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| | birth_name = Harold Charles Turner | |||
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| '''Harold "Hal" Turner''' was an ], ] ] ] host from ]. His weekly program, ''The Hal Turner Show'', was webcast from his home until February 2008. | |||
| Identifying himself as "Hal from North Bergen", he achieved notoriety in local conservative circles as a frequent caller to the ] radio talk show hosted by ].<ref></ref> Turner parlayed this fame into a role as the northern New Jersey coordinator for ]'s 1992 presidential campaign. He went on to serve as campaign manager for ] ] in a number of campaigns in New Jersey in the 1990s, including a 1997 gubernatorial campaign.<ref></ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?20020212929|title=F.E.C. IMAGE 20020212929 (Page 13 of 25)|accessdate=2007-01-01}}</ref> | |||
| After Bob Grant's program was taken off the air for racist content, Turner established a friendship with his replacement, ], on whose program he was a frequent presence. Turner then became a talk radio host himself, joining fellow regular callers Frank from Queens and John from Staten Island to start the program ''The Right Perspective''.<ref></ref> Turner left the program in 2002, citing artistic differences. In 2002, Turner became a solo host, purchasing a time slot on ] ] ], over which he broadcast for approximately four years. He gave up this show, he has said, after seeing ]'s film ], stating that the station was owned by a Jew and he "would no longer do business with Jews". <ref></ref> | |||
| In ], Turner sought, and failed to receive, the ] nomination for election to the ] from New Jersey's 13th congressional district, losing to ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.asp?id=NJ13&cycle=2000|title=Congressional Races|accessdate=2007-01-01|publisher=Center for Responsive Politics}}</ref> <ref>http://www.state.nj.us/lps/elections/elec2000/results/2000g_c_candidate_tally.html</ref> Turner has identified himself as the "Chairman of the Republican Party of Hudson County, NJ Corp," a group which has no connection to the official ] Republican Party recognized by the state and national GOP. According to news reports, Hudson County Republican officials have stated that Turner's party is a "paper corporation with little or no membership".<ref></ref> | |||
| On ], ] Hal Turner appeared on ]'s special "The Noose: An American Nightmare".<ref></ref> In this segment he proudly puts forth his belief that the ] is a symbol of ] and it is revealed that he sells small replica nooses on his website in support of the white students involved in the controversy. | |||
| ==Viewpoints== | |||
| Turner's website and radio program is largely devoted to a digest of news concerning crimes committed by minorities, which Turner describes using racist epithets. He supports strict limits on ]; advocates the hunting and killing of illegal immigrants <ref>http://www.comitenorte.org.mx/simposio/ponencias/jorgeb.pdf</ref>; promotes ] (including rounding up and killing Jews); and opposes the existence of the State of ]. <ref>http://www.adl.org/main_Extremism/turner_own_words.htm</ref> He also writes and promotes ] materials.<ref>http://www.halturnershow.com/RedCrossRecordsProveHolocaustWasFraud.html</ref> Turner advocates political ] and overthrowing the government, because, he says, the current ] government is corrupt beyond repair. His website serves as a virtual meeting place for fellow white supremacists, via its comment pages. | |||
| =="Rally against violence"== | |||
| In response to an October 7, 2005 assault against a white student by a black student at ] High School, Turner, working with the ] group ], organized a rally which he called a "rally against violence".<ref>[http://www.ulsterpublishing.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=356782 Woodstock Times: "Turning our backs in unity | |||
| Kingston falls into line behind mayor's call to SPURN white supremacist rally"]</ref> On his webcast, Turner detailed at length the serious injuries suffered by the victim, and interviewed the victim's mother in strongly emotional terms, stating that the perpetrator "did not face any sanction".{{fact|date=December 2007}} In fact, the case was still under investigation, and resulted in the perpetrator being indicted as an adult with two felony counts: assault and attempted assault.<ref name=DailyFreeman-assault>{{cite web|url=http://dailyfreeman.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=15749825&BRD=1769&PAG=461&dept_id=74969&rfi=8|title=KHS teen indicted for assault, not hate crime|accessdate=2007-01-01|date=2005-12-14|author= Fairchild, Mary|publisher=DailyFreeman.