| Aryan Freedom Network | |
|---|---|
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| Founder | Dalton Henry Stout |
| Foundation | 2018 |
| Country | United States |
| Motives | Establishment of awhite ethnostate through arace war |
| Headquarters | Texas |
| Ideology | |
| Size | 300 to 400 |
| Allies |
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| Website | http://white-power.org |
TheAryan Freedom Network (AFN) is an Americanneo-Nazi group that is based inTexas, and it has chapters in 25 U.S. states. AFN has kept itself active by holding private events, joining public demonstrations and distributing fliers. AFN is led by Tonia Sue Berry, Dalton Henry Stout and his father, George Bois Stout, an arms dealer who is based inDe Kalb.[2][1] According to theAnti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism (COE) andDallas News, AFN significantly contributed to Texas leading inwhite supremacist propaganda distribution.[3][4][5]
According toThe Forward, AFN describes itself as engaging in a "racial holy war based on the ideas ofWhite Racial Supremacy and establishing an Aryan Homeland for our People." and "on the hunt" forcommunists in Texas. The group also shares videos of dozens of members engaging in armed training and shooting mannequins withstars of David painted on them.[6][1] The group's members must be "100% of White European ancestry, including: Nordic, Slavic, Mediterranean, Celtic or Germanic background”.[7]
AFN holds an annual "White Unity Conference". AFN has held multiple anti-LGBT "anti-grooming demonstrations". In 2022, AFN organized at least 12 private gatherings in multiple states, including Texas,South Carolina,Arkansas,Georgia,Mississippi,Idaho andNebraska. In January 2023, AFN announced "Aryan Fest," a white supremacist music festival. In one anti-LGBT event, armed AFN members menacedGrand Prairie drag show attendants.[1][4][8]
In 2022, AFN also organized an event inHayden, Idaho, in the former headquarters ofAryan Nations.[9] Both AFN and Aryan Nations also share an ideological affinity for antisemiticChristian Identity.[10]
In 2023, AFN held an event and it also circulated fliers inLexington, Kentucky. The flyers read: “You know who else was condemned for ‘hate speech?’Jesus Christ".[11]
AFN is led by Dalton Henry Stout (also known as "Brother Henry"), Tonia Sue Berry, and Stout's father, George Bois Stout, aDe Kalb-based arms dealer.[2][1][12] According to the Anti-Defamation League, Berry and Dalton Stout married in 2020, but appear to have divorced in April 2022.[13] According to theSouthern Poverty Law Center, Stout's family leads De Kalb'sKu Klux Klan chapter.[12]
AFN is the latest white supremacist group Dalton Stout has established in recent years. Prior to 2018, Stout led a Klan group. In April 2018, he claimed to have joined the white supremacistLeague of the South (LS), appearing next to LS founder Michael Hill at a Knights Party event in Arkansas. He also attempted to establish and promote askinhead group before forming AFN.[13]
