Within most white power skinheads, within that subculture it is a sign of the warrior. What it actually signifies is the rune of justice, or the rune of the warrior. This arrow is Tiwaz or tears rune in the Norse religion. I started getting tattoos when I was about 14 - 15 years old. Various audio of sounds coming from inside the house - kids playing, etc. We reveal Bryon's journey from a disenfranchised runaway teenager, to a violent skinhead, to the reasons that inspired him to escape the white power movement.įADE UP on a montage of shots portraying a typical, although poor, American family. Each treatment shows the extreme suffering Bryon endured, and can be seen almost as his penance for a hate filled past. The spine of the film centers on the tattoo removal procedures. Producers of Erasing Hate followed Bryon and Julie and family for two years, throughout the entire tattoo removal process. After every treatment, Bryon's face blistered and swelled. With financial support from the Southern Poverty Law Center, in early 2009 Bryon began the long and grueling laser tattoo removal process at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. And Bryon's heavily inked face and neck made it nearly impossible to find work and support his family. His tattoos were a constant reminder of his brutal past. But it wasn't easy.īryon remained haunted by the cruelty he had shown to others. Bryon and Julie packed up the family and fled from Michigan to Tennessee to start a new life. Bryon and Julie faced death threats and constant harassment. But escaping the white power movement was not easy. Finally Bryon was presented an ultimatum by his skinhead gang - us or them. He slowly withdrew from his skinhead mates. Julie soon gave birth to Bryon's first biological child, a son named Tyrson.īryon quickly realized he couldn't raise his son around the white power movement. Part of what drew Bryon and Julie together was a common bond - both were becoming disenchanted with what they saw as hypocrisy in the white power movement. They soon married and Bryan became an instant father to Julie's four children. The tattoo signifies the willingness to kill for the white race.īryon met Julie at Nordicfest 2006, a white power music festival. But most prominent on his face was a giant arrow extending below and above his eye. Among his multitude of facial tattoos was an image of blood dripping from a straight edge razor (Bryan's weapon of choice). And while many skinheads are known for brandishing tattoos, Bryon's appearance was especially menacing. In skinhead circles he was known as a heavy drinker and a pit bull - the enforcer who was quick to violence. For 16 years, Bryon Widner was a racist skinhead.
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