MORE
MORE ACTIVE. >> HERE'S INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER JEREMY JOJOLA WHO
LOOKS AT THE NUMBERS AND THE
PLAYERS.
PLAYERS.
PLAYERS. >> THE NAZIS, NOT KKK.
>> Reporter: WE CAN HEAR IT.
WE CAN SEE IT.
>> THE MAN WHO WANTED TO START
A RACIAL HOLY WAR BY BOMBING A
SMALL SYNAGOGUE IN SOUTHERN
COLORADO.
COLORADO.
COLORADO. >> Reporter: AND SOME OF US
CAN FEEL IT.
>> WE DO FEEL ATTACKED.
>> Reporter: COLORADO HAS SO
MUCH TO BE PROUD OF, BUT OUR
HOMEGROWN HATE IS GETTING
WORSE.
WORSE.
WORSE. WHAT'S THE STATE OF HATE IN
COLORADO?
COLORADO?
COLORADO? >> THE STATE OF HATE IN
COLORADO IS RELATIVELY HOT
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: THE COLORADO
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION REVEALS
REPORTED HATE CRIMES INCREASED
44% ACROSS THE STATE LAST YEAR.
>> TODAY IT LOOKS YOUNG.
IT LOOKS PREDOMINANTLY MALE.
>> Reporter: SAMUEL CORPS
DIVA, AGE CORDOVA, AGE 21,
ARRESTED AND POLICE FOUND
STICKERS FOR THE WHITE
SUPREMIST GROUP PATRIOT FRONT.
HE TARGETED THE EVENT BECAUSE
THERE WOULD BE GAY RIGHTS
ACTIVISTS WHO WOULD BE AT THE
BOOKSTORE.
BOOKSTORE. CORDOVA IS CHARGED WITH A
CRIME.
CRIME.
CRIME. SINCE 2014 THERE HAS BEEN A
STEADY INCREASE IN THAT KIND OF
CRIME.
CRIME.
CRIME. HOWEVER, ONLY 32% OF THE TIME
THOSE PEOPLE WERE CONVICTED.
JEREMY SHAVER WITH THE ANTI-
DEFAMATION LEAGUE SAYS LOW
LEVEL CRIMES LIKE VANDALISM CAN
INTENSIFY.
INTENSIFY. >> SOMEBODY USUALLY GOES
THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF
BECOMING MORE EXTREME, MORE
RADICALIZED, MORE STEEPED IN
THEIR RACIST ATTITUDES AND
BELIEFS THAT THEY WOULD
ACTUALLY THEN BE PROPELLED TO
TAKE SOME TYPE OF VIOLENT
ACTION.
ACTION.
ACTION. >> Reporter: I'M JEREMY
JOJOLA, A REPORTER WITH 9NEWS.
HOW YOU DOING?
YOU'RE SAM CORDOVA, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> Reporter: I PULLED YOUR
CASE FILE AND IT SAID YOU HAD
PATRIOT FRONT STICKERS IN YOUR
BACKPACK.
BACKPACK.
BACKPACK. ARE YOU AFFILIATED WITH THAT
GROUP?
GROUP?
GROUP? >>
GROUP? >> NO, NO, NO.
>> Reporter: BUT THE POLICE
REPORT SAID YOU HAD THOSE
STICKERS IN YOUR BACKPACK.
>> I WAS INTRODUCED TO A COUPLE
OF THE GUYS.
THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON I WAS
THERE IS JUST BECAUSE I WENT TO
COLLEGE WITH ONE OF THE GUYS.
>> Reporter: DO YOU AFFILIATE
WITH THESE WHITE SUPREMIST
GROUPS?
GROUPS?
GROUPS? >> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. NOT AT ALL.
>> Reporter: YET HERE'S
CORDOVA THREE MONTHS AFTER HIS
ARREST.
I
I WATCHED
I WATCHED HIM AT A PROTEST AGAINST AN ALL AGES DRAG SHOW
AT MILE HIGH COMICS.
HERE
HERE HE
HERE HE IS POSING WITH THE COLORADO PROUD BOYS.
