On Friday, a federal judge ordered the founder of the Daily Stormer and known neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin to pay more than $700,000 to a Black woman for subjecting her to harassment by his followers at his behest, according to Buzzfeed News.
In 2017, after Taylor Dumpson became the first Black woman president of American University, bananas with racist messages on nooses began to appear on campus. The incident caught the attention of many, eventually Anglin. Anglin then used the neo-Nazi website to urge his followers to harass Dumpson with more racist, sexist, and threatening messages online.
Anglin shared links to Dumpson’s personal Facebook page and the student government’s Twitter account. Brian Andrew Ade was among the followers who abided Anglin by attacking Dumpson on Twitter. He called Dumpson a “chimpanzee,” among other racist stereotypes.
“The extent of the troll storm was significant and Mr. Anglin, through the Daily Stormer, intended that result or was reckless in his actions,” U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer said, ruling that Anglin’s actions were “racially motivated” and led to a “campaign of racial and gender harassment.”
Recently, a Montana judge ordered Anglin to pay $14 million to a Jewish realtor for harassing her in the same manner: a “troll storm.” Anglin has been labeled an extremist by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
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H/T BuzzFeed News
