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White supremacist reactsto ATF raid
Tom Metzger spoke exclusively withNewsChannel 15
Updated: Friday, 26 Jun 2009, 6:25 PM EDTPublished : Friday, 26 Jun 2009, 5:17 PM EDT
Janice Allen
WARSAW, Ind. (WANE) - ATF agents have beentight-lipped about the reason they raided theWarsaw home of local white supremacist TomMetzger; but Metzger had plenty to say toNewsChannel 15 about the incident.Agents with The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,Firearms, and Explosives searched Metzger'shome early Thursday. Friday, he spoke exclusivelyto NewsChannel 15 about what happened."Very little catches me by surprise," said Metzger.As cars gathered outside his home in Warsaw, Metzger says he knew something was up."A fellow said, we're here to do a search warrant."The ATF isn't saying what was in that search warrant,but we do know they spent several hours insideMetzger's home.Metzger and his wife were allowed to leave during thesearch and return when it was done.He tells NewsChannel 15 agents seized CD's, tapes,address books and his computers."I live that kind of a life," explained Metzger. "I expect atanytime of the day to have the door kicked in, causewe're living in a country like that."Because of the controversial life Metzger's lived, this isnot the first time something like this has happened.He's been involved with the white supremacistmovement for more than 30 years. He's served as aformer leader of the KKK, and was also the founder of neo-Nazi group the "White Aryan Resistance."Metzger says, "I've been through this before. Whatthey're looking for is something to connect you tosomething else."Metzger believes that something else is a case fromIllinois. On Thursday, Metzger's friends Dennis andDanny Mahon were arrested in that case on a number of weapons charges and the bombing of an Arizonadiversity office back in 2004."We've been friends for years so they probably reallywant to look at my stuff and see whether we wereconspiring," he told NewsChannel 15.Metzger was not arrested.The search warrant and other documents relating to the raid have been sealed. Click on the video tab to the left to watch an extended clip of Metzger's interview.
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