The poster also warns of two otherslinked to the property – Shawn Young and John Weatherman – who both have ties to organized racism as well as to Dickson’s real estate investments.
These outreach efforts are a small contribution to much broader fights against organized racism and the far-Right. Although the last year has seen real victories against the insurgent far-Right, there is still much work to be done – especially as white nationalists adapt and learn to operate in the post-Charlottesville environment.
The house, located on a quiet, affluent street in the Peachtree Hills neighborhood of Buckhead, Atlanta, does not stand out. The comings and goings at 121 Ridgeland Way NE may not attract much neighborhood attention. However, this house is a hub for racist organizing not just for Atlanta, but for the South and arguably the country. It is owned by Sam Glasgow Dickson, a key player in the white nationalist movement. From this building, Dickson and his associates try to build the white power movement, especially its middle-class face. They also make moves in the Atlanta property market, both enriching themselves and building resources for their cause.
121 Ridgeland Way NE. (Can you see a subtle algiz rune on the exterior too, or are we trippin’?)
Our prior coverage of long-time white nationalist leader Sam Dickson includes a detailed article from last year on “Right-Wing Gentrification Gangs.” Apart from some background information and setting out Dickson’s importance within the broader white nationalist movement, we will not duplicate that earlier material here. This article has two purposes. First, we are updating our earlier coverage of Dickson and his white power associates. Second, by setting out five names associated with the Ridgeland Way property in Buckhead, we aim to provide a more complete picture of what goes on at the space, and how this activity fits within the white nationalist movement regionally and nationally.
The House
According to Fulton County property records, 121 Ridgeland Way NE was purchased in Sam G Dickson in 1997, then transferred in 2009 to “Hickory Hill 1185”, which is one of many companies operated by Dickson. Although the property itself is listed as 121 Ridgeland Way NE, four mail boxes numbered 115, 117, 119 and 121 outside the property indicate different residents there.
Mail boxes outside 121 Ridgeland Way.
While the building appears smaller from the front, the Ridgeland house has three floors, as is visible from the back.
We suspect that the proximity of the Ridgeland Way house is one reason why Atlanta white nationalist and far-Right speaking events often take place in Buckhead restaurants.
Individuals Linked to 121 Ridgeland Way NE
We will discuss five individuals linked to the 121 Ridgeland Way building. Of these, four are either residents or have been residents until recently. The fifth person, Casey Jordan Cooper of Identity Evropa, lived at the Ridgeland Way building last year and early 2018, but may have moved.
Sam Glasgow Dickson
Sam Dickson speaking at the American Renaissance white nationalist conference.
While Sam G. Dickson also owns property in Florida, the Ridgeland Way address is Dickson’s base in Atlanta. Dickson has been involved with organized white nationalism and the far-Right for decades. In 1978, Dickson ran for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia on a segregationist platform. As a lawyer, Dickson repeatedly worked for Klan members. Dickson has been involved in a string of racist organizations, such as the Council of Conservative Citizens (which trace back to the White Citizens’ Councils opposing civil rights), the secretive Charles Martel Society (Dickson is listed as Director), and the Holocaust-denying Barnes Review (he is on their Board of Contributing Editors).
In April, Dickson spoke as usual at the American Renaissance conference, which took place in Tennessee. American Renaissance is a major “suit and tie” white nationalist gathering. Dickson has attended these events since the very first American Renaissance conference in 1994 and has spoken at every conference. This year, Dickson’s speech addressed the “crash in morale” among white nationalists following “Unite the Right” in Charlottesville last August, and argued for white nationalists to take an oppositional stance toward the existing political system, which Dickson portrayed as hostile.
By looking over Fulton County property records, we have discovered that Samuel Jared Taylor — the founder of American Renaissance — is yet another racist figurehead who Dickson had Atlanta property dealings with in the past. However, Taylor no longer seems to own property in the city, at least under his own name.
Evan Thomas Anderson
Identity Evropa propaganda poster: Evan Anderson speaking at May 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville
The last year has produced evidence of what we already suspected: Evan Anderson is playing the role of Dickson’s younger protégé in Atlanta property dealings and Anderson is deeply involved with Dickson’s day-to-day business affairs. Recent property records list Evan Anderson as a “member” of Dickson’s “Hickory Hill 1185” as well as “Belfare, LLC” companies.
Earlier this year, Anderson established the company “Good Earth Properties, LLC” in Georgia, using the address “117 Ridgeland Way NE” (an address which is part of the 121 building) on his filing with the Secretary of State.
Shawn David Young
Shawn Young, photo from election-night white nationalist gathering in leaked Alt-Right messages
Shawn Young has been an associate of Dickson’s for many years. Young appears, for example, in 2011 property records transferring a property in Lakewood Heights to one of Dickson’s companies.
From 2011 Fulton County “Deed to Secure Debt” between Sam Dickson’s “Hickory Hill 1185” and American Renaissance white nationalist leader Samuel Jared Taylor: document notarized by John Weatherman and witnessed by Shawn Young.