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1769&dept_id=74969&newsid=15534522&PAG=461&rfi=9|accessdate=2007-01-01|title=Supremacist vows KHS rally|author=Paul Kirby|date=2005-11-08|publisher=DailyFreeman.com}}</ref> Turner stated that black students were terrorizing white students throughout the high school, that he had received many anonymous emails from "students in that high school that tell me these things are so terrible that they are afraid to go to (school)". He characterized the rally both as "pro-white" and "against violence".<ref name=DailyFreeman-rally></ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.national-socialism.us/archives/266|title=Media do not agree about Hal Turner’s Kingston Rally|accessdate=2007-01-01|date=2005-11-20|publisher=national-socialism.us}} '''(Warning: this site might be illegal to view in Germany and other countries)'''</ref> While the victim's mother at first said that she might attend the event, she decided not to do so when she learned of its racist nature, stating that she was "not a racist".<ref name=DailyFreeman-rally></ref> The ] promoted the rally in the Kingston area by distributing a ]-festooned laminated card bearing the words: "Got Jews? Got problems!"<ref>http://www.ulsterpublishing.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=355807 Woodstock Times "Outside agitation | |||
| White supremacists using KHS incidents as springboard to notoriety"</ref> | |||
| In response, local residents, including political and religious leaders, organized against racist activity in Kingston, holding a number of "Unity Rallies" with a tolerance theme. <ref>http://www.ulsterpublishing.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=356782 ''Woodstock Times'': "Turning our backs in unity | |||
| Kingston falls into line behind mayor's call to SPURN white supremacist rally"</ref> Ultimately, when the rally occurred on November 19, 2005, Turner and the National Vanguard attracted approximately 50 pro-white demonstrators, and a counter demonstration attracted about 100 people. <ref>http://www.adl.org/main_Extremism/turner_051117.htm</ref> | |||
| ==Fight with deputy mayor of Jersey City== | |||
| On April 12, 2006, Turner had a physical altercation with Jaime Vazquez, a former ] Deputy Mayor and member of the ] Council (at the time Vazquez was Jersey City Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs). Vazquez, a disabled, ]-awarded ] veteran, was protesting in front of Turner's house in response to Turner's hiring an airplane to carry a banner with an anti-Mexican slur over a political rally at Jersey City's ]. ''The North Bergen Reporter'' quoted Turner as saying "(t)he illegal immigrants are breaking the law, and people like me should break the law as well by shooting them down."<ref></ref> In response, Vazquez picketed with a sign reading: "Hal Turner -- shoot me! Racists and bigots like you are cowards." Turner confronted Vazquez and a fight ensued, in the course of which Vazquez suffered a back injury and a fractured wrist.<ref>UPI Wire ''The Post Chronicle'' ], ]</ref> | |||
| Turner and Vazquez filed criminal charges against each other. On July 16, 2006 ] Municipal Court Judge Joseph "Jay" Romano found neither man criminally liable. Judge Romano's decision stated: "Frankly, I find both witnesses to be credible. I find both witnesses to be vehement in espousing their views and because their views diverge, there has to be some tension. Who pushed who is something this court cannot determine beyond a reasonable doubt."<ref>Jim Hague Hudson Reporter/NorthBergenReporter.com ], ]</ref> | |||
| ==Threats against judges and political figures== | |||
| On January 3, 2005, Turner's website showed a map of the route of the presidential inaugural parade with text reading: "it seems to me there can be no protection against a "]" type of mortar attack or a ]-type rocket attack launched from outside the security zone. Rest assured, if the fed’s get wiped out, I’ll be cheering the TV set!"<ref>http://www.adl.org/learn/news/Suprem_Urge_Bomb.asp</ref> | |||
| In 2005, Turner publicized the names of three federal court judges who handled lawsuits involving ]. Hale, the leader of a white supremacist group formerly known as the ], is currently serving a 40-year sentence for soliciting an undercover FBI informant to kill federal judge ]. Turner posted the judges' names and addresses on his Web site, stating that they "need to be reined in". According to the '']'', Turner stated on his radio show that "Judge Lefkow was 'worthy of being killed,' adding that 'it wouldn't be legal, but in my opinion it wouldn't be wrong.'" <ref></ref>On February 28, 2005, Judge Lefkow's husband and mother were found murdered. On March 5, 2005, Turner posted on his website a photograph of Judge Lefkow under the word "GOTCHA!"<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050306050752/http://www.halturnershow.com/</ref> That same day, Turner read the three judges names during an appearance on the ] television program "]".<ref>http://www.adl.org/learn/news/Suprem_Urge_Bomb.asp</ref> | |||
