Stand Your Ground
6th October 2009, 15:52
Keystone United, a white supremacist group, plans to have a rally in Philadelphia, according to their website.
From KeystoneUnited.com
"The third annual Leif Erikson Day Celebration is coming soon. As with every year we continue to try and bring everyone great entertainment as well as an educational and culturally rich atmosphere. More information will be posted soon, however, don’t let that stop you from making attendance plans now. Be sure to share our promotional poster on your favorite social networking sites."
Keystone United is a hate group in Pennsylvania that has a history of violence. Originally called the Keystone State Skinheads, this list was compiled on their Wikipedia entry:
In December 2001, Keith Carney was arrested in Philadelphia for posting stickers for the National Alliance, a white supremacist group, on the city's Vietnam war memorial. He was charged with institutional vandalism, criminal mischief and criminal conspiracy.[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_State_Skinheads#cite_note-6)
In June 2002, KSS members, Robert Gaus, Douglas Sonier and Joseph Hoesch, were arrested by police outside the Suburban Diner in Feasterville, near Philadelphia, for assaulting a man who asked them to stop throwing food at his table. The victim was struck several times and left on the diner’s floor. All three pleaded guilty to a charge of simple assault and were given suspended sentences.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_State_Skinheads#cite_note-ADL-4)
In September 2002, KSS members, Todd Sager, Jason Hayden, and Christopher Keough, beat a former member, Christopher Morosko, who refused to return his KSS "colors". The three pleaded guilty to assault on March 3, 2003, and were all released for time served.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_State_Skinheads#cite_note-ADL-4)
On March 23, 2003, three members of KSS, Keith Carney, Steve Smith and Steve Monteforte, were arrested on ethnic intimidation charges in Scranton, Pennsylvania, for assaulting an African-American man who, according to police, was walking home in the early morning.[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_State_Skinheads#cite_note-7)
In April 2003, two associates of the Lancaster Keystone State Skinheads were arrested and charged with ethnic intimidation and terroristic threats for making racist and threatening comments to three black patrons in a Lancaster-area bar.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_State_Skinheads#cite_note-ADL-4)
In January 2006, KSS members, Edward Robert Locke and Todd Clair Sager, were charged with multiple counts in connection with a violent bar fight in March 2005 in New Stanton. Police claim Locke stabbed two men. Locke was charged with attempted homicide and four counts of aggravated assault, while Sager was charged with criminal solicitation to commit homicide and criminal solicitation to commit aggravated assault.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_State_Skinheads#cite_note-ADL-4)
On January 7, 2006, Jason R. Honeywell, a member of KSS, was charged with stabbing two men outside Café Metropolis. Witnesses said a small group of KSS members, including Honeywell, began making Nazi hand signals during a performance by the band River Side Riot, whose lead singer, Mike Lungs, is black. Honeywell was arraigned on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006 for stabbing the men. [9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_State_Skinheads#cite_note-8)
In January 2007, KSS members, Kenneth Hoover and Charles Marovskis members of the fake Blood and Honour (The real Blood and Honour is in no way associated with KSS) at the time of the incident, were arrested for beating and killing two homeless men to death in Tampa, Florida in 1998. Kenneth Hoover pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and racketeering. Charles Marovskis, 29, recently from West Pittston, Pennsylvania, but originally from Tampa, Florida, pleaded guilty to two federal charges of second-degree murder. [5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_State_Skinheads#cite_note-ADL-4)
On May 26, 2007, Keith Carney was charged with a series of weapons and assault charges stemming from an incident that reportedly involved him and two other persons beating up on an alleged KSS associate.[10] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_State_Skinheads#cite_note-9)
On September 7, 2008, Philadelphia police officers arrested Keystone State Skinhead Andrew Boyle at a Philadelphia bar for being in possession of a knife. A summary trial is scheduled for December 1, 2008. At the time of his arrest, Boyle was out on bail awaiting trial on another matter. Boyle, along with co-defendants and fellow Keystone State Skinheads Keith Carney and Doug Caffarella, and Atlantic City Skinhead Vincent DeFelice, are charged with assault and conspiracy in the alleged attack of another skinhead outside of a Philadelphia bar in 2007. DeFelice is currently incarcerated in New Jersey on an unrelated matter, but the trial against Boyle, Carney and Caffarella is scheduled for late November 2008.
There were articles written about last year's rally on Indymedia at the following links:
http://www.phillyimc.org/es/node/76806
http://www.phillyimc.org/en/node/77020
This year, lets deal with the Nazis the way they should be dealt with, and let's not stay away when they have their little party this time around!