John Weatherman is listed as owning rental property in Fulton and Dekalb Counties. He also works as an agent for others owning rental property in these counties.
In a group photo from Identity Evropa’s first national conference in Burkesville, Kentucky during March of this year, Cooper stands beside the organization’s leader Patrick Casey, a visual cue that Cooper is a respected leader within the racist organization. Another white nationalist who we have written about extensively, Patrick Nelson Sharp, is on the other side of IE leader Patrick Casey. Because Cooper, Evan Anderson and Dickson all lived in the same building, it is hardly surprising that Sam Dickson was invited as a key speaker when Identity Evropa held its national conference.
Photo from Identity Evropa national conference, March 2018. Cooper is circled. Note also Evan Anderson on right.
Conclusion
With this article, we have discussed Sam Dickson and four other individuals linked to Dickson’s Ridgeland Way building in Peachtree Hills, Buckhead in Atlanta. We discussed both ideological white nationalist activity as well as the business ventures associated with this address. We hope this material usefully updates and supplements our writing from last year about white nationalist gentrifiers in Atlanta.
Since the Ridgeland Way building we have discussed is such a hive of activity, we still have much to learn about it. Please get in contact if you know more about residents or visitors at the building, or about other activities coordinated from this space.
We have set out evidence of two current employees of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office – Howard Costner and Jesse Jones – expressing sympathywith Hitler’s genocidal regime. Both Costner and Jones were hired last year and work as detention officers. It is unsurprising that ideological racists are drawn to institutions such as the military, police, and prisons. Such positions allow them to get their hands dirty while maintaining the racist status quo, to turn departments into far-Right recruiting grounds, and potentially to do favors for their fascist associates.
Militarized police from the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office assist multi-agency mobilization in Newnan, Georgia, April 21
Recently, we placed posters around The Tabernacle, a venue in downtown Atlanta. Our posters criticize that venue’s decision to host Jordan Peterson on Tuesday, June 12. Peterson is an academic turned self-help author and internet pundit. Peterson popularizes far-Right theories, cashing in on opposition to so-called “social justice warrior” culture. You can read and download our poster below.
Poster about Jordan Peterson’s appearance at The Tabernacle on June 12. Click image for .pdf download.
With this poster, we have mostly had our say about Peterson and his followers, except for one issue.
Even in the realm of common sense, Peterson’s theory fails dramatically. Let’s accept his claim that prehistoric polygynous cultures typically had more male violence than cultures favoring monogamy, and so over time, monogamous cultures tended to supplant polygynous cultures. Under that account, male violence in polygynous cultures is driven by male competition, within an environment where almost all women reproduce, but many men do not. If “enforced monogamy” is such a natural, reasonable solution for past and current problems (such as murder by incels) then there must be a good parallel between age-old polygyny and the current sexual environment, right?
Now we highlight another person in our state linked to Patriot Front: Christopher Wayne Gibson of Dublin, Georgia. Chris Gibson has not only circulated propaganda for Patriot Front – Gibson is clear that he is a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Before discussing our identification of Krueger as the most active Patriot Front member in Georgia, we will discuss that organization’s history and agenda. (If you only want to know about our identification of Krueger, just skip one section.) At the end of this article, we include a chronology of major Patriot Front activity in our state since late 2017, which shows just how busy Aaron Krueger has been.
Aaron Krueger Facebook page from when Krueger lived in Dacula, Georgia. The Facebook account is no longer active.
Patriot Front: Agenda and History
Although Patriot Front is a white power organization, its founding manifesto does not use the word “white” even once, writing instead about “our European ancestors” and of an American “national spirit […] firmly rooted in our blood.”The organization claims that the United States exists by nature of its (white) “founding stock” and that “stock’s” conquering spirit. The organization is clear that it thinks people of color born in the United States are not Americans – and presumably should not have the rights of citizens reserved for people of the “founding stock.” Patriot Front desires a “hard reset” for the American nation, which it views as having fallen into degeneracy. The organization’s graphic design is typically in red, white, and blue. Its emblem is the fasces – the primary symbol of fascism – surrounded by thirteen stars, seemingly representing the thirteen original colonies.
It is not safe to assume that just because Patriot Front in Georgia has been most visible through propaganda distribution efforts, that propaganda distribution is all they are involved with. More likely, their propaganda spree is an attempt to lay the groundwork for other activity.
How We Know that Patriot Front Member “Chris GA” is Aaron Christopher Krueger of Lawrenceville
We noticed that Aaron Christopher Krueger not only had a Lawrenceville address, but had earlier lived in Dacula.
Through a source, we obtained video of Patriot Front tossing out flyers in Georgia. While the person throwing the flyers wears a ski mask, the camouflage-painted vehicle in the video is distinctive.
Outside the Leila Lane address in Lawrenceville listed for Aaron Christopher Krueger.
We are therefore confident that Lawrenceville resident Aaron Christopher Krueger is “Chris GA,” the Patriot Front member at the heart of the fascist propaganda drive in our state.
