AGAIN ON THE WHITE POWER CHOPPING BLOCK, MICHAEL COOK

Some of us literally were just talking a few minutes ago about how law enforcement has run out of patience of those nusiance Nazis that want to talk up killing people, preparing to do so and what not, and no sooner than we get off the phone with each other that we find this story. Michael Cook has one claim to fame: Instigating the “Battle of York”. On Jan. 12, 2002, Cook invited former World Church of the Creator leader Matt Hale to York, PA for a public meeting that brought 600 people, neo-Nazis, antifa, cops and the community out for one big brawl that is still fresh in the minds of those who were there. Since then, MIkey has been diminished into the local trash talking bonehead that keeps trying to start the revolution but no one will give him the keys. Now despite how irrelevant he is, we can under stand him wanting to have some body armor laying around. After all, he does pick fights with the wrong people. Problem is, picking those fights netted him a conviction for making terroristic threats, which is why he is now in trouble for having said body armor. In that aforemented conversation we were having, we said that after James von Brunn, there’s little tolerance for these gnats around the world and now they are going to get swatted. Michael, you were not sent to the lockup, so we know you are reading this right now. Grow up while you still can. We understand that you are 43, and you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but if you don’t stop with this crap, it won’t be a bone you’re burying.

YDR.com

York, PA – A Wrightsville man who played a key role in bringing a white supremacist leader to York in 2002 – which ultimately set off a riot – is charged with illegally possessing body armor, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

An indictment on a federal charge of purchasing a ballistic vest was filed in U.S. District Court on Wednesday against Michael Cook, 43. A news release states Cook bought the vest at a March 2007 gun show in Harrisburg.

But previous convictions for terroristic threats and destroying property prohibit him from owning body armor, the news release states.

Cook’s lawyer, Harrisburg-based federal public defender Thomas Thornton, said Thursday that Cook is the same person who, in late 2001, identified himself as the leader of the Wrightsville chapter of the World Church of the Creator.

Cook went on to invite the group’s then national leader, the Rev. Matt Hale, to York for a public meeting at Martin Library.

On the current charge against Cook, Thornton said the vest was “nothing more than a shell. (It) didn’t have anything in it that would actually stop a bullet. . . . There was no real way for Mr. Cook to know that he was purchasing something illegal.”

U.S. Attorney spokeswoman Heidi Havens said Cook was convicted of a felony in Minnesota, which prevents him from owning body armor. She said she did not know what that felony was.

Cook is not jailed and will be notified by summons to appear before a U.S. District Court judge, Havens said.

Thornton said that, during the appearance, a judge will formally explain the charge to Cook and decide whether to detain him. Thornton did not think Cook would be detained, since he has been free since he was charged.

In addition, the judge will give Cook a trial date, he said.

If convicted, Cook faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, the news release states.

Rally organizer

On Jan. 12, 2002, with Cook in attendance, Hale delivered a speech at the library to about 50 people, and as the group returned to city streets, a melee ensued between them and anti-racists who had come to York to stage protests. Police in riot gear stepped in to quell the fracas.

Hale said at the time he was attracted to York because of the investigation into the city’s race riots in 1969 and saw a connection between his message and those who supported then-mayor Charlie Robertson, who was arrested in connection with the shooting death of Lillie Belle Allen.

Robertson was acquitted of all the charges in the case. On April 6, 2005, Hale was sentenced to a 40-year prison term for his conviction for attempting to solicit the murder of U.S. District Court Judge Joan Lefkow.

Cook was also instrumental in another proposed rally in York, planned for April 29, 2006, to protest Hale’s conviction. Cook sent invitations to white supremacist organizations across the county.

But the rally fizzled when Cook left the York branch of the Creativity Movement, a splinter group of Hale’s now-defunct World Church of the Creator. Cook showed up after the rally was to take place, telling police he had just joined the Ku Klux Klan.