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| 2 accused of race-war plot tied to Asatru religion in Va. prisons |
| By newsadvance.com- Frank Green |
| Published: 11/23/2015 |
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Inside the Augusta Correctional Center one evening nearly 16 years ago, inmate Brent H. Parker was stabbed 68 times by two fellow Asatru worshipers at the foot of a makeshift altar. In 2001 interviews with the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the killers — inmates Michael Lenz and Jeffrey Remington — said Parker blasphemed and disrespected the Norse gods of their religion. They feared their faith, new to Virginia prisons, might fade in the wake of the murder and their pending executions. Remington killed himself in 2004, and Lenz died by injection in 2006. Asatru, however, survived. There are now 350 inmates who report themselves as members of Asatru/Odinism in state prisons, according to the Virginia Department of Corrections. According to those tracking white supremacists, Asatru or Odinism, a recognized pagan Nordic religion, also has become popular with white racist inmates across the country. Read More. |
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