He was carrying the flag of Vanguard American, the fascist organization that James Fields Jr. One picture Higgs shared in June showed him marching a white supremacist rally in Pennsylvania. Those logs were leaked to the media collective Unicorn Riot.Elsewhere in the months of leaked chats, he discussed gassing Jewish people and attacking Baltimore’s black population with bear traps, using the name “Americana - MD.” The Daily Beast verified his identity because, among references to his job and military service, he posted pictures of himself in the leaked logs. “Brb hookjng up my n***er mulcher to the truck,” he wrote in a chat group for people planning Unite the Right in July 2017. While planning for Unite the Right, Higgs had also spoke about murdering black people. For Higgs’ hate crime charges to stick, a jury will have to rule that he attacked the black construction workers on the base of their race. He faces two counts of attempted murder and first-degree assault, in addition to the new hate crime charges. Higgs, who pleaded not guilty, claims he fired in self-defense after the men attacked him. He allegedly shot one of the workers during the struggle. Higgs allegedly addressed the workers with racist slurs and told them to “go back to Africa.” He allegedly went home, got a handgun, and came back to the site, where he resumed insulting the workers and shoved one before drawing the gun on them. The December incident allegedly began when Higgs walked a dog through wet concrete that black construction workers were pouring on a driveway. Those chats, where he talked of murdering black and Jewish people, reveal his connection to a network of other prominent racists, several of whom have been charged or convicted in violent attacks since the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville. Higgs had a long history with hate, chat logs from 2017 reveal.
Four new hate crime charges were added to his case last week. More than a year after a deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, its cheerleaders are still being arrested for alleged racist attacks.īrandon Higgs, 24, was arrested in December after he allegedly hurled racist slurs at construction workers in suburban Baltimore and shot one.
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