Leader of White supremacist group arrested for threatening to kill journalist trying to report on organization

A California man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly threatening to kill a journalist who was making an attempt to report on his group, the Justice Division stated.

Nicholas Welker, who additionally goes by “King ov Wrath” and “ilovehate5150,” was the chief of the Feuerkrieg Division – a White supremacist group that prosecutors stated has a purpose of “difficult legal guidelines, social order, and the federal government through terrorism and different violent acts” and “encourages assaults on racial minorities, the Jewish group, the LGBTQ+ group, the U.S. Authorities, journalists, and significant infrastructure.”

In response to courtroom paperwork, Welker allegedly posted violent memes on-line a couple of Brooklyn-based journalist who was reporting on the Feuerkrieg Division.

The journalist and information group weren’t named in courtroom filings.

The photographs included an image of the journalist with the phrases “Race Traitor” over their eyes and a gun pointed to their head, prosecutors stated, and was captioned “JOURNALIST F**Ok OFF! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.” Welker additionally posted that the journalist “Works as a Reporter” and is “Liable for Stalking our Boys for Info,” prosecutors stated.

Two of Welker’s followers then tweeted instantly on the journalist, in keeping with courtroom paperwork, with one asking them “have you ever seen the brand new stuff we made about you? simply thought id ask.”

Welker faces one cost of conspiracy to transmit threatening communications and faces as much as 5 years in jail if convicted. He has not but entered a proper plea.