thorough checks were carried out on the cases and incidents Hannam had dealt with, as well as his use of the Police National Computer database, and that nothing of concern was found. Officials said there had been no complaints about his conduct or behaviour from colleagues or members of the public, and that his only known misconduct was an incident where he used his brothers travel card on public transport. Hannam denied being a member of National Action at any point during his trial, and said that even if he had been he was right to answer no on the forms because it was not similar to the BNP. The Metropolitan Police said the national recruitment form was being updated as part of an unrelated review, but defended its processes. Obviously there will be public concern around the fact a member of National Action managed to become a member of the police service, but once we identified that fact we moved very swiftly and robustly to investigate, Mr Smith said. The fact he had lied on his form and provided reliable references that did not raise any concerns about his character meant that the application proceeded. Hannam gave the Metropolitan Police a character reference from his university, which raised no concern, and investigators said that before his trial they did not know about incidents at secondary school where he had been racially offensive and submitted Islamophobic work. Mr Smith said: A balance has to be struck about the depth and proportionality of the checks that can be carried out into every individual who wants to join the police. We think we have that balance about right, it will never be completely perfect. Hannam was suspended from duty when he was arrested and will now face misconduct proceedings that will see him dismissed. Mr Smith said he believed Hannam was unique as the first police officer convicted of a terror offence. But he added that Scotland Yard was alive to the risk of infiltration by right-wing groups, who have recently been active in the British military. Nothing indicated that either Hannam was part of deliberate infiltration in the police, or that he carried out any activity seeking to draw others into the ideology that he holds, Mr Smith said. We didnt find any evidence of that at all. Mikko Vehvilainen, a National Action member who was convicted in 2018, was a lance corporal in the British Army and had been trying to recruit fellow soldiers in preparation for a race war to cleanse our lands. Two members of the Generation Identity white nationalist group were also found to be serving in the Royal Navy in 2019, and were not formally disciplined. Numerous international Iron March users included in the leaked data claimed to be members of the military or police forces. An investigation by Vice verified the identities of three American servicemen, including a marine who was trying to recruit people for a fascist paramilitary group he wanted to launch in the US. Iron March was shut down in November 2017 and succeeded by a website called Fascist Forge, which went offline in February 2019. Full Article: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/nazi-police-officer-benjamin-hannam-b1823383.html Scary to think if you call the police, someone like this could be who turns up Not sure why guys who have fight clubs in the woods wear gloves tho, that seems kinda wuss shit. May as well just go to any gym. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
What_ 04/03/21 4:28:50 PM #2:	Antifa doing gods work <cite>What_ posted [p:952429711] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote>Antifa doing gods work </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SPE 04/03/21 4:39:07 PM #3:	This is why the GOP hates antifa --- Welcome to the Spore Store! My shrooms are delicious, suspicious, but never malicious! <cite>SPE posted [p:952430024] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote>This is why the GOP hates antifa </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Cheater87 04/03/21 4:40:24 PM #4:	The GOP love far right groups, they won't be happy about this. --- Doom, the game with unlimited ways to play. <cite>Cheater87 posted [p:952430068] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote>The GOP love far right groups, they won't be happy about this. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony 04/03/21 4:41:22 PM #5:	Antifa isn't real. They just put Antifa to rile people up. They could've easily put Illuminati as well. --- I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics. <cite>Irony posted [p:952430107] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote>Antifa isn't real. They just put Antifa to rile people up. They could've easily put Illuminati as well. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 04/03/21 4:43:59 PM #6:	God bless --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:952430183] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote>God bless </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Firewerx 04/03/21 4:53:59 PM #7:	UnfairRepresent posted... Not sure why guys who have fight clubs in the woods wear gloves tho, that seems kinda wuss shit. May as well just go to any gym. Anyone ever noticed that it's always guys with blurry faces who get caught up in this kind of thing? Sorry, I know it's probably prejudiced, but I'd seriously think twice before employing a guy with a blurry face. It's like trouble follows them around everywhere. --- Slaughterhouse 5 Cattle 0 <cite>Firewerx posted [p:952430543] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted... </cite> <quote>Not sure why guys who have fight clubs in the woods wear gloves tho, that seems kinda wuss shit. May as well just go to any gym.