Captain, Commander, Criminal

Based in Minnesota, the National Socialist Movement — which claims to be the nation's largest neo-Nazi organization, though it has only about 200 members (now estimated to be lower than 25 nationally) — says members should be gainfully employed and positively contributing to society.

But as reporter Jon Tevlin discovered, the 30-year-old Schoep hardly fits that description himself, with a string of petty crimes on his record, including a felony arrest in 1998 for aiding and abetting a burglary.

According to court records, Schoep — who was unemployed at the time, and apparently still is — was arrested for accompanying the mother of his daughter when she stole $4,000 worth of computer equipment. Four children were in the back seat of the car during the burglary.

Schoep, who had become NSM commander four years before the incident, pleaded guilty and got off with probation — but not before District Judge Sharon Hall took him to task for gross hypocrisy.

The NSM, she pointed out, "does not condone fathering children around the countryside and taking no financial responsibility. And it does not condone the commission of crimes. I also know that your organization believes that there are various minority groups in this country that do that on a regular basis."

Schoep told the Star Tribune his crimes were "in the past," and claimed to be "taking care of my children." In the NSM, he insisted, "We stress legality and we're against people breaking the law" — though a registered sex offender, John Snyder, leads the Indiana chapter of the NSM, which puts a special emphasis on recruiting teenagers.

Apparently his views have continued although he makes no mention of them when bullying from his pulpit. Interview notes have been made public from academic sources, directed to this website.

"... look, I don't like where this is going. I don't want to give out personal information... um... you know because the Jews have threatened my kids and they threaten me too. So um.. yeah you can't continue asking those questions because we believe in the safety of all white people."

A strange assertion to make, considering the first tactic when the owner of Nuke Israel went away the website was stolen, and the owner's identity, previously kept private from whois searches was made public on the blog. Such are the tactics of cowards who cannot combat the ideas on their own and subsequently invite the attack on members who decide to depart the movement. The oath, if you recall is not to the party specifically, but to the betterment of white people everywhere. The NSM seems to have abjectly failed in that regard.

"... I think that all citizens should be allowed to have housing without interest and given government um... support and stuff. I mean, white people are having difficulty making ends meet working to make the bills. People can't ahhh ... well you know.. we're dying because our race can't make it while the minorities get free handouts."

I have to apologize and admit that I'm repeating a phrase; what a strange assertion. Schoep works no job, has his records website worked from volunteers (namely John Shafer who owns his own server firm he runs out of his home) but it should surprise no one that he's in favor of more government handouts, after all he still has to pay his own electric and utility bills! It's a strange concept, while most of the party works for a living he mooches off the good will of his members.

Even the Presidential Candidate was called "defeatist" for asking for some party support when running his campaign which he had done as purely volunteer, even some reimbursement for minor expenses such as gasoline to travel on his 15 city tour. A campaign worker revealed in a radio interview "We have received $100 from the party, and only when Schoep was looking really bad." (Link Here)

More to come as we're made aware of it.