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I think you need to sit down and talk to somebody about that. Because the more we push these people away, the closer they come to crossing a line. This is an msnbc special series. All across america, support for White Nationalism is growing. And violence against yous is je skyrocketing. Im trying to fight back. Were not born to hate. Ideology isnt even what is leading people to these movements. I know this is true. Because i spent eight years of my life in americas first neonazi skinhead organization. But ive spent the last 20 years warning the public. Christian picciolini joins me now. Advising Law Enforcement and helping People Disengage from hate groups. I want to help people. I feel like thats my only redemption. Ive worked on deradicalizing more than 300 individuals. But i cant win this war alone. What i see h ....
For most of his life, eric agonized over what his violent, white supremacist father might do. when he became an adult, eric asked his father to move in with him. he wanted to keep a close eye on the old man. but when james asked his only son to carry out a suicide attack in washington, d.c., eric reached his breaking point. when the man asked me to kill myself for something he knew i didn t believe in, that pretty much ended our father-son relationship. you wanted out right at that point? yeah. eric had graduated from the university of maryland and was eager to put as much distance from him and his father as possible. he decided to move to florida for a fresh start. but the night before he left, as they said their good-byes, eric ....
Asking me if i had any intentions against president obama. i m hilike, are you kidding? the investigation cleared eric and pat, while james was charged with the first degree murder of special officer steven tyrone johns who left behind a ten-year-old son. do you miss your daddy a lot? yeah. at the time, eric granted only one interview with diane sawer on good morning america . i want to start with this little boy and the fact you said you wish it had been your father who died and not him. the wrong man died that day, yes. seven months after he was apprehe apprehe apprehend, james died while awaiting trial. his son never recovered. ....
But a lifetime of resistance took its toll. is this where you took drugs? yeah. i had a $1,600 a month habit. where would you find the money for that? stealing, selling, repeat diving, that kind of stuff. you said you had squatters in here? yeah. wow. you can t even see the garage. for yearly a decade, eric has struggled with ptsd, anxiety and addiction. the legacy of his father s effort to bend him to his will. and he tells me that as james grew older, his hate grew more extreme. he even posted his racist manifesto online for all the world to see. eric didn t know where to turn. so he moved james in with him to ....
Was to be the prince. so he wanted to groom eric to be his legacy. yes, yes. neither pat nor eric can tell me why james became infected with white supremacist ideology. he was college educated and a successful ad executive. but he was also a heavy drinker and prone to violence. and in december of 1981 when eric was just four, his father walked into the federal reserve in washington, d.c., with a revolver and a sawed-off shotgun intent on taking hostages to expose what he believed a jewish conspiracy to control the nation s economy. he didn t see his son again until he was released from prison. eric was 12 years old. and that s when the indoctrination wrapped up. ....