</quote>Anyone ever noticed that it's always guys with blurry faces who get caught up in this kind of thing? Sorry, I know it's probably prejudiced, but I'd seriously think twice before employing a guy with a blurry face. It's like trouble follows them around everywhere. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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UnfairRepresent 04/03/21 9:10:41 PM #9:	Firewerx posted... Anyone ever noticed that it's always guys with blurry faces who get caught up in this kind of thing? Sorry, I know it's probably prejudiced, but I'd seriously think twice before employing a guy with a blurry face. It's like trouble follows them around everywhere. They censor the faces of people not relevant to the article to hide their indentities --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:952438157] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote>Firewerx posted... </cite> <quote>Anyone ever noticed that it's always guys with blurry faces who get caught up in this kind of thing? Sorry, I know it's probably prejudiced, but I'd seriously think twice before employing a guy with a blurry face. It's like trouble follows them around everywhere.</quote>They censor the faces of people not relevant to the article to hide their indentities </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
threetimes 04/03/21 9:22:38 PM #10:	Hannam gave the Metropolitan Police a character reference from his university, which raised no concern, and investigators said that before his trial they did not know about incidents at secondary school where he had been racially offensive and submitted Islamophobic work. They didn't check with his school records. One wonders how many more Nazi pedophile police exist. We know many police are abusers. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/20/revealed-the-grim-list-of-sex-abuse-claims-against-metropolitan-police "The force upheld 119 cases among 600 complaints; they included an officer who was sacked after having sex with a rape victim." --- The bells haven't stopped ringing yet. <cite>threetimes posted [p:952438531] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote><quote>Hannam gave the Metropolitan Police a character reference from his university, which raised no concern, and investigators said that before his trial they did not know about incidents at secondary school where he had been racially offensive and submitted Islamophobic work.</quote> They didn't check with his school records. One wonders how many more Nazi pedophile police exist. We know many police are abusers. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/20/revealed-the-grim-list-of-sex-abuse-claims-against-metropolitan-police "The force upheld 119 cases among 600 complaints; they included an officer who was sacked after having sex with a rape victim." </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Firewerx 04/04/21 12:26:57 PM #11:	How much information do secondary schools keep on record for their students, and how long is it kept for? --- Slaughterhouse 5 Cattle 0 <cite>Firewerx posted [p:952456771] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote>How much information do secondary schools keep on record for their students, and how long is it kept for? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dat_Cracka_Jax 04/04/21 12:28:30 PM #12:	I thought antifa was fake news --- http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/8131/flame201010170949481638.jpg http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5517/cateyes.gif Rams: 7-9 <cite>Dat_Cracka_Jax posted [p:952456817] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote>I thought antifa was fake news </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Orchestrion 04/04/21 12:34:15 PM #13:	It seems like cops are exposed as members of neo-Nazi groups pretty often. Whats up with that? --- https://imgur.com/N8KckAr https://imgur.com/LfbgFCJ <cite>Orchestrion posted [p:952456963] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote>It seems like cops are exposed as members of neo-Nazi groups pretty often. Whats up with that? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IShall_Run_Amok 04/04/21 12:35:52 PM #14:	Remember that Antifa are the good guys, and this story is why the people who think otherwise, think the way they do. --- I'm here live. Its...I'm not a cat. <cite>IShall_Run_Amok posted [p:952457007] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote>Remember that Antifa are the good guys, and this story is why the people who think otherwise, think the way they do. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 04/04/21 12:44:00 PM #15:	Orchestrion posted... It seems like cops are exposed as members of neo-Nazi groups pretty often. Whats up with that? People with far right views love authority groups. There is a huge correlation between them joining the police force, military or government. You don't see many left wingers in ICE for example --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:952457276] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote>Orchestrion posted... </cite> <quote>It seems like cops are exposed as members of neo-Nazi groups pretty often. Whats up with that?</quote>People with far right views love authority groups. There is a huge correlation between them joining the police force, military or government. You don't see many left wingers in ICE for example </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Firewerx 04/04/21 12:46:10 PM #16:	Orchestrion posted... It seems like cops are exposed as members of neo-Nazi groups pretty often. Whats up with that? What is "pretty often", though? Do three or four eye-catching cases (let's say, for argument's sake) in one year give the perception that it's happening several times every month? Is it several times every month? --- Slaughterhouse 5 Cattle 0 <cite>Firewerx posted [p:952457360] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote>Orchestrion posted... </cite> <quote>It seems like cops are exposed as members of neo-Nazi groups pretty often. Whats up with that?</quote>What is "pretty often", though? Do three or four eye-catching cases (let's say, for argument's sake) in one year give the perception that it's happening several times every month? Is it several times every month? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CanuckCowboy 04/04/21 12:52:26 PM #17:	UnfairRepresent posted... Not sure why guys who have fight clubs in the woods wear gloves tho, that seems kinda wuss shit. May as well just go to any gym. At a gym these morons would have to go up against people with legit skill and training. They don't want none of that. --- "A dope trailers no place for a kitty, Ricky. Thats why." https://files.catbox.moe/gqwlkg.jpeg ~ by JimCarrysToe. Be amaze. <cite>CanuckCowboy posted [p:952457561] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote>UnfairRepresent posted... </cite> <quote> Not sure why guys who have fight clubs in the woods wear gloves tho, that seems kinda wuss shit. May as well just go to any gym.</quote> At a gym these morons would have to go up against people with legit skill and training. They don't want none of that. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 04/04/21 4:23:12 PM #18:	Orchestrion posted... It seems like cops are exposed as members of neo-Nazi groups pretty often. Whats up with that? There has been an effort by neo-Nazi and White nationalist groups for years to infiltrate all levels of law enforcement. --- I often wonder if we are growing as a people... or in fact, regressing. <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:952463664] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote>Orchestrion posted... </cite> <quote>It seems like cops are exposed as members of neo-Nazi groups pretty often. Whats up with that?</quote>There has been an effort by neo-Nazi and White nationalist groups for years to infiltrate all levels of law enforcement. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KlRBEH 04/04/21 4:25:00 PM #19:	ANTlFA! --- https://imgur.com/fUaBI I NEEDUH MONSTA TA CLOBBA DAT DERE KIRBEH <cite>KlRBEH posted [p:952463711] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote>ANTlFA! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gamerguymass 04/04/21 4:41:12 PM #20:	What does "indecent image of a child" even mean exactly? Is that what the UK calls child porn? I thought they usually just said child porn. This makes it sound like it wasn't child porn but someone underage in skimpy underwear which most would consider to be indecent, but not the same as child porn. I really wish reporting didn't suck these days and they would be more specific as this phrase could mean any number of things. --- Now Playing: "The Hunt for the Two Missing Nintendo 64 Games" An expansion came out, but I'm still a third of the way through! <cite>Gamerguymass posted [p:952464146] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote>What does "indecent image of a child" even mean exactly? Is that what the UK calls child porn? I thought they usually just said child porn. This makes it sound like it wasn't child porn but someone underage in skimpy underwear which most would consider to be indecent, but not the same as child porn. I really wish reporting didn't suck these days and they would be more specific as this phrase could mean any number of things. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnfairRepresent 04/04/21 4:42:56 PM #21:	Gamerguymass posted... What does "indecent image of a child" even mean exactly? Is that what the UK calls child porn Yes --- ^ Hey now that's completely unfair! https://imgur.com/yPw05Ob <cite>UnfairRepresent posted [p:952464190] in Antifa exp... [t:79385595]...</cite> <quote>Gamerguymass posted... </cite> <quote>What does "indecent image of a child" even mean exactly? Is that what the UK calls child porn</quote>Yes </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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