Nicholas Young
Nicholas Young (b. 1980[1]) is a Muslim convert[2] with interest in both Islamic radicalism and Nazism[3], who used to dress up as a Nazi officer in reenactments and had the logo of an SS unit tattooed on his arm. He was a Washington, D.C. area police officer (a patrol officer in the D.C. region’s Metrorail system. [4]) who has been labeled both a terrorist sympathizer and white supremacist was convicted in Dec 2017[3] of helping the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) and obstructing justice.[5]
This Muslim convert, Young, is the first law enforcement officer in the United States to be arrested and convicted for supporting a terrorist group.[2]
He faced up to 60 years in prison.[3]
Young is originally from the State of Va.. In 2019, federal appeals court tossed out the obstruction convictions and ordered a new sentencing hearing. It reimposed the 15 year term, saying Young's conduct remains troubling.[6]
References
- ↑ Rachel Weiner, Former D.C. area police officer found guilty of trying to back Islamic State, Washington Post, Dec 18, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nicholas Young Counter Extremism Project.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedwp - ↑ "FBI ‘Daesh informant’ officer convicted at terrorism trial faces decades in prison," Arab News, Feb 23, 2018.
- ↑ Lauren Gill, Ex-Cop Who Dressed as Nazi Guilty of Supporting ISIS, Newsweek, Dec 17, 2017.
- ↑ Ex-police officer again gets 15 years on terror conviction, AP via whsv, June 21, 2019