Nicholas Young
Nicholas Young (b. 1980[1]) is a Muslim convert,[2] with interest in both Islamic radicalism and Nazism[1] who used to dress up as a Nazi officer in reenactments and had the logo of an SS unit tattooed on his arm. He was a Washington, D.C. area police officer (a patrol officer in the D.C. region’s Metrorail system[3]), who has been labeled both a terrorist sympathizer and white supremacist and was convicted in Dec 2017[1] of helping the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) and obstructing justice.[4]
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Nicholas Young, a District of Columbia Metro Transit Police officer, was arrested by the FBI ... He was a neo-Nazi and jihadist. In his house, investigators found a handwritten prayer for ‘Hitler, Skorzeny, Hajj Amin al-Hussaini, Mussolini, Saddam Hussein, .. Muhamed, John the Baptist & all the Companions.’ At these intersecting ideologies of antisemitic vitriol, Young was easily able to synthesize neo-Nazism and jihadism. In his house, investigators found a handwritten prayer for “Hitler, Skorzeny, Hajj Amin al-Hussaini, Mussolini, Saddam Hussein, ... Muhamed, John the Baptist & all the Companions.” Otto Skorzeny was an Austrian colonel in the Waffen-SS who later fled to Egypt, where he trained Palestinian paramilitary forces (with Yasser Arafat counted among his trainees) to conduct raids into Israel. Grand Mufti of Jerusalem |
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This Muslim convert, Young, is the first law enforcement officer in the United States to be arrested and convicted for supporting a terrorist group.[2]
He first faced up to 60 years in prison.[1] In 2019, federal appeals court tossed out the obstruction convictions and ordered a new sentencing hearing. It reimposed the 15 year term, saying Young's conduct remains troubling.[6]
Among items introduced were:
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Previously, in interviews with FBI officers and conversations with undercover agents between 2010 and 2015, Young disclosed that he tortured animals as a child, was a collector of Nazi memorabilia, and dressed up as "Jihadi John[8]" for a party. In addition, Young expressed support for the January 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, boasted that he would decapitate anyone who betrayed him, and provided counsel on avoiding issues at Turkish border control.[2]
Young is originally from the State of Va.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rachel Weiner, Former D.C. area police officer found guilty of trying to back Islamic State, Washington Post, Dec 18, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nicholas Young Counter Extremism Project.
- ↑ "FBI ‘Daesh informant’ officer convicted at terrorism trial faces decades in prison," Arab News, Feb 23, 2018.
- ↑ Lauren Gill, Ex-Cop Who Dressed as Nazi Guilty of Supporting ISIS, Newsweek, Dec 17, 2017.
- ↑ Lorenzo Vidino, Intersectional Antisemitism in America, Tablet Magazine, Feb 7, 2023.
The internet has brought jihadists, neo-Nazis, and anarchists together through their shared hatred of Jews.
- ↑ Ex-police officer again gets 15 years on terror conviction, AP via whsv.com, June 21, 2019
- ↑ United States v. Nicholas Young, 916 F.3d 368 (4th Cir. 2019), Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Filed: February 21st, 2019. Precedential Status: Precedential. Citations: 916 F.3d 368. Docket Number: 18-4138.
- ↑ Mohammed Emwazi, a.k.a. "Jihadi John," was a Kuwaiti-born British Muslim who in 2013 joined ISIS in Syria and became known as one of the group’s most brutal executioners.
Dominic Casciani, Islamic State: Profile of Mohammed Emwazi aka 'Jihadi John', BBC, 26 Feb 2015.