| On his Oct. 25, 2006 webcast, Turner told his audience: "I fully expect now that I gave out the home addresses and phone numbers of the ] that I will have the ] here tomorrow again. Well, I'm not going to shut up. I am not going to stop putting these ideas in people's heads because violence solves everything. And if some very angry people were to go down to some of those judges' houses and tune them up, oh sure, they might get thrown in jail, but that would send a shockwave to the rest of those (expletive) in black robes that they can be gotten to." After adding that it would take some time for police to respond to a 911 call, he stated, "How many times you think you can bash someone in the head with a sledgehammer in two or three minutes?"{{fact|date=December 2007}} | |||
| Turner went on to say that his listeners should phone, write and visit the homes of four of the justices, including the then-chief justice, to show that "they can be gotten to." Turner then announced the addresses of ], the lone African-American on the justice court, ], a justice who co-authored the state's Gay Unions decision, then-Chief Justice ], who wrote a more liberal dissent favoring the right of gays to marry, and that of Justice ]. | |||
| After this, the justices of the New Jersey Supreme Court received heightened police protection, which continues to this day. According to the '']'', after Turner's threat, police searched the area around the ] home of Justice ] for intruders 200 times as of March, 2007.<ref>http://www.newhouse.com/n.j.-supreme-court-justices-under-guard-after-threat-3.html N.J. Supreme Court Justices Under Guard After Threat</ref> | |||
| On ], ], Turner announced on his website: | |||
| <blockquote>''We may have to ASSASSINATE some of the people you elect on Nov. 7! This could be your LAST ELECTION CHANCE, to save this Republic... Sorry to have to be so blunt, but the country is in mortal danger from our present government and our liberty is already near dead because of this government. If you are too stupid to turn things around with your vote, there are people out here like me who are willing to turn things around with guns, force and violence. We hope our method does not become necessary''.<ref name=WorldNewsDaily5> ], ], ]</ref></blockquote> | |||
| According to news reports, the ] and ] have refused to comment about ongoing investigations of Hal Turner.<ref name=WorldNewsDaily5> ], ], ]</ref> Since his threats were made public, Turner has had difficulties finding a host for his website. He has alleged that his website has been the target of ] attacks, and has filed a ''pro se'' lawsuit concerning this issue. <ref></ref> <ref>]. . ], ]</ref> <ref> (defunct as of 11-07-07)</ref> Turner claimed that he had contacted the ] in the matter of the ] attacks. As of July 25, 2007, his website was back online. | |||
| ==Radio show and website raids== | |||
| In December 2006 and January 2007, individuals who identified themselves as ] "raided" Hal Turner's website, taking it offline.{{fact|date=January 2007}} Turner retaliated by sending a "formal legal notice of criminal activity in violation of several federal laws" by email to 7chan, multacom, and multicom, as well as redirecting his domain to 420chan.org, causing that site to take a bandwidth hit as well.{{fact|date=January 2007}} Turner also sued ], 7chan, ], and other websites in court over copyright infringement, however he lost his plea for an injunction and failed to receive letters from the court.<ref></ref> | |||
| ==Alleged FBI connection== | |||
| On January 10, 2008, the Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record reported that "the Hal Turner Show is finished".<ref>Paul Brooks, "Hal Turner Ends Broadcasts", Times Herald-Record, January 10, 2008</ref> A notice appearing on Turner's website says: "SPECIAL NOTICE: As of January 9, 2008, TRN is totally re-organizing. We no longer insist on a "pro-White" theme for shows and intend to expand to all views and opinions."{{fact|date=January 2008}} A front-page story in the January 23, 2008, issue of the Ulster County (NY) Press cites a January 11, 2008, ] "HateWatch" article indicating that hackers had gotten into Turner's computer and discovered e-mails suggesting that Turner had been working as an informant for the FBI.<ref>"White Supremacist Turner Working for FBI?", Ulster County Press, January 23, 2008</ref><ref>Mark Potok, "Neo-Nazi Threatmaker Accused of Working for FBI", HateWatch, January 11, 2008</ref> | |||
| ==Return of the radio show== | |||
| As of January 28, 2008, Hal Turner's website was back online, and broadcasted a radio show at 9pm on the January 30.{{fact|date=February 2008}} On that show, Turner stated that the e-mails that implicated him as being an FBI informant were fabricated. | |||
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