State's Largest Hate Group Has Presence Near Gloucester Township

There are 40 hate groups in New Jersey, the largest of which has a presence near Gloucester Township.

The Atlantic City Skinheads/AC Skins, with groups in Camden and Pine Hill, is the largest racist skinhead group in New Jersey, according to the Anti-Defamation League. It is classified as a racist skinhead group.

It has the most individual sects on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s hate map, with 14 throughout Atlantic, Cape May, Ocean, Camden and Burlington counties.

It also has a presence in Woodbine, Wildwood, Somers Point, Hamilton, Marmora, Atlantic City, Brick, Brigantine, Absecon, Galloway, Little Egg Harbor and Pemberton.

The group was established in 1986, and is affiliated with the New Jersey State Prison Skins and a few outlaw motorcycle groups.

The total number of active hate groups nationwide is actually down 17 percent from 2013, as more people are taking to the Internet to spread hate speech and acting alone without the backing of a group, according to the Burlington County Times.

To see the complete list of hate groups throughout New Jersey, visit splcenter.org.

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