White Supremacist Busted on Child-Porn Charge
Leading Intellectual of Racist Movement Was Arrested by Federal Agents
By MARCUS BARAM
Jan. 4, 2007 - - A leader of the white supremacist movement was arraigned
today on charges of possession of child pornography and witness tampering
after being arrested by FBI agents Thursday night at his home in
Charlottesville, Va.
Kevin Alfred Strom, founder of the National Vanguard white supremacist
group, was considered the leading intellectual of the movement since the
death of William Pierce, the author of the notorious "Turner Diaires."
Strom was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville, charged with
the two counts, and is currently being held at a facility in the city.
According to the indictment, he allegedly possessed or attempted to possess
"multiple images of child pornography" on his computer's hard drive.
Strom was also charged with witness tampering, which involved physically
assaulting and mentally intimidating a witness to his criminal activity.
Last July, Strom took a leave of absence from National Vanguard, citing
"family and health matters" and saying that he had "made mistakes,
sometimes serious ones," according to the Southern Poverty Law Center,
which tracks white supremacist activity.
"After the death of Pierce, Kevin positioned himself to take over the
leadership of the National Alliance," says Mark Potok, the editor of the
SPLC's "Intelligence Report." "But he wasn't in the same position as Pierce
and he didn't get the same respect. He was a wannabe and he was considered
something of a wimp by other supremacists."
Strom wrote frequently about art and beauty, often rhapsodizing about the
physical attributes of white women and girls.
In an 2003 essay titled "Millstone for the Mogul" for the National
Alliance's Web site, he condemned the producers of the movie "Thirteen" for
"what they are doing to our little children -- teen and preteen White
children -- to normalize perverse and degenerate sexual behavior for them,
to normalize homosexuality, to prematurely sexualize them, and to make
interracial sex fashionable to them -- can never be forgiven, can never be
explained away. The media moguls who are doing this to our children deserve
to be tried and punished for conspiracy, rape, gang rape, murder and
attempted murder."
Later in the essay, he goes on to describe his desire to give children
"self-respect, respect for their ancestors, respect for the future of their
people, a deep respect for their own sexual nature, and respect for the
members of the opposite sex who will be their mates and life companions."
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