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This page is about Matthew Hale, leader of a neo-Nazi organization. The term neo-Nazism refers to post- World War II Political movements Social movements and ideologies seeking to revive Nazism, For other uses, see Matthew Hale. Matthew Hale may refer to Matthew Hale (jurist (1609&ndash1676 English jurist Matthew Blagden Hale (1811&ndash1895 Bishop of
Matthew F. Hale
Matthew F. Hale (center) at the Peoria Public Library
Born July 27, 1971 (1971-07-27) (age 36)
East Peoria, Tazewell County, Illinois, United States
Penalty 40-year prison term
Status Captured and incarcerated at ADMAX prisoner number 15177-424

Matthew F. Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. East Peoria is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX in Florence CO Hale (born July 27, 1971), more commonly called Matt Hale, is the leader of the white supremacist group formerly known as the World Church of the Creator and now known as the Creativity Movement which was based in East Peoria, Illinois. Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. White supremacy is a racist ideology based on the assertion that White people are superior to other racial groups. The Creativity Movement was a term originally coined by Ben Klassen as a descriptive phrase encompassing all adherents of the religion known as Creativity, whether East Peoria is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. In 1998, Hale made headlines when his application for an Illinois law license was denied for his belief in racial discrimination (described as "gross deficiency in moral character"). [1] On April 6, 2005, Hale was sentenced to a 40-year prison term for soliciting an undercover FBI informant to kill federal judge Joan Lefkow. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Circuit Judge redirects here For Circuit Judges in the United Kingdom see Circuit judge (UK. Joan Humphrey Lefkow (born January 9, 1944) is a United States district court judge for the Northern District of Illinois. [2] He is currently incarcerated in the Administrative Maximum facility in Florence, Colorado. The United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility (ADX in Florence CO [3]

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Early life

Hale was raised in East Peoria, a community on the Illinois River. East Peoria is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. According to Hale, by the age of twelve, he was reading books about Nazis such as Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf, and had formed a "little reich" group at school. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Mein Kampf ( English: My Struggle/My Battle) is a book by Adolf Hitler.

In August of 1989, Matt Hale became a freshman at Bradley University. Bradley University is a private Co-educational University located in Peoria Illinois. In September 1989, Hale began writing editorials in the college newspaper, the Bradley Scout, espousing his views of white supremacy. A student at Bradley, Robert Bingham, also a political science major, began a debate in the college newspaper editorial about equal rights and the KKK. Upon coming out to give his surname, Matt Hale invited the KKK to the campus of Bradley in the spring of 1990. Eventually he was expelled from Bradley in 1990 due to his poor academic performance. At the age of nineteen, Hale burned an Israeli flag at a demonstration and was found guilty of violating an East Peoria ordinance against open burning. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. List of flags of Israel The flag of Israel was adopted on October 28, 1948, five months after the country's establishment The next year, he passed out racist pamphlets at a shopping mall and was fined for littering. In May of 1991, Hale and his brother allegedly threatened three African-Americans with a gun, and he was arrested for mob action. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Since he refused to tell police where his brother was, Hale was also charged with felony obstruction of justice; he was convicted of obstruction, but won a reversal on appeal. In 1992, Hale allegedly attacked a security guard at a mall and was charged with criminal trespass, resisting arrest, aggravated battery and carrying a concealed weapon. For this attack, Hale was sentenced to thirty months probation and six months house arrest. [4]

In 1993, Hale graduated from Bradley University and received a degree in political science. Political science is a branch of Social sciences that deals with the theory and practice of Politics and the description and analysis of Political systems In 1996, Hale took over the Church of the Creator, a religious group that worships the white race as creators of civilization. The church believes that a "racial holy war" is necessary to attain a "white world" without Jews and non-whites and to this end they encourage their members to "populate the lands of this earth with white people exclusively". A term originally coined by Ben Klassen and used extensively throughout his book the White Man's Bible, Racial Holy War (also called RaHoWa or capitalized Prior to Hale's leadership, members of the church had committed violent criminal acts, including the murder of an African-American Gulf War veteran, the firebombing of an NAACP office in Washington state, and an attempted bombing of a Maryland law enforcement officer's home. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is one of the oldest and most influential Civil rights organizations

After Hale was appointed "Pontifex Maximus" (supreme leader), he changed the name of the organization to the World Church of the Creator. The Creativity Movement was a term originally coined by Ben Klassen as a descriptive phrase encompassing all adherents of the religion known as Creativity, whether The name was changed again to the Creativity Movement when a religious group in Oregon (the Church of the Creator) sued Hale's group for trademark infringement. The Creativity Movement was a term originally coined by Ben Klassen as a descriptive phrase encompassing all adherents of the religion known as Creativity, whether The Church of the Creator is an Oregon -based church founded by Rev Hale ran the church from an upstairs bedroom at his father's two-story house in East Peoria, where an Israeli flag served as a doormat to his office, and the walls were painted red to symbolize the blood of the white race.

