Federal prosecutors have charged two alleged leaders of a white supremacist group, Dallas Humber and Matthew Allison, with multiple counts including conspiracy, soliciting hate crimes, and soliciting the murder of federal officials. The group, known as “The Terrorgram Collective”, used Telegram to promote violence against Black, Jewish, LGBTQ, and immigrant communities in an effort to incite a race war. The Justice Department stated that the group advocated for white supremacy, calling for violence and terrorism to establish a white ethnostate.
Humber and Allison joined Terrorgram in 2019 and rose to leadership positions in 2022. They were involved in creating a document that justified the group’s ideology and included instructions for carrying out terror attacks, such as building bombs. The indictment also revealed that the pair collaborated on a list of high-value targets for assassination, including a U.S. senator and a federal judge.
The charges against Humber and Allison are part of the Justice Department’s efforts to target individuals and groups inciting civil unrest through violence. In a separate case, federal authorities charged a man nicknamed “Commander Butcher” for soliciting hate crimes and mass violence, including a plot to poison Jewish children in New York City. Michail Chkhikvishvili, the suspect in that case, was arrested in Moldova under an Interpol order.
The prosecution of individuals and groups promoting violence and hate crimes reflects a broader effort by law enforcement to address the growing threat of domestic terrorism and white supremacist extremism in the United States and abroad.
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