Far-Right Radio Host arrested, charged for inciting violence

[SirNitram]

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Radio host Hal Turner — accused of hosting a website that incited Connecticut Catholics to "take up arms" and singling out two Connecticut lawmakers and a state ethics official — was taken into custody in New Jersey late today after state Capitol police obtained an arrest warrant for him.

Turner, who has been identified as a white supremacist and anti-Semite by several anti-racism groups, hosts an Internet radio program with an associated blog. Last week, the blog included a post that promised to release the home addresses of state Rep. Michael Lawlor, state Sen. Andrew McDonald and Thomas Jones of the ethics office.

"Mr. Turner's comments are above and beyond the threshold of free speech," Capitol police Chief Michael J. Fallon said in an e-mail announcing the warrant. "He is inciting others through his website to commit acts of violence and has created fear and alarm. He should be held accountable for his conduct."

The remarks on the blog were a reaction to the recent controversy over a bill that would have changed the way the Roman Catholic church is governed, taking power away from church officials. It was pulled in mid-March following questions about its constitutionality.

Last week, the controversy flared again when the Diocese of Bridgeport filed a federal lawsuit against state ethics officials who are investigating whether church officials violated lobbying laws by organizing a rally at the state Capitol earlier this spring.

"It is our intent to foment direct action against these individuals personally," the blog stated. "These beastly government officials should be made an example of as a warning to others in government: Obey the Constitution or die."

And, the post continued, "If any state attorney, police department or court thinks they're going to get uppity with us about this; I suspect we have enough bullets to put them down too."

The blog post pledged to announce the officials' home addresses on his radio show Wednesday night, but Turner 47, of North Bergen, N.J., was taken into custody before that could happen.

He was charged in the warrant with inciting injury to persons or property and will be presented in a New Jersey courthouse Thursday for extradition to Connecticut. It is unclear when that would happen.

More of this, please. If it comes down to violence, better a few idiots in a standoff with police than many of the things this cancer could become.

[The Romulan Republic]

This scum should be given the harshest penalty possible within the law. Stop these fuckers before they can gain strength. I don't want America's streets and politics to resemble Iraq's. Any one know what kind of penalty he can get for this?

Sorry if there's not much content to this post. I'm not sure what else to say, really. Except that if anything, I'm perhaps surprised and certainly grateful that there hasn't been more of this given the obvious insanity and desperation of the right since the last election.

[FSTargetDrone]

Google this clown and you'll find a link to his blog at the top. He's got issues with all sorts of people...

A choice entry starts with:

Tonight at 9:00 PM, "The Hal Turner Show" will talk about the recent killing of an abortionist and what the shooter did wrong. No, not the shooting itself; but rather what he did wrong that got him caught!

We'll talk at length about how to carry out such an act and significantly reduce the chances of getting caught.

He really needs to spend some quality time in the clink.

[The Romulan Republic]

I'll go beyond what I said before, and state that in my opinion, he should receive the same treatment as someone caught running a terrorist training camp. No, I don't mean he should be tortured (no one should be), but he should be treated every bit as seriously.

[FSTargetDrone]

I read through about as much of his screed as I can take.

Briefly:

He is a nut.

To add, he is clearly encouraging and inciting violence against abortion providers, among others.

[Elfdart]

This is the same white supremacist douchecock who used to be a favored guest on Sean Hannity's show.

[Darth Raptor]

How long before mainstream right wingers a bloo bloo, or have they already?

[Oni Koneko Damien]

Shrieks of government suppression of free speach from the right in 3... 2... 1...

Oh, and is this the same Hal Turner that was spammed and pretty much chased off the airwaves for a while by 4chan?

[FSTargetDrone]

This is the same white supremacist douchecock who used to be a favored guest on Sean Hannity's show.

I hadn't heard of him until seeing this topic. What'd he do to fall out of Hannity's favor? He's clearly all kinds of crazy. He has addresses for, maps to and pictures of various people he clearly doesn't like on that damn blog right now. Maybe the hosting company should look into that...

[Pelranius]

Shrieks of government suppression of free speach from the right in 3... 2... 1...

Oh, and is this the same Hal Turner that was spammed and pretty much chased off the airwaves for a while by 4chan?

Yeah that's him. Apparently his wife provides most of the income while Mr. Turner tools around in a 2005 Lexus (what's wrong with a Cadillac?)

How did he get the addresses anyways?

[Glocksman]

Shrieks of government suppression of free speach from the right in 3... 2... 1...

Oh, and is this the same Hal Turner that was spammed and pretty much chased off the airwaves for a while by 4chan?

Yeah that's him. Apparently his wife provides most of the income while Mr. Turner tools around in a 2005 Lexus (what's wrong with a Cadillac?)

