White supremacist pleads guilty to Tennessee civil rights center arson

Regan Prater admits to setting blaze at Highlander center and bid to aid Hezbollah. His sentencing is set for September

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A man linked to white supremacist movements pleaded guilty on Monday to setting a fire that destroyed an office at a historic social justice center in Tennessee with ties to champions of the US civil rights movements, a court document shows.

Regan Prater also pleaded guilty to attempting to aid a foreign terrorist organization for efforts to provide the militant group Hezbollah “a list of personally identifiable information for individuals purportedly affiliated with the government of Israel”, according to a criminal information filed in February.