Leo Felton
Leo V. Felton (b. 1970, Silver Springs, Baltimore, Maryland) is possibly the world's first black white supremacist, pre-dating even the fictional Clayton Bigsby on Chappelle's Show. His father is a mulatto, although considers himself black, whilst his mother is a former nun of jewish descent who became involved in the black equality movement. His parents quickly divorced and his mother announced herself as a lesbian and started a new life with a Jewish woman. He was institutionalised at age 9 by his mother (both he and his father agree that this was unnecessary) and thereafter he committed a series of petty thefts which he has attributed to a combination of institutionalisation and 'aggressive' black DNA.
White Power
Incarceration gave Felton an opportunity to observe how different races reacted when integration was enforced and societal stigmas over racism where not around to civilise conduct. He claims that the whites in prison were under a continual state of siege by the other races, and that he was welcomed by whites, while blacks tried to rape him (his prison sentence was extended for attacking two blacks who made sexual advances).[1] In prison he became an organiser for white supremacist day groups whilst in prison, organising book reviews and excercise whilst obscuring his ancestry. He was imprisoned between 1990 and 2001 for the attempted murder of a cab driver during a road rage incident.
Bomb plot
Out of prison and married, Felton began an affair with Erica Chase, a 21 year old alleged white supremacist. Together they robbed a bank and forged money to buy materials to create a fertiliser bomb. What was the desired target for destruction is unclear, but it is believed to be a Holocaust museum or memorial in New England. He also had desires to execute high profile blacks and jews such as Jesse Jackson and Steven Spielberg, as well as drawing cartoons of himself bombing the offices of the Anti-defamation league. As is the case with many other white supremacists who become criminals, such as Timothy McVeigh, his motivations were to ignite a race war. An attendant at a doughnut shop spotted that the $20 he had been paid was a forgery, and alerted a police officer, who arrested Felton. After the discovery of the bomb plot, Felton was sentenced to 21 years in 2002 for bank robbery, conspiracy to commit bank robbery and other crimes.
After learning of his ancestry, many of Felton's comrades agreed to testify against him. He states that he no longer believes wholeheartedly in the cause that once became his reason for life, but he has not denounced his former views. Reactions to the story of Leo Felton have been mixed, with strong support from many black commentators, disbelief or intrigue from many whites and constant mockery from both racist and antiracist groups.
See also
- List of famous tall men -Felton is 6'7"
- Tabatha Cash - another mulatto engaged in the white power scene
External links
- The Black White Supremacist
- From the Belly of the Beast
- USA vs Erica Chase et al
- nationalist.org critique of press reporting over Leo Felton
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