State's Largest Hate Group Has Presence Near Ocean City

There are 40 hate groups in New Jersey and three of them are located near Ocean City, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

All three hate groups are sects of the AC Skins, classified as a racist skinhead group. They have a presence in Marmora, Somers Point and Hamilton Township.

The Atlantic City Skinheads/AC Skins is the largest racist skinhead group in New Jersey, according to the Anti-Defamation League. 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, Absecon, Atlantic City, Brick, Brigantine, Camden, Galloway, Little Egg Harbor, Pemberton and Pine Hill.

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, or acting alone without the backing of a group, according to the Burlington County Times. New Jersey is the home to the fourth highest number of hate groups in the country, according to the report.

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

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