From KeystoneUnited.com
"The third annual Leif Erikson Day Celebration is coming soon. As with every year we continue to try and bring everyone great entertainment as well as an educational and culturally rich atmosphere. More information will be posted soon, however, don’t let that stop you from making attendance plans now. Be sure to share our promotional poster on your favorite social networking sites."
Keystone United is a hate group in Pennsylvania that has a history of violence. Originally called the Keystone State Skinheads, this list was compiled on their Wikipedia entry:
In December 2001, Keith Carney was arrested in Philadelphia for posting stickers for the National Alliance, a white supremacist group, on the city's Vietnam war memorial. He was charged with institutional vandalism, criminal mischief and criminal conspiracy.[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_State_Skinheads#cite_note-6)
In June 2002, KSS members, Robert Gaus, Douglas Sonier and Joseph Hoesch, were arrested by police outside the Suburban Diner in Feasterville, near Philadelphia, for assaulting a man who asked them to stop throwing food at his table. The victim was struck several times and left on the diner’s floor. All three pleaded guilty to a charge of simple assault and were given suspended sentences.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_State_Skinheads#cite_note-ADL-4)
In September 2002, KSS members, Todd Sager, Jason Hayden, and Christopher Keough, beat a former member, Christopher Morosko, who refused to return his KSS "colors". The three pleaded guilty to assault on March 3, 2003, and were all released for time served.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_State_Skinheads#cite_note-ADL-4)
On March 23, 2003, three members of KSS, Keith Carney, Steve Smith and Steve Monteforte, were arrested on ethnic intimidation charges in Scranton, Pennsylvania, for assaulting an African-American man who, according to police, was walking home in the early morning.[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_State_Skinheads#cite_note-7)
In April 2003, two associates of the Lancaster Keystone State Skinheads were arrested and charged with ethnic intimidation and terroristic threats for making racist and threatening comments to three black patrons in a Lancaster-area bar.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_State_Skinheads#cite_note-ADL-4)
In January 2006, KSS members, Edward Robert Locke and Todd Clair Sager, were charged with multiple counts in connection with a violent bar fight in March 2005 in New Stanton. Police claim Locke stabbed two men. Locke was charged with attempted homicide and four counts of aggravated assault, while Sager was charged with criminal solicitation to commit homicide and criminal solicitation to commit aggravated assault.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_State_Skinheads#cite_note-ADL-4)
On January 7, 2006, Jason R. Honeywell, a member of KSS, was charged with stabbing two men outside Café Metropolis. Witnesses said a small group of KSS members, including Honeywell, began making Nazi hand signals during a performance by the band River Side Riot, whose lead singer, Mike Lungs, is black. Honeywell was arraigned on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006 for stabbing the men. [9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_State_Skinheads#cite_note-8)
In January 2007, KSS members, Kenneth Hoover and Charles Marovskis members of the fake Blood and Honour (The real Blood and Honour is in no way associated with KSS) at the time of the incident, were arrested for beating and killing two homeless men to death in Tampa, Florida in 1998. Kenneth Hoover pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and racketeering. Charles Marovskis, 29, recently from West Pittston, Pennsylvania, but originally from Tampa, Florida, pleaded guilty to two federal charges of second-degree murder. [5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_State_Skinheads#cite_note-ADL-4)
On May 26, 2007, Keith Carney was charged with a series of weapons and assault charges stemming from an incident that reportedly involved him and two other persons beating up on an alleged KSS associate.[10] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_State_Skinheads#cite_note-9)
On September 7, 2008, Philadelphia police officers arrested Keystone State Skinhead Andrew Boyle at a Philadelphia bar for being in possession of a knife. A summary trial is scheduled for December 1, 2008. At the time of his arrest, Boyle was out on bail awaiting trial on another matter. Boyle, along with co-defendants and fellow Keystone State Skinheads Keith Carney and Doug Caffarella, and Atlantic City Skinhead Vincent DeFelice, are charged with assault and conspiracy in the alleged attack of another skinhead outside of a Philadelphia bar in 2007. DeFelice is currently incarcerated in New Jersey on an unrelated matter, but the trial against Boyle, Carney and Caffarella is scheduled for late November 2008.
There were articles written about last year's rally on Indymedia at the following links:
http://www.phillyimc.org/es/node/76806
http://www.phillyimc.org/en/node/77020
This year, lets deal with the Nazis the way they should be dealt with, and let's not stay away when they have their little party this time around!