How did he get the addresses anyways?

Property tax records?
Somehow I'm not surprised that Turner was buds with Hannity.
After all, assholes tend to seek out the company of other assholes.

[The Romulan Republic]

Yeah, but I wouldn't think Hannity would go so far as to actually, to quote/paraphrase Palin, "pal around with terrorists."

[Saxtonite]

Oh, and is this the same Hal Turner that was spammed and pretty much chased off the airwaves for a while by 4chan?

Yes, it was the *chan forces who got him shut down. Actually he was going to shut down for that time anyway due to a lack of funds so the chanese decided to finish them off quicker/do a "kick him when he's down" type thing.

++http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php?t=350186++
stormfront link from a while ago I remember.
The thread seems to have grown significantly since the last time I saw it. Though what I remember this the most from that thread. Them being sickened at Anonymous' activities.

I'm as confused as a negro at a spelling bee. For those of us unfamiliar, what is an IRC? What is this 7chan.org? Can someone give the brief "for dummies" explaination?

It's clearly 7chan.org. Click on the link that says /i/ - Invasion to view multiple threads discussing DOS attacks against Hal Turner. They were also screwing with a couple of polls here on Stormfront.

WARNING: Some sections of that site contain absolutely vile imagery, including cartoons depicting sex with children. You've been warned.

Wow, It's a shame that we have to breathe the same air as those bastards, they live in their little retarded worlds.

They are some pretty SICK individuals.

Ironic/hipocritical given IIRC some people found r@ygold on his computer during one of the actual hacks by the chans (no skiddie shit). It's also interesting given from my cursory looks at the last pages of that long thread, as well as talking to some white nationalists on forums-they think he's an agent provacateur for some reason.

[Rahvin]

Don't we want to not directly link to Stormfront?

[That NOS Guy]

Oh Hal Turner, I remember when /b/ had a field day with him. That was hilarious, I'd completely forgotten about that.

[FSTargetDrone]

Don't we want to not directly link to Stormfront?

That's what I was wondering...

I can't imagine why anyone would want to go there. I may be paranoid, but I've set up on my machines so that I can't even go there accidentally. Stormfront, as well as some other places of scum and villainy.

[The Romulan Republic]

Why would one care greatly if they went their accidentally? Does Stormfront contain material that's illegal in whatever country you live in? Just curious.

[Rahvin]

Why would one care greatly if they went their accidentally? Does Stormfront contain material that's illegal in whatever country you live in? Just curious.

Considering that it's a massive repository of pure hate speech, it's more likely to be illegal in your country.

It's certainly NSFW, though, at the very least. I recall there were other reasons to not directly link Stormfront as well, but I don't remember the specifics.

[Patrick Degan]

I expect Mr. Turner will be working on his diaries a bit during his time in chokey.

[The Romulan Republic]

Why would one care greatly if they went their accidentally? Does Stormfront contain material that's illegal in whatever country you live in? Just curious.

Considering that it's a massive repository of pure hate speech, it's more likely to be illegal in your country.

It's certainly NSFW, though, at the very least. I recall there were other reasons to not directly link Stormfront as well, but I don't remember the specifics.

No doubt a lot of its content is illegal to post in Canada (hate speech laws), but (while I am admittedly by no means an expert on hate speech laws), I highly doubt simply reading it would get you in trouble with the law.

You'd be right that its not the kind of thing you'd want to be accidentally seen reading at work though.

[Surlethe]

Why would one care greatly if they went their accidentally? Does Stormfront contain material that's illegal in whatever country you live in? Just curious.

We don't allow hotlinking there because, IIRC, Mike doesn't want to draw their attention if they ever check where hits are referred from. If you don't mind them getting hold of your personal IP address, that's your problem, but board policy stands separately.

[Lonestar]

I expect Mr. Turner will be working on his diaries a bit during his time in chokey.

I saw what you did there.


So, stupid question, remember about 6 months back(maybe more) that story about the guy who named his kid "Adolf Hitler"...could he be prosecuted under the "fighting Words" Doctrine? I mean, if Mr. Turning was arrested for inciting violence, surely the douchetard who named his kid Adolf Hitler could have been similarly arrested.

[Sea Skimmer]

So, stupid question, remember about 6 months back(maybe more) that story about the guy who named his kid "Adolf Hitler"...could he be prosecuted under the "fighting Words" Doctrine? I mean, if Mr. Turning was arrested for inciting violence, surely the douchetard who named his kid Adolf Hitler could have been similarly arrested.

Naming a kid isn't inciting violence by any reasonable standard. This guy got arrested pretty clearly because not only did he openly advocate violence against the government, he also got specific about it by naming two members of the state legislature as targets. That kind of direct threat will get you thrown in jail. Generalizations won’t.