PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A bill to restrict paramilitary training in Maine in response to a neo-Nazi who wanted to create a training center for a “blood tribe” was signed into law by Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday.
The law, which the governor signed without public comment, allows the attorney general to file for a court injunction to stop paramilitary training that’s intended to sow civil disorder — and to bring charges that carry a penalty of up to a year in jail.
Rep. Laurie Osher of Orono introduced the bill after a prominent neo-Nazi and white supremacist, Christopher Pohlhaus, sought to set up a training center on property that he ultimately sold before carrying out the plan.
“I welcome people to come to Maine and live here and work hard and make Maine a better place. But I’m not welcoming of people who want to make Maine a white ethno-state,” Osher, a Democrat, said Friday evening. “This bill is making it clear that anyone who has that intent is not welcome to do that here.”
Justin Steele returns from hamstring injury as Cubs take on Padres
Ryan Gosling shares 'odd piece of advice' co
Boeing set to launch astronauts for NASA in new capsule
Julia Fox and Law Roach team up for a sustainable fashion competition show
Jared Jones dazzles, Jack Suwinski provides walk
Defending Stanley Cup champion Knights and top
Putin begins a new era of extraordinary power in Russia
James Corden appears in good spirits as he arrives with glamorous wife Julia Carey at the pre
Juro Kara, rebel playwright behind Japan's modern underground theater, dies at 84
How Queen Mary could look to Queen Silvia: King Carl Gustaf and his wife's 47
Kentucky Derby fashion: see the splendor in photos