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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2001

On the stand in federal court on Wednesday, a member of a skinhead group says he is racist and adores Hitler but that doesn't mean hate minorities.

That's why it's not possible he participated, or even encouraged, attacks on Native Americans and other minorities in Montana, Sean Allen testified. Others, however, say the Montana Front Working Class Skinheads regularly bullied Natives and others, and rewarded members who did so.

Specifically, Allen and five others are accused of conspiring to violate the civil rights of racial and religious minorities. by engaging in an attack at a state park in July 2000. Each faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

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Skinhead defends Hitler on witness stand (The Billings Gazette 11/1)

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