White Supremacist Pamphlets Found In North Kingstown: Police

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI — Pamphlets promoting a white supremacist group were found in North Kingstown on Tuesday, according to police.

North Kingstown police said they received an email from a resident on Wickham Road reported he found a "suspicious and offensive pamphlet" in a ziplock bag in his driveway. Police said they checked the area and found that several homes also had pamphlets in their driveways.

The pamphlets promoted a group called NSC-131. NSC stands for "Nationalist Social Club," according to the Anti-Defamation League, and 131 is the alphanumeric code for ACA, or Anti-Communist Action. There are chapters around the United States and in France, Hungary and Germany.

"The Nationalist Social Club is a pro-white, street-oriented fraternity dedicated to raising authentic resistance to the enemies of our people in the New England area," the pamphlet police released Thursday read. "No matter how you find this, if you are a man of European descent in the New England area that wishes to see a better future for your people, contact us to get to work."

"Originally named the New England Nationalists Club (NENC), the group was started in December 2019 by a handful of neo-Nazis in Eastern Massachusetts," the ADL says in its dossier on NSC-131. "Led by Chris Hood, the group's original focus was covering up anarchist and gang graffiti with their own graffiti in the areas of Worcester, Boston, Quincy, Rutland and Sturbridge."

The group renamed itself the Nationalist Social Club in early 2020 and expanded in the spring of that year when the white supremacist group Legion of St. Ambrose fell apart and many of its members joined NSC-131. Since then, according to ADL, the group has added chapters in Florida, Kentucky, Texas and Virginia. The ADL said it also identified members in Arizona, Indiana, New Hampshire and New York.

North Kingstown police said they forwarded the pamphlets to the Fusion Center.

Anyone with information about the pamphlets is asked to call North Kingstown police at 401-294-3311. Police said they are particularly interested in information about suspicious people and vehicles.