MN HF1128

Condemns "alt-right," white nationalist, and neo-Nazi organizations as threats to social and racial progress, citing violent events in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12, 2017, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 27, 2018.

States that criminal elements of these groups are not protected by First Amendment free speech rights when committing or directing violence.

Asserts that criminal elements of "alt-right," white nationalist, and neo-Nazi organizations meet the federal definition of terrorism through unlawful use of force and violence to intimidate or coerce governments, civilian populations, or segments thereof for political or social objectives.

Urges the President, Congress, and law enforcement to recognize criminal elements of these groups as domestic terrorist organizations and pursue them with the same intensity used against other forms of terrorism.

Directs the Minnesota Secretary of State to transmit copies of this memorial to the President, Congress leadership, Senate and House Judiciary Committee chairs, and Minnesota's federal legislators.