The Confederate Hammerskins, a Neo-Nazi Skinhead Gang, Terrorized Dallas in the 1980s
When Alexis Charles Newton set off toward home late one night in July 1988, the 33-year-old Black man couldn’t have known he’d end up recounting the evening in detail to a courtroom later that fall. Sure, he had seen the bands of young white men — with shaved heads, swastika tattoos and combat boots — stomping around Dallas’ Lee Park that summer. But Newton had kept his distance. He had made it home safely every time before, and nothing about that night seemed to suggest a different outcome. Newton grew up nearby, and as a boy, he swam in the public pool at the park. Later, as an ...
Source: dallasobserver.com
