CA - Members of 'combat-ready' white supremacy group charged with violence at rallies, Oct. 2018

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Members of 'combat-ready' white supremacy group charged with violence at political rallies

The leader and three members of a California-based white supremacist group have been charged with attacking counter-protesters, journalists and a police officer at political rallies throughout the state in 2017, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles said Wednesday.

The men and other members of the "Rise Above Movement" sought to "organize, promote, encourage, participate in, or carry on riots" in Huntington Beach, Berkeley, San Bernardino and the deadly Charlottesville rally, the office said.

Robert Rundo, 28, who allegedly founded the group, was denied bail Wednesday after first appearing in court on Monday. Robert Boman, 25, and Tyler Laube, 22, were both arrested Wednesday morning, prosecutors said, while Aaron Eason, 38, remains at large.
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"Every American has a right to peacefully organize, march and protest in support of their beliefs – but no one has the right to violently assault their political opponents," U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Nick Hanna said in a statement. "The allegations describe an orchestrated effort to squelch free speech as members of the conspiracy traveled to multiple locations to attack those who hold different views."

According to an affidavit attached to the criminal complaint, RAM is a "combat-ready, militant group of a new nationalist white supremacy/identity movement" that trained members to fight and coordinated attendance at political rallies.

At a Huntington Beach "Make America Great Again" rally in March 2017, Rundo, Boman and Laube allegedly attacked multiple people, including two journalists, prosecutors said.

According to the affidavit, Laube grabbed one journalist by the shoulder then punched him in the face three times. Members of RAM later celebrated the assault when it was highlighted on a neo-Nazi website, "Daily Stormer," the affidavit alleges.

Rundo was also arrested at an April rally in Berkeley for punching a "defenseless person" and a police officer, prosecutors said. Boman and Eason were allegedly violent at the rally, too, according to the affidavit.

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US white supremacist leader arrested

The US Attorney's Office alleges they acted with "intent to incite, organise, promote, encourage, participate in, or carry on riots".

Three of the four, including Mr Rundo, are accused of attacking counter-protesters and journalists at a Make America Great Again rally in Huntington Beach, California, in March.

Mr Rundo is alleged to have assaulted two protesters, while Mr Laube allegedly punched a journalist in the face.

Mr Rundo travelled to Europe earlier this year with two of those already charged in the Charlottesville case to celebrate the birthday of Adolf Hitler.​

 

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The FBI arrested several Rise Above Movement white supremacists, they were charged with inciting violent riots

Originally branded as "DIY DIVISION," the Southern California–based white supremacist group has grown due to social media recruitment efforts over the past few years. Rundo, the founder of RAM, stands accused of inciting riots he also traveled to attend across the country. The Los Angeles Times reports he was picked up by authorities in Central America before being taken into FBI custody at Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday.

Federal authorities said Rundo had traveled abroad to several countries as he was dodging law enforcement.
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FBI renews call for info on alleged white supremacist's whereabouts

The FBI today renewed it's call for information leading to the whereabouts of an Anza resident alleged to be a part of a Southern California-based white extremist nationalist group suspected of traveling to various political rallies in California and in Charlottesville, Virginia, to incite riots.

Aaron Eason, 38, remains at large, but three other alleged members of the Rise Above Movement were in federal custody.
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In court documents, prosecutors allege that members of RAM instigated violence at a Huntington Beach "Make America Great Again'' rally near Bolsa Chica State Beach. When a small group of counter-protesters turned up, they were confronted by RAM members, who pushed and punched two reporters from a local news publication, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.