Podblanc
| Foundation date | April 2007 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Vancouver, Canada |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Craig Cobb |
| Owner | Craig Cobb |
| Slogan(s) | White Now |
| Website | |
| Alexa rank | 128,230 worldwide [1] |
| Registration | Optional (required to upload, rate, and comment on videos) |
| Launched | April 2007 |
| Current status | Active |
Podblanc is a white supremacist[2] video sharing website. Founder Craig Cobb designed it as an alternative to YouTube, which Cobb calls "Jew Tube" due to its policy of banning racist and anti-Semitic content.[2]
Content
Cobb made a video tribute to Benjamin Nathaniel Smith, a spree killer whom he considers a hero.[2] The most popular video on the site depicts Russian neo-Nazis beheading and shooting Asian immigrants. Videos depicting random attacks on Jews and nonwhites are frequently posted, and the site glorifies such violence. [3]
Keith Luke
Keith Luke, of Brockton, Massachusetts, was a Podblanc user who, in 2009 at the age of 22, allegedly shot to death two Cape Verdean immigrants and attempted to murder a third, whom he also raped.[4] He had planned to "kill as many nonwhites as possible" and finish off the killing spree at a synagogue's bingo night. Luke's lawyer hired nationally-known psychiatrist Keith Ablow to conduct a mental health evaluation, which led to Luke assaulting Ablow. In 2013 he was convicted and sentenced to two life sentences without parole. [5] Luke had told police that he developed his white supremacist views largely by reading internet site such as Podblanc. [3]
References
- ↑ "Alexa Web Ranking". Retrieved June 4, 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Behind the Gunfire". Retrieved June 4, 2009.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Homeland Security warning on domestic terror and anti-immigrant violence".
- ↑ "DA says racism drove Brockton killings, rape". Retrieved June 4, 2009.
- ↑ "Self-described white supremacist Keith Luke convicted of first-degree murder for 2009 rampage in Brockton".