Report: Florida High School Shooter Had Ties To A Hate Group

This is disgusting.

A spokesperson for the white supremacist group Republic of Florida (ROF) claims that Nikolas Cruz had ties to the garbage group. The spokesperson claims Cruz “participated in one or more ROF training exercises in the Tallahassee area, carpooling with other ROF members from south Florida.” The group desires to establish a “white ethnostate” in the Sunshine State. Here’s what the website states (and yes, I’m leaving all the typos in there, just so you can get the full effect).

We are a white civil rights organization fighting for white identitarian politics, And the ultimate creation of a white ethnostate so we can be free from anti-white policies and have policies that reflect our values as white westerners.

Our current short-term goals are to occupy urban areas to recruit suburban young whites, Then to “Withdrawal” into majority white urban areas to create communes, While maintaining a permanent small presence.

Long term, Our towns will become our ethnostates. Were not going to ask permission from the estableshemnt to have our territorial imparrative!

GTHO of my state immediately.

However, the group says it does not hate minorities.

Considering we are minorities ourselves statistically in most cases, No we do not hate minorities. Noting the spirit of the question, No. We don’t hate people who are not white. We have done business with many people who are not white and work with people who are nonwhite in our communities toward our ultimate goals. Ironically, Black people are very often a lot more accepting of our beliefs than white liberals.

Apparently, Cruz was associated with these divisive freaks.

Jereb said that Cruz was connected to the group, and had been “brought up” by another member, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

Cruz had participated in at least one ROF training session, Jereb told the Anti-Defamation League.

While the spokesperson said the group does not condone Cruz’s actions…

Jereb said that ROF did not condone the school shooting.

Its website lists “allegiance to your race” as one of the group’s 10 codes.

…it identifies as a violent organization.

“We will stand our ground against all who attack us. Those who attack us better know what they are doing. If your (sic) a military aged man and we believe you can cause us great bodily harm, We will do everything in our power to make you no longer be a threat, Which will probably involve us killing or hospitalizing you,” the website reads.

This is just another piece of the puzzle. Evil, mentally disturbed people often gravitate toward disgusting ideologies and groups. I hate to state the obvious, but Cruz clearly wasn’t targeting a specific race. He wanted to kill as many people as possible, regardless of race or gender.

h/t NY Daily News

Update: Law enforcement sources have not confirmed a connection.

Local law enforcement sources have so far not found a connection between accused Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz and a Tallahassee-based paramilitary group.

Leon County law enforcement sources told the Tallahassee Democrat that they could not find information linking Cruz to the Republic of Florida Militia, as first reported by the group’s self-proclaimed leader Jordan Jereb.

Leon County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Grady Jordan said investigative work Thursday did not yield any connections.

“We are still doing some work but we have no known ties between the ROF, Jordan Jereb or the Broward shooter,” Jordan said.