REPORT: SKINHEAD ACTIVITY ON RISE.Byline: Susan Abram Staff Writer White-supremacist activity is on the rise nationwide, with groups using the Internet and music to fuel messages of hate against Jews and other groups, a report released Tuesday says. The resurgence of white-supremacist activity has gradually increased across the nation since the 1990s, and especially in Southern California, where at least five groups have been monitored, according to the Anti-Defamation League's inaugural Racist Skinhead skinhead Member of an international youth subculture characterized by hair and dress styles evoking aggression and physical toughness. Typical skinhead style includes shaved heads, combat boots, tattoos, and prominent body piercings. Project. ``We do notice there's a great deal of play on the Internet,'' said Amanda Susskind, regional director of the Pacific Southwest Region of the ADL. ``The music industry is being used to recruit young people into a seemingly harmless activity, such as concerts. The 'white power' music industry is centered in Southern California.'' But the ADL also notes the fluidity of the movement, of groups breaking down, rebuilding, or preying on their own members. Jews, Latinos, blacks, gays and lesbians, bisexuals and transgender transgender or transgendered adj. Transsexual. individuals remain those who are targeted by white supremacists, according to the ADL. Nationwide, the number of anti-Semitic incidents, for example, rose from 1,557 in 2003 to 1,821 in 2004. In California, the number jumped from 180 to 237, according to the ADL. Local law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). acknowledge that white-supremacist activities exist, buy say there have been no recent spikes across Los Angeles County or in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . While the ADL identified Reseda High School Reseda High School, established in 1955, is located in the Reseda section of Los Angeles, California, United States. The current principal of Reseda High is Alfredo Tarin. The mascot of Reseda High is the Regent, a lion welding a crown and a scepter. as a hot spot for white-supremacist activity, Principal Alfredo Tarin disputed that, saying what was once a movement is long gone. ``Whether those groups exist or not, they don't exist on campus,'' he said. ``The last incident we had was four years ago.'' LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Deputy Chief Michel Moore, who heads the Los Angeles Police Department's Valley Bureau, said the department works hard to educate the public and schoolchildren schoolchildren school npl → écoliers mpl; (at secondary school) → collégiens mpl; lycéens mpl schoolchildren school about anti-hate messages. ``We are very sensitive to (hate-based) activity and that has to do largely in response to the community at large,'' said Moore said. ``Instances of hate will not be tolerated.'' Susan Abram, (818) 713-3664 susan.abram(at)dailynews.com |
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