Chester Doles
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Chester Doles, Jr. was the head of the Georgia
State Unit of the National Alliance in the United States
. While Doles was running the Lumpkin County Local Unit of the National Alliance, he held several anti-immigration rallies. Doles and Hammerskin members Derek Gooden, Tate Strahorn, Miles Downing, and Jason McGhee, planned several rock 'n' roll
and heavy metal
concerts where the featured musicians had an explicitly neo-Nazi or White nationalist orientation. Doles publicly claimed the September 11 attacks were America's punishment for doing business with Jews.
He was arrested on one felony charge of firearms possession in 2003, to which he pled guilty. At his trial, Doles' defense team included former U.S. Representative
Bob Barr
.
He was convicted on drug and weapons charges in 1988. He assaulted a black motorist in 1993 and was sentenced to seven years imprisonment. As part of a plea agreement to testify against his accomplice and fellow Klansman Raymond Pierson, Doles pled guilty. Doles served four years of his original sentence.
In 2002 Marc Moran, a Republican politician, donated $25,000 to Doles' legal defense.
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
State Unit of the National Alliance in the United States
United States
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. While Doles was running the Lumpkin County Local Unit of the National Alliance, he held several anti-immigration rallies. Doles and Hammerskin members Derek Gooden, Tate Strahorn, Miles Downing, and Jason McGhee, planned several rock 'n' roll
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
and heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
concerts where the featured musicians had an explicitly neo-Nazi or White nationalist orientation. Doles publicly claimed the September 11 attacks were America's punishment for doing business with Jews.
He was arrested on one felony charge of firearms possession in 2003, to which he pled guilty. At his trial, Doles' defense team included former U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
Bob Barr
Bob Barr
Robert Laurence "Bob" Barr, Jr. is a former federal prosecutorand a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented Georgia's 7th congressional district as a Republican from 1995 to 2003. Barr attained national prominence as one of the leaders of the impeachment of...
.
He was convicted on drug and weapons charges in 1988. He assaulted a black motorist in 1993 and was sentenced to seven years imprisonment. As part of a plea agreement to testify against his accomplice and fellow Klansman Raymond Pierson, Doles pled guilty. Doles served four years of his original sentence.
In 2002 Marc Moran, a Republican politician, donated $25,000 to Doles' legal defense.