“Federal authorities in New Jersey are ending 2012 with the arrests of two accused white supremacists who allegedly went on a hate-filled assault spree last New Year’s Eve,” reports Bill Morlin of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

“Christopher Ising, 31, a reported member of the Atlantic City Skins from Waretown, N.J., was arrested today [18 December 2012] by FBI agents on an indictment charging him with conspiracy and commission of a hate crime assault.

“Michal Gunar, 27, of East Windsor, N.J., also faces the same federal charges. He is an alleged member of another New Jersey-based white supremacist group known as the Aryan Terror Brigade, the FBI said in announcing the arrests.”

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