Controversy over law license

Hale graduated from Southern Illinois University School of Law in May 1998 and passed the bar in July of that same year. On December 16, 1998, the Illinois Bar Committee on Character and Fitness rejected Hale's application for a license to practice law. Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Hale appealed, and a hearing was held on April 10, 1999. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) On June 30, 1999, a Hearing Panel of the Committee refused to certify that Hale had the requisite moral character and fitness to practice law in Illinois. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) [5]

Two days after Hale was denied a license to practice law, a World Church of the Creator member named Benjamin Smith went on a three-day shooting spree in which he randomly targeted members of racial and ethnic minority groups in Illinois and Indiana. Benjamin Nathaniel Smith ( 1978 - July 4, 1999) was a Spree killer who targeted members of racial and ethnic minorities in random Drive-by The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union Beginning July 2, 1999 Smith's rampage killed two people, including former Northwestern University basketball coach Ricky Byrdsong, in Evanston, Illinois, and a 26-year-old Korean graduate student named Won-Joon Yoon who was shot as he was on his way to church in Bloomington, Indiana. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Ricky Byrdsong ( June 24, 1956 &ndash July 2, 1999) was an African American men's Basketball coach who was murdered in Evanston Illinois is an affluent suburban Chicago Municipality on Lake Michigan on the North Shore in Cook County, Illinois directly Benjamin Nathaniel Smith ( 1978 - July 4, 1999) was a Spree killer who targeted members of racial and ethnic minorities in random Drive-by Bloomington is a city and the County seat of Monroe County in the south central region of the U Smith wounded nine others before committing suicide on July 4. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Mark Potok, director of intelligence for the Southern Poverty Law Center, believes that Smith may have acted in retaliation after Hale's application to practice law was rejected. The Southern Poverty Law Center ( SPLC) is an American Non-profit legal organization internationally known for its tolerance education programs its legal [6]

After Smith's shooting spree, Hale appeared on television and in newspapers saying, "We do urge hatred. If you love something, you must be willing to hate that which threatens it. " He also referred to non-whites as "mud races. " According to Hale, America should be occupied by only whites, but he never explained to the media how he was going to achieve these goals. During a television interview that summer, Hale stated that his church didn't condone violent or illegal activities. Meanwhile, Hale was distributing thousands of copies of the "White Man's Bible," a book which encouraged a war against Jews and "inferior, colored races". In public, Hale claimed to be against violence, but his church's bibles expressed the opposite sentiment: "You have no alibi, no other way out, white man! It's fight or die!"[7]

Hale's reactions to Smith's shooting spree were also recorded by a police informant, and on the tapes Hale laughs about the murders and imitates the sound of gunfire. The tapes were used by the district attorney's office to prosecute Hale after he was arrested on January 8, 2003 for soliciting an undercover FBI informant to kill federal Judge Lefkow. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Federal convictions

On January 8, 2003, Hale was arrested, charged with soliciting an undercover FBI informant to kill Judge Joan Lefkow, the United States district court judge presiding over his trademark case. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Joan Humphrey Lefkow (born January 9, 1944) is a United States district court judge for the Northern District of Illinois. [8]

Hale had previously filed a class action lawsuit against Lefkow in late 2002, around which time threats against her life appeared on the white supremacist forum Stormfront.org and other websites. In Law, a class action or a representative action is a form of Lawsuit where a large group of people collectively bring a claim to court The Stormfront White Nationalist Community is a White supremacist Internet forum that has been described as one of the earliest and longest continually published Prior to his arrest, Hale denounced Lefkow in a news conference, claiming that she was biased against him (in his trademark case) because she was married to a Jewish man and had grandchildren who were biracial. [2]

On April 6, 2005, Hale was sentenced to a 40-year prison term for his attempt to solicit the murder of Lefkow. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [9]

References

  1. ^ Committee on Character and Fitness
  2. ^ a b Wilgoren, Jodi (January 9, 2003). White Supremacist Is Held in Ordering Judge's Death. The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Locate a Federal Inmate: Matthew F. Hale", Federal Bureau of Prisons, 2007. FBOP redirects here For the bank holding company see FBOP Corporation. Retrieved on 2007-05-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason.  
  4. ^ "Youth, Hate and Crime", Southern Poverty Law Center, Summer 2004. The Southern Poverty Law Center ( SPLC) is an American Non-profit legal organization internationally known for its tolerance education programs its legal Retrieved on 2007-08-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli  
  5. ^ (October 29, 1999). Supreme Court of Illinois Press release
  6. ^ Wilgoren, Jodi (March 2, 2005). Haunted by Threats, U.S. Judge Finds New Horror. The New York Times.
  7. ^ Scharnberg, Kirsten (April 27, 2004). Double talk disguises call to arms. Chicago Tribune. The Chicago Tribune is a major daily Newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and owned by the Tribune Company
  8. ^ "Race extremist jailed in plot to kill judge", CNN, January 9, 2003. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner Retrieved on 2007-08-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli  
  9. ^ "Matthew Hale gets maximum 40-year sentence", Southern Poverty Law Center, April 7, 2005. The Southern Poverty Law Center ( SPLC) is an American Non-profit legal organization internationally known for its tolerance education programs its legal Retrieved on 2007-08-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli  

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