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Finnish neo-Nazis used 3D printer to make guns in preparation for ‘race war’ (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 42 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The defendants believed that protecting the superiority of the white population justified the use of violence against perceived enemies including immigrants, ethnic and religious minorities, and anti-fascists, prosecutors said.

The men also plotted attacks on civilian infrastructure such as electricity grids and railways.

A police investigation showed that the defendants’ activity did not progress to the level of preparation for a concrete act of terrorism.

Uh, fucking 'scuse me?

[–] wldmr@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They where fantasizing about it in the abstract, but they didn't go "right, next Tuesday, Mika's Market, 12 o'clock".

Seems like a reasonable distinction to make.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

These people would meet outside the KKK supermarket.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago

What they did was what the police calls, in technical terms, Monday morning. They didn't even get up to the practice ethnic minority beating stage. /s

[–] Blackout@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Haven't you heard? Only dark-skinned immigrants commit crime.

[–] interolivary@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hundreds if not thousands of Finnish cops got caught belonging to a chat group where they were sharing pretty explicitly neo-Nazi material. A few cops even got caught planning to murder leftist politicians and making it clear that they'd already used police systems to dig up information on leftists and given it to extremist groups.

Nothing ever came of either of those. The prosecutors sided with the cops in the latter case, saying something like "it's not criminal to have bad thoughts."

Saying that the majority of our cops and prosecutors are literal fascists probably wouldn't be far off the mark, much to the surprise of exactly nobody.

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Welcome to the Finnish justice system!