![]() ![]() And we have one of the state of Illinois’ largest harm reduction programs. “We provide transitional housing for homeless adults, and we have a public health component… we do HIV, Hepatitis C and STD testing. While Patriot Front targeted the Phoenix Center due to its publicized role in providing services to LGBTQ youth, Cooley explained that “we’re much more than a youth center”: It’s just something that’s to be expected.” If we took the time to deal with every person that has a hateful comment, or leaves a hateful message on the machine or whatever, we’d be wasting a lot of time. We saw it, we had it repaired, we made a police report, we went on about our business. Phoenix Center Executive Director Jonna Cooley told Unicorn Riot that the Patriot Front stencil found painted on the Center’s mural the next morning was “really a non-issue for us. “Those f*gs are gonna lose their mind,” boasted the member who recorded himself spray painting the Phoenix Center’s mural on his chest-mounted GoPro camera just minutes earlier.Ī Unicorn Riot video investigation using leaked Patriot Front files shows how 5 neo-nazis from 3 states targeted the Phoenix Center in Springfield, IL in a planned late-night excursion intended to intimidate gay and trans people. In between worrying their license plates may have been picked up by security cameras, the young neo-nazis celebrated the emotional distress they believed their stencil would cause. After fleeing the scene at the Phoenix Center, Patriot Front members discussed how they planned to deface the building because “it’s a gay and trans youth center.” 2018 Report on Patriot Front Content Advisory: bigoted language appears in quotes.Ĭomments caught on their own camera minutes after the stenciling make it clear that the self-described “national socialists” carried out a plan they knew was illegal in hopes of intimidating gay and trans people and getting shock publicity for their group.Our Far-right Investigations Desk page.Chat records on our DiscordLeaks platform.This report is part of our series on Patriot Front. Patriot Front predominantly recruits from young men and high school students using edited propaganda videos crafted from footage like that seen in the leaks here to maintain an action-oriented online brand by harassing minorities and especially LGBTQ people. Patriot Front is one of the largest functioning white supremacist groups in the U.S., and this material turned up in a large cache of documents Unicorn Riot published in January. ![]() Three men quickly spray painted a stencil advertising Patriot Front‘s website over a rainbow mural on the side of the building before fleeing to regroup with other members in a car parked nearby. ![]() Springfield, IL – Shortly after midnight on November 14, 2021, previously unreported leaked footage shows members of the neo-nazi group Patriot Front running up to the side of the Phoenix Center, a nonprofit providing housing, services and education to at-risk LGBTQ+ youth in central Illinois. ![]()
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