ILLINOIS (JNS) – Two prison inmates in Illinois who are members of a white-supremacist group were indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday for beating a Jewish inmate to death.
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Brandon “Whitey” Simonson, 37, and Kristopher “No Luck” Martin, 39, were each charged with conspiracy to commit murder, second-degree murder, a hate crime and assault resulting in serious bodily injury in connection to the death of fellow inmate Matthew Phillips, 31.
Both men, who are incarcerated at Thompson Penitentiary in Illinois, were part of a group called the Valhalla Bound Skinheads.
On March 2, 2020, they conspired to assault Phillips because he was Jewish, according to the indictment in the U.S. District Court in Rockford, Ill. Martin and Simonson repeatedly struck Phillips in the upper body, face and head, and continued to do so even after the victim became defenseless, the charges stated.
“Hatred and violence on the basis of religion have no place in our society,” said John Lausch Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. “We will continue to work with our federal, state and local law-enforcement partners to protect the civil rights of all Americans.”
Phillips was imprisoned for distributing heroin and money laundering.
Simonson and Martin face life in prison for the conspiracy to commit murder, second-degree murder and hate-crime charges, while the maximum sentence for the assault charge is 10 years. Arraignments have not been scheduled yet.
These guys have nothing to lose as they were already in prison. Bring back the death penalty! Let’s rid the world of vermin like this
This happens in prisons. Has nothing to do with white supremacy exclusivly. Jewish prisoners are attacked by Blacks and guards as well. In california two JDL members were killed in prison. One famous one was Irving Rubin and another one had his head cracked open by another prisoner with a brick. Years ago prison guards killed a boro park heimisha boy who was a bit mentally handicapped.
“We will continue to work with our federal, state and local law-enforcement partners to protect the civil rights of all Americans.”
OK. Start by dividing the inmates from each other so these things can’t happen. Further more, this whole gang business should be eliminated and illegal. This is causing so much trouble all over the country! Inmates should never ever be scared of others inmates. In most other countries it’s much better managed and safe. In the US it’s terrible. The whole justice system and even more so the prison system sucks and is just brutal. This has to change. Bring on some well overdue reform!
Some more of those good ol’ boys living the Educated Archy life as Archy likes to say, “Let’s Go Brandon “Whitey” Simonson”.
The guy was a drug dealer