Neo-nazi group appoints new leader, a black activist hoping to dismantle the entire org: report

The new leader of one of the most prominent neo-Nazi groups in the U.S. is a black activist who wants to dismantle the group from the inside, The Associated Press reports.

James Hart Stern is the new leader of the National Socialist Movement [NSM], a neo-Nazi group being sued for its involvement in violence during the white nationalist "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017.

According to court documents obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, Stern is seeking to use his position as the president of the group to possibly undermine their defense in the lawsuit. In the filing, Stern also reportedly asks the federal court overseeing the Charlottesville case to rule against the NSM.

Stern became the new president in January, replacing former leader Jeff Schoep who, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, ran the group starting in 1994.

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