DOES THE ADL CONSIDER THE PROUD
BOYS A HATE GROUP?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. TO THE SENSE THE PROUD BOYS
THEMSELVES ARE VERY
MISOGYNISTIC.
MISOGYNISTIC. THEY'RE VERY ANTI-WOMAN.
THEY'RE VERY ISLAMOPHOBIC AND
VERY MUCH AGAINST MUSLIMS.
>> WHY WOULD I HATE ANYBODY?
>> Reporter: COLORADO PROUD
BOY LOUIE HUEY WE'VE SEEN IN
PORTLAND AND AT THE TURNING USA
EVENT IN FORT COLLINS.
>> THEY TOOK ME OFF YOUTUBE
BECAUSE PEOPLE LISTEN TO ME.
>> Reporter: AND AT THE I.C.E.
FACILITY IN AURORA.
>> WHAT THE MEDIA SAYS ABOUT US
IS RIDICULOUS.
IS RIDICULOUS. I THINK THEY'RE JUST SCARED OF
US BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE US.
>> Reporter: SHOULD PEOPLE IN
COLORADO BE CONCERNED ABOUT
HATE IN THIS STATE?
>> I THINK SO, ABSOLUTELY.
>> Reporter: THE COLORADO
RESILIENCE COLLABORATIVE SAYS
TODAY'S HATE GROUPS ATTRACT
YOUNG MEN LOOKING FOR
ACCEPTANCE.
ACCEPTANCE. >> IT'S NOT UNLIKE GANG MEMBERS
WHO NEEDED A SENSE OF FAMILY.
SO YOU FIND PEOPLE WHO BRING
YOU INTO THE FOLD AND PROVIDE
PROTECTION AND A SENSE OF
IDENTITY AND BELONGING BUT ALSO
PROMOTE VIOLENCE IN WHATEVER
THE NAME OF THE IDEOLOGY IS.
>> Reporter: DR. RACHEL
NIELSEN SAYS WE CAN STOP IT.
HER GROUP TRAINS LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND URGES FAMILIES
TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE SEEDS
OF HOMEGROWN HATE.
>> IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE HELP IN
THAT MOMENT, THEN THESE THINGS
CAN BE PREVENTED, BUT WHEN
SOMEONE DOESN'T GET HELP,
PEOPLE MIGHT FIND THAT VIOLENCE
SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY ANSWER.
>>
>> SAMUEL
>> SAMUEL CORDOVA HAD A PLEA HEARING SET FOR THIS MONTH, BUT
THAT HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK.
AGAIN, HE'S FACING A
MISDEMEANOR BIAS MOTIVATED
CRIME CHARGE AND WE'LL SEE WHAT
HAPPENS WITH HIS CASE THE NEXT
FEW MONTHS.
FEW MONTHS. >> YOU ARE BACK TOMORROW NIGHT
WITH A LOOK AT SOME OF THE KEY
FIGURES OF HATE.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. TOMORROW NIGHT WE TRACK DOWN A
MAN WHO CALLS DENVER HOME.
HE HAPPENS TO BE A HIGHLY
INFLUENCE SIGNAL ADVISER TO A
VERY DANGEROUS INTERNATIONAL
WHITE SUPREMACY GROUP KNOWN AS
ATOM WOLF.
ATOM WOLF. >> Reporter: DO YOU FEEL ANY
RESPONSIBILITY TO THE YOUNG
PEOPLE THAT HAVE TURNED
VIOLENT?
VIOLENT?
VIOLENT? >> NOT AT ALL, NONE WHATSOEVER.
>> THAT IS JAMES MASON.
HE LIVES IN DOWNTOWN DENVER.
WE CONFRONT THAT SIDE OF HATE
IN COLORADO TOMORROW NIGHT.
>> HATE NOT A NEW ISSUE IN THE
STATE, OBVIOUSLY GOES BACK
DECADES AND DECADES AND I THINK
NOW WE'RE STARTING TO SEE STUFF
BUBBLE UP.
BUBBLE UP. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY OUT
THERE, MORE INTERNET SEARCHES
FOR THESE TYPE OF TERMS, FOR
THESE TYPE OF GROUPS,