Man uses media to create illusion of movement, police say
Friday, February 18, 2005 7:34 AM PST
By Associated Press
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E-mail this articlePORTLAND -- For more than a year now, a Tualatin man has used public access television, the Internet and the mainstream media to create the illusion that a white supremacist movement is on the rise in the Northwest, law enforcement officials said.
But in reality, authorities said, the so-called Tualatin Valley Skins and the pro-white movement is the work of one man, Matthew Ramsey of Tualatin, and perhaps one or two other men.
Ramsey even created an alternative persona for himself, "Jim Ramm" -- but his real name surfaced two weeks ago in media reports.
Still, some experts say, Ramsey, 40, and his Web site should be tracked because he has managed to create a buzz for the white supremacy movement.
"We are concerned that they are getting more attention in the Northwest and in particular in the Portland area than they have any time recently as a result of his grandstanding," said Robert Jacobs, the Anti-Defamation League's Seattle director.
Ramsey's racist recruitment fliers began appearing on driveways across the state last January. He took credit for the distributions on his Web site and granted several interviews.
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