Conclusion
When racist propaganda mysteriously appears in suburban subdivisions – or in an Atlanta district with a long history of fighting neo-Nazi organizing – the result can be a climate of fear. People do not know, for example, whether there is a large organized group in the area, or whether acts of violence could be next. In exposing the most active distributor of Patriot Front propaganda in our state, we hope to alleviate some of this fear. We believe that Aaron Christopher Krueger could indeed be dangerous, in ways that go beyond placing stickers or throwing flyers throughout neighborhoods. Those living in Krueger’s community should therefore be vigilant. However, now that Krueger has been exposed, we hope to have at least dispelled the feeling that “it could be anyone” in charge of the propaganda campaign. As the chronology at the end of this article makes clear, it is only a small number of Patriot Front members behind propaganda efforts in our state. While even a small cadre of dedicated neo-Nazis should cause concern, if Patriot Front tried to cultivate the impression of broader support or larger numbers in Georgia, that effort has now failed.
We actively seek information on other Patriot Front participants in Georgia. We also appeal for additional information on Aaron Christopher Krueger, for example his workplace. If you can help us on any of these matters, please get in contact.
Two other members of Patriot Front who placed propaganda in Macon, Georgia on January 27 (see chronology below). Do you recognize these people? Let us know!
Appendix: Chronology of Patriot Front Propaganda Activity in Georgia, Late 2017 – Present
(1) Part 1: Activity discussed on the leaked “Front and Center” Discord server:
Before discussing our identification of Krueger as the most active Patriot Front member in Georgia, we will discuss that organization’s history and agenda. (If you only want to know about our identification of Krueger, just skip one section.) At the end of this article, we include a chronology of major Patriot Front activity in our state since late 2017, which shows just how busy Aaron Krueger has been.
Aaron Krueger Facebook page from when Krueger lived in Dacula, Georgia. The Facebook account is no longer active.
Patriot Front: Agenda and History
Although Patriot Front is a white power organization, its founding manifesto does not use the word “white” even once, writing instead about “our European ancestors” and of an American “national spirit […] firmly rooted in our blood.” The organization claims that the United States exists by nature of its (white) “founding stock” and that “stock’s” conquering spirit. The organization is clear that it thinks people of color born in the United States are not Americans – and presumably should not have the rights of citizens reserved for people of the “founding stock.” Patriot Front desires a “hard reset” for the American nation, which it views as having fallen into degeneracy. The organization’s graphic design is typically in red, white, and blue. Its emblem is the fasces – the primary symbol of fascism – surrounded by thirteen stars, seemingly representing the thirteen original colonies.
It is not safe to assume that just because Patriot Front in Georgia has been most visible through propaganda distribution efforts, that propaganda distribution is all they are involved with. More likely, their propaganda spree is an attempt to lay the groundwork for other activity.
How We Know that Patriot Front Member “Chris GA” is Aaron Christopher Krueger of Lawrenceville
We noticed that Aaron Christopher Krueger not only had a Lawrenceville address, but had earlier lived in Dacula.
Through a source, we obtained video of Patriot Front tossing out flyers in Georgia. While the person throwing the flyers wears a ski mask, the camouflage-painted vehicle in the video is distinctive.
Outside the Leila Lane address in Lawrenceville listed for Aaron Christopher Krueger.
We are therefore confident that Lawrenceville resident Aaron Christopher Krueger is “Chris GA,” the Patriot Front member at the heart of the fascist propaganda drive in our state.
Conclusion
When racist propaganda mysteriously appears in suburban subdivisions – or in an Atlanta district with a long history of fighting neo-Nazi organizing – the result can be a climate of fear. People do not know, for example, whether there is a large organized group in the area, or whether acts of violence could be next. In exposing the most active distributor of Patriot Front propaganda in our state, we hope to alleviate some of this fear. We believe that Aaron Christopher Krueger could indeed be dangerous, in ways that go beyond placing stickers or throwing flyers throughout neighborhoods. Those living in Krueger’s community should therefore be vigilant. However, now that Krueger has been exposed, we hope to have at least dispelled the feeling that “it could be anyone” in charge of the propaganda campaign. As the chronology at the end of this article makes clear, it is only a small number of Patriot Front members behind propaganda efforts in our state. While even a small cadre of dedicated neo-Nazis should cause concern, if Patriot Front tried to cultivate the impression of broader support or larger numbers in Georgia, that effort has now failed.
We actively seek information on other Patriot Front participants in Georgia. We also appeal for additional information on Aaron Christopher Krueger, for example his workplace. If you can help us on any of these matters, please get in contact.
Two other members of Patriot Front who placed propaganda in Macon, Georgia on January 27 (see chronology below). Do you recognize these people? Let us know!
Appendix: Chronology of Patriot Front Propaganda Activity in Georgia, Late 2017 – Present
(1) Part 1: Activity discussed on the leaked “Front and Center” Discord server:
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