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A former leader of a violent neo-Nazi group was sentenced Tuesday to 41 months in prison for swatting calls aimed at a historically Black church, an Islamic center, a Virginia university, a former U.S. Cabinet member and journalists around the country.

John Cameron Denton, 27, was the Texas leader of the Atomwaffen Division when the group made at least 134 swatting calls between October 2018 and February 2019, according to the Department of Justice. The false calls, claiming that someone was in imminent danger, directed first responders to respond to the location of the third party.

“The reprehensible conduct in this case terrorized communities across our nation, as innocent Americans simply tried to attend school, practice their faith, and exercise their First Amendment rights,” Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, said in a statement.

“The defendants caused irreversible trauma to the victims of these hate-based crimes. This case sends an unmistakable message that those who target individuals because of their race, religion, or any other form of bias, will be identified, apprehended, and brought to justice.”

John Cameron Denton was sentenced Tuesday.

Among the group’s targets were then-Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Jan. 27, 2019, Old Dominion University on Nov. 29 and Dec. 4, 2018, and the Alfred Street Baptist Church in Old Town Alexandria on Nov. 3, 2018, according to the DOJ.

Denton himself “personally chose” to swat the newsroom of ProPublica and an investigative journalist who worked with them after the outlet reported on his ties to Atomwaffen Division, prosecutors said.

“Denton’s swatting activities were not harmless pranks; he carefully chose his targets to antagonize and harass religious and racial communities, journalists, and others against whom he held a bias or grievance,” Timothy Thibault, acting Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office Criminal Division, said in a statement.

“Today’s sentence demonstrates the FBI’s commitment to holding accountable anyone who terrorizes communities and threatens public safety by diverting emergency resources, which puts innocent people and first responders at risk.”

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Exxon Mobil begins lockout of workers from Texas plant - USW official

 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exxon-mobil-begins-escorting-workers-103834244.html

Erwin Seba

May 1, 2021·2 min read

FILE PHOTO: Logo of the Exxon Mobil Corp is seen at the Rio Oil and Gas Expo and Conference in Rio de Janeiro

By Erwin Seba

BEAUMONT, Texas (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp began escorting United Steelworkers (USW) union members from its Beaumont, Texas, complex, a Reuters witness said, as a deadline passed without a new labor contract.

The oil company had set a 10 a.m. (1500 GMT) May 1 deadline to lock out and replace union-represented workers with managers and temporary staff if there were no vote on a company proposal. No vote was taken.

Plant manager Rozena Dendy said in a Facebook post Exxon initiated the lockout because of the "real risk of a strike." Union workers will remain off the job until a contract is reached, she said.

Union officials submitted a last-ditch contract proposal Friday evening that was rejected by the company. The union proposal "would significantly increase costs and limit the company's ability to safely and efficiently operate," the company said on its website.

About 30 workers were ushered off the premises by their replacements late Friday. Another 100 began exiting the refinery on Saturday, according to a USW official.

"After they gave us a lockout date and time, they could not give up control of the timeline. They had to go early," Hoot Landry, a USW staff representative, said of the overnight departures. The two sides had given each other a 75-day notice of a strike or lockout, a period ending May 1.

Exxon said on its website it had offered to negotiate through the night to reach an agreement, but the union wanted to resume talks on Monday.

"We are disappointed negotiations broke down," Exxon said. "The lockout will continue until the union accepts the company’s current offer or the parties otherwise reach agreement."

The company's April 20 offer "remains on the table," Exxon said on its website.

(Reporting by Erwin Seba in Beaumont, Texas; Editing by Richard Pullin and Steve Orlofsky)