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ADL Identifies Six Houston-Area White Supremacists at Richard Spencer Speech

  • December 8, 2016

Houston, TX,  December 8, 2016…The Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism has identified at least six active Houston-area white supremacists who attended or participated in some way in Richard Spencer’s appearance at Texas A&M University earlier this week, and has published that information in a blog.

Among those identified:

  • Neo-Nazi and former racist skinhead Preston Wiginton who sponsored and acted as publicist and moderator for the speech
  • Neo-Nazi Joffre Cross of Houston who served as a guard for Spencer
  • Horace Scott Lacy, Houston-area White Lives Matter leader who participated in the White Lives Matter protests in front of the NAACP and ADL offices
  • “Aimee,” who uses the names Mina Wyatt and Ilona Szilagyi, a White Lives Matter Activist who also demonstrated outside the ADL and NAACP
  • Tyler TenBrink of Richmond, who was involved in a brief fray during the Spencer event
  • Jesse Miles of Houston who participated in the White Lives Matter protest in front of Houston’s NAACP office

Cross, Miles, and TenBrink are associates of the Aryan Renaissance Society (ARS), a small but long-lived white supremacist group that has resembled both a racist skinhead group and a prison clique at times. Many of its members come from Texas and New Jersey. Lacy is an ARS member.

“The appearance of so many white supremacists at Richard Spencer’s talk on Tuesday shows how Spencer’s message is a dangerous and hateful one that resonates with extremists and helps them justify their belief in racism, anti-Semitism, and xenophobia,” said Dena Marks, ADL Southwest Associate Director.   “We will continue to work with law enforcement to identify and call out these individuals whenever and wherever they appear.”

ADL’s Center on Extremism works closely with law enforcement to identify and monitor individuals and groups who associate with extremist organizations or ideology.   The Center on Extremism often provides vital information about extremists and their activities to law enforcement and has been successful in helping to thwart domestic and international hate crimes and terrorist attacks.

For more information or to set up an interview, contact Dena Marks at dmarks@adl.org or call her at 832-567-8843

 

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