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Neo-Nazi Gets 7 Years in U.S. Prison for Threats to Jewish Activists, Reporters
(AP-Washington Post) Gene Johnson - Kaleb Cole, 26, a neo-Nazi who was convicted in September of helping lead a campaign to threaten journalists and employees of the Anti-Defamation League in Washington state, Arizona and Florida in 2020, was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in federal prison. Seattle U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour heard from victims who spoke of lingering fear and installing expensive home security systems in response to the threats. Cole expressed no remorse, which helped explain why his sentence was more than twice as long as that of the conspiracy's other leader, Cameron Shea. Cole was a leader of a hate group called Atomwaffen Division and had been on law enforcement's radar since at least 2018. In 2019, Seattle police seized nine guns from his home.