Episode 212 - Patrik Mathews (The Base Recruiter) - Online Extremism

Brew Crime is back covering online Extremism. Mike tells us about Patrik Mathews the Base Recruiter. We will get into a Neo Nazi network that crossed from Canada into the USA.

Sources

CBC News. (2020, January 20). FBI arrests reveal shocking details in case against Mathews.. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/patrik-mathews-denied-bail-1.5436170   

CBC News. (2020, January 20). FBI officers have arrested more alleged members of a racially motivated and violent extremist group that a former Manitoba reservist has been accused of recruiting for.. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/fbi-arrests-the-base-georgia-wisconsin-1.5432006   

CBC News. (2021, October 28). Former Manitoba army reservist Patrik Mathews has been sentenced to nine years in prison.. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/patrik-mathews-sentencing-1.6226116   

CBC News. (2021, April 16). Patrik Mathews — a former Manitoba army reservist and alleged recruiter for a neo-Nazi group — is facing two more charges.. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/patrik-mathews-reservist-animal-sacrifice-white-supremacist-camp-1.5990617   

CBC News. (2021, October 25). Patrik Mathews could face 25 years in prison for gun charges linked to neo-Nazi plot.. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/patrik-mathews-sentencing-hearings-1.6224119   

CBC News. (n.d.). Undercover investigation: Patrick Mathews.. https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/undercover-investigation-patrick-mathews/   

CBS News Minnesota. (2021, October 28). Neo-Nazi group member Patrik Mathews sentenced to 9 years in prison.. https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/neo-nazi-group-member-patrik-mathews-sentenced-to-9-years-in-prison/   

Department of National Defence. (2019, November). Patrik Mathews Canadian Armed Forces public exposure 2019.. https://search.open.canada.ca/qpnotes/record/dnd-mdn%2CDND-2019-QP-00003   

Extremism Tracker. (n.d.). The Base. George Washington University Program on Extremism.. https://extremism.gwu.edu/base   

Extremism Tracker. (n.d.). State of Georgia, Floyd County General Bill of Indictment.. https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs5746/files/Brandon%20Ashley%20et%20al%20Indictment.pdf