Chester Doles
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Chester Doles, Jr. was a head of the Georgia chapter of the neo-Nazi National Alliance and a convicted felon. While Doles was running the Lumpkin County 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 white rock and roll concerts and publicly claimed the September 11th attacks were America's punishment for doing business with Jews.[citation needed]
He was arrested on one felony charge of firearms possession in 2003, to which he pled guilty.[1] At his trial, Doles' defense team included former US congressman Bob Barr.[2]
He had a 1988 sentence on drug and weapons charges.[3] He assaulted a black motorist in 1993 and was sentenced to seven years imprisonment.[2] As part of a plea agreement to testify against his accomplice and fellow Klansman Raymond Pierson Doles pled guilty.[3] Doles served four years of his original sentence.[2]
In 2002 Marc Moran, a Republican politician, donated $25,000 to Doles' legal defense.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Rankin, Bill. 2004. "White-power leader guilty in arms case" The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Jan. 13. pp B3.
- ^ a b c Torpey, Bill. "Government vs. Chester Doles: White supremacist held on gun charges is a victim of the war on terror, his lawyers say", The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2003-07-22, pp. B1. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
- ^ a b 1993. "Klansman pleads guilty to beating black man. More serious charges dropped in exchange for plea agreement" The Sun Sep 25. pp 14B.
- ^ "Against the Wall", Southern Poverty Law Center, Fall 2003. Retrieved on 2007-09-18.
