Heimbach, who did not attend the Sacramento event, does have a history of activism in California alongside the Golden State Skinheads group. Only one of the stabbing victims was among the Traditionalist Worker Party and skinhead groups, according to Matthew Parrott, a spokesman for the party. Experts say the Golden State Skinheads, however, are more illustrative of the traditional white supremacist image. His group chose to work alongside the Golden State Skinheads for a simple reason, the need for protection. The Tradtionalist Worker Party is a white nationalist group emblematic of a surge in “intellectual racism” that has pervaded across extremist circles in the last decade.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 27, 2016 22:52 UTC