White supremacist group distributing CDs in schoolyards
Nov. 19: The use of music is taking an extreme turn, and parents are being warned about a dangerous message being given to their kids, for free. NBC's Mike Kirsch reports.
SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn. - In Madison, W.Va., 100 students from the high school and the middle school — children as young as 10 — were given copies of a CD recently.
"These people just came out of nowhere and handed out these CDs," says student Tiffany Nichols.
Tammy Spurlock says her two daughters played the CD thinking it was new rock music. What they discovered was that it was propaganda for white supremacists — a CD of hard-core hate songs advocating death to Jews, blacks and other minorities and inviting listeners to visit the Web site of the producer, Panzerfaust Records, for more racist songs, jokes and even to buy "Hitler Youth" knives.
"On a personal level it actually outraged me," says Madison Schools Safety Director Steven Bradley. "I was upset because I don't think it's at all appropriate to be in a school system or to even be around school children."...