From war lords, to drug kingpins, Cartels, criminals, gangs, serial killers, and ever day psychos, World on Drugs with Steve Furey deep dives into subjects and people other wont. We analyze it through the lens of comedy, to try and see how and why these people/event went down the wrong road. So come join me, Steve Furey and my funny friends to learn about some of the people who stay in the shadows.
This week we got my budd Zack Chapaloni ig @Zackchapaloni (MTV, HESBY ST PODCAST, SHAMELESS on SHOWTIME), comedian and actor. We go deeeeep into white supremacist gangs, organizations and groups. We find how it all started, and where they are today. This is our first two part episode. There's just so much info we had to break it up into two. So look for part two next week, and a huge shout out to new researcher Robin Fitch-Mccullough who CRUSHED IT. If you want to see a pretty good timeline of the rise of white supremacist group in the united states, we start from the 1800's. come check this shit out.
MOST OF REFERENCES
Aryan Prison Gangs: A Violent Movement Spreads from the Prisons to the Streets. Edited by Mark Potok. Southern Poverty Law Center, 2013.Focusing on the current activities of the Aryan Brotherhood and 211 Crew gangs, this special by the SPLC covers their most egregious acts. Includes a comprehensive timeline of major interactions with law enforcement, as well as details stemming from interviews into the inner workings of the gangs.
Intelligence Report: How the Christian Identity Movement Began. The Southern Poverty Law Center, 1998.An overview of the origins of the Christian Identity movement that forms a major part of the racist ideology of white supremacists, neo-nazis, white prison gangs and the militia movement in the United States. An older article, but interesting as it came on the heels of the emergence of the militia movement into the American public eye.
Murder Unpunished: How the Aryan Brotherhood Murdered Waymond Small and Got Away With It. Thornton Price. University of Arizona Press. Tucson, 2005.
An expose on the rise of the Aryan Brotherhood as a major force behind organized crime in prisons, using their murder of Waymond Small as the backdrop. A major portion of the book deals with the difficulties faced by the State of Arizona prison system in confronting the Aryan Brotherhood.
White Supremacist Gangs. From Police: The Law Enforcement Magazine. Al Valdez. October 2002.A broad overview of the role and importance of white supremacist gangs and organizations, specifically Aryan Nation, Aryan Brotherhood, Aryan Circle and loose organizations of skinhead groups. Interesting because not only is it from a law enforcement perspective, but also comes a year after 9/11, when much domestic terrorism interest had shifted from separatists and white supremacists to Islamic fundamentalism.
How Powerful are White Supremacist Prison Gangs? National Public Radio / New Hampshire Public Radio.Interview discussing the Kaufman County Murders and the assassination of Tom Clements. The murder of Tom Clements remains unsolved, and the Kaufman County Murders ended up being a disgruntled lawyer, but the murders fit the profile of the Aryan Brotherhood.
The Devil’s Butcher Shop: The New Mexico Prison Uprising. Roger Morris. New York, 1988.Based primarily on the investigations conducted by the state government in the aftermath, this book is one of the several definitive accounts