New HS memo lists black power, shaved-head Doc Marten wearers as ‘extremist threats’


	New HS memo lists black power, shaved-head Doc Marten wearers as ‘extremist threats’

sincitykitty

5-1-2009 3:12 PM

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Even those on the right are sure to be displeased. The memo also identifies as a threat “anti-immigration extremism.”

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