According to Phil Williams of NewsChannel 5, a well-known neo-Nazi leader is not running from the idea that his propaganda may have influenced a deadly school shooting.
He’s leaning into it.
And, disturbingly, he sounds thrilled.
Williams reports that Jon Minadeo, founder of the so-called Goyim Defense League, used a recent podcast to react to NewsChannel 5’s investigation into his online targeting of children.
Instead of denying any connection to the Antioch High School attack in Nashville, Williams says Minadeo cheered when he heard that the teenage shooter had included his material in a manifesto.
In Williams’ words, it was a “stunning reaction” from a man already known for open hatred.
Inside Phil Williams’ Investigation
Phil Williams’ original investigation, aired on NewsChannel 5, documented how Minadeo spends his time in roulette-style video chat apps that are popular with kids.
Williams explains that these apps – with names like Omegle-style platforms, including sites similar to “Monkey” – randomly connect strangers on video.
They’re exactly the kind of place curious teens wander into without realizing who might be on the other side.
Williams’ team reviewed hours of recordings showing Minadeo interacting with children, often live-streaming those encounters on his own hate-filled website without the kids’ knowledge.
As Williams reports, Minadeo berates children of color, hurls racial slurs, and then tries to recruit white kids into his ideology.
He tells them to buy guns, go to shooting ranges, and “get ready to kill,” according to Williams’ reporting.
It’s not subtle, and it’s not a joke.
From a broader perspective, this is exactly what modern extremist recruitment can look like: not secret meetings in basements, but weaponized “pranks” and edgy chats in front of an online audience sending donations.
Grooming Kids in Online Video Chats
In one clip described by Phil Williams, Minadeo connects with a boy who says he is 14, but looks even younger.
Williams says Minadeo then pulls out what appears to be an assault-style rifle on camera.
He pretends to cry, presses the barrel under his chin, and talks about killing himself rather than living “around” people he hates – using censored racial slurs.
The child quietly responds, “Don’t.”
According to Williams, Minadeo then plays a fake gunshot sound effect and slumps back in his chair while the boy just stares.
Williams later discovered that Minadeo clipped that disturbing moment and reposted it on his own channels, turning a child’s discomfort into entertainment for his followers.
In another video Williams reviewed, Minadeo is on camera with two teen boys, one white and one Black.
Holding a gun, he asks the white teen why he’s “hanging out” with his Black friend, again using a censored slur.
Williams reports that the white teen then points what looks like a handgun at his friend’s head.
The Black teen later lifts a gun to his own head.
Instead of stopping them, Williams says Minadeo encourages the behavior.
He even pulls out a monkey doll he uses as a racist prop, presses his own gun to the doll’s head, and counts down as if both he and the boys will “fire” together.
Phil Williams notes that Minadeo has no idea whether the teens are holding real guns or toys.
He simply tells them to “pull the trigger” anyway.
From a safety standpoint, this is horrifying.
Even if every weapon on screen were fake, the behavior normalizes lethal violence as a joke and makes it easier for a real trigger to be pulled later.
“Yes, Yes, Let’s Go”: A Chilling Reaction
The most shocking part of Williams’ latest report is how Minadeo responded when the Antioch High School shooter’s manifesto came up.
Williams says that during his podcast, Minadeo plays a portion of NewsChannel 5’s story mentioning that the teenage shooter had included material from him and the Goyim Defense League.
Instead of denying it or expressing any regret, Minadeo shouts, “Yes, yes, let’s go!” and triggers a celebratory horn sound effect, according to Williams.
He then boasts about “influencing” people – specifically using censored racial slurs and talking about getting them to turn on each other.
Williams describes how Minadeo flexes his arm repeatedly on camera while chanting, treating the idea of influence over a school shooter as a victory.
That reaction strips away any illusion that this is just “edgy comedy” or protected “trolling.”
As Williams’ reporting makes clear, this is a man who appears to celebrate deadly real-world violence if it lines up with his racist worldview.
Nashville parents who watched the videos with Williams were blunt about what they saw.
One parent, Maryam Abolfazli, told NewsChannel 5 that “something is deeply off” with a man who feels comfortable behaving like this in front of children.
Another parent, Sarah Shoop Neumann, focused on the long-term danger of the repeated gun “jokes.”
She told Williams that the more kids play out these scenarios, the “more normal it’s going to be,” and the easier it may become to pull a real trigger when anger strikes.
Their reactions highlight something important: this isn’t just offensive content.
Phil Williams’ reporting shows a pattern that looks a lot like grooming kids toward violence, not just toward hateful speech.
News Exposure Knocks Hate Sites Offline
Phil Williams also reports that after NewsChannel 5 exposed these tactics, there were real consequences for Minadeo online.
In a follow-up report, Williams reveals that two