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Montana Woman Accuses White Supremacist Leader Of Online Terror Campaign

Published May 9, 2017 at 10:40 AM MDT
In this April 23, 2016 file photo, a man walks during a protest at Stone Mountain Park, in Stone Mountain, Ga. The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a lawsuit against Andrew Anglin, founder of the white supremacist website The Daily Stormer, alleging that he orchestrated a campaign of online harassment against Montana real estate agent Tanya Gersh, her husband and their 12-year-old son. (John Bazemore/AP)
In this April 23, 2016 file photo, a man walks during a protest at Stone Mountain Park, in Stone Mountain, Ga. The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a lawsuit against Andrew Anglin, founder of the white supremacist website The Daily Stormer, alleging that he orchestrated a campaign of online harassment against Montana real estate agent Tanya Gersh, her husband and their 12-year-old son. (John Bazemore/AP)

The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a lawsuit against Andrew Anglin, founder of the white supremacist website The Daily Stormer.

It alleges that Anglin orchestrated a campaign of online harassment — including racial epithets, anti-Semitic language and physical threats — against Montana real estate agent Tanya Gersh, her husband and their 12-year-old son.

Gersh and Southern Poverty Law Center President Richard Cohen join Here & Now‘s Robin Young to discuss the lawsuit.

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