RCMP announces warrant issued for arrest of white supremacist Craig Cobb
White supremacist Craig Cobb, formerly a resident of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, has been charged with a hate crime and is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant.
The RCMP stated that he was arrested at the Vancouver Public Library in June and was charged on December 30 in connection with a website he operated.
In March 2010, the Georgia Straight reported that Cobb was videotaping people at an antiracist rally at the Braid SkyTrain station on March 21.
After the article appeared, the Straight called the RCMP hate-crime team for comment, but the call was never returned.
The Southern Poverty Law Centre's director of research, Heidi Beirich, told the Straight in March that Cobb is a "hard-core white supremacist" who runs "one of the nastiest hate sites on the Web, hands down”.
On his Facebook profile, Cobb lists his residence as Kalispell, Montana.
A Montana television newscast reported that Cobb moved to the Flathead Valley in the northwest part of the state in July, which, if true, would have followed his arrest by the RCMP in Vancouver.
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13 Comments
Bruno15
Jan 6, 2011 at 11:32am
I'd start looking in Calagry.
Clumpy
Jan 6, 2011 at 1:23pm
This is the problem.
While you might strongly disagree with his opinion, and his opinion might be bad bad bad, and you might find it vicerally distasteful .. nevertheless, it's his opinion and he is welcome to it. The truth is enought to take care of these nimrods.
IMHO by hunting him for his opinion puts us (society) in the wrong and him in the right.
Long Live Freedom. God Bless Sophie Scholl.
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Creamer
Jan 6, 2011 at 5:27pm
The RCMP does not issue warrants, the courts do.
Free Speech
Jan 6, 2011 at 11:30pm
Leave Craig Cobb alone - stop harassing and hating on him, he committed no crime.
For the latest on Heidi Beirich and her hate-gang - browse below ....
http://startdebatingstophating.com/
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thank you - expose_them_all
james green
Jan 7, 2011 at 1:01am
Be clear these haters and their words of hate incite people to take hateful actions. Freedom of speech does not mean speakers have the right to attack and work to undermind the democratic rights of others.
If he just spoke that would be one thing.
Kwanada
Jan 7, 2011 at 11:58am
I agree the RCMP need to find better things to do with their time than waste taxpayers money going after a person because he utter words not likable to the government. When free ends, tyranny begins !
Clumpy
Jan 7, 2011 at 1:55pm
To: James Green
Free speech does mean people have the right to voice their social/religious/polictical/personal opinions even if the rest of society completely disagrees. That's why it is called *free* speech.
Unless he took aim at specific individuals and did slander or libel he is entitled to his opinions.
What you are proposing is to make the gov't the arbiter of truth -- and you can see that the gov't is very willing to take up this role evidenced by the issued warrant against this man for his opinion. It will just get worse and worse too.
Charles Martel
Jan 7, 2011 at 4:09pm
"Be clear these haters and their words of hate incite people to take hateful actions."
The only thing that needs to be added here is that TRUTH is HATE to people who HATE the TRUTH.
Virgil
Jan 7, 2011 at 4:21pm
Ave Victoria!
james green
Jan 7, 2011 at 10:42pm
And an important part of democracy means doing what one wishes without hurting others. Hate and racism and websites that promote hatared towards, black people and Jewish people hurts these people and does incite people to take violent actions against them.
Freedom of speech in your world would mean Nazis and Klaners, and child molesters and pronographers should be free to spread their sick messages whereever they wish. The rights of black peopel and Jews meaning their right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness would be denied by these haters. Free does not mean doing whatever you want or saying what you want if it hurts others and incites violence against others.
Hate speak is violence and hate speech often leads to violence and must be stopped at all costs. Those of us who believe in the rights of men and women must do everything we can to stop these racist from enjoying our freedoms as long as they advocate denying the same rights to black people and Jews..