Homeland Security drops anti-Nazi group from counter-extremism program
The US Department of Homeland Security has dropped an anti-Nazi group from a multi-million dollar grant program aimed at ‘Countering Violent Extremism.’
The DHS said they were restarting the scheme on Thursday – after stalling the program for review upon Trump taking office – with the exception of a few, including one dedicated to de-radicalizing new-Nazis and stopping white extremism.
Life After Hate, which was promised $400,000 of the two-year $10 million program during the final days of the Obama administration, was inexplicably dropped from the new grant list.
The non-profit, founded by “former members of the American violent far-right extremist movement” aims to help neo-Nazis and others move away from extreme ring-wing groups.
The group has seen a 20-fold increase in request for help since Election Day “from people looking to disengage or bystanders/family members looking for help from someone they know,” according to the organization’s founder Christian Picciolini who spoke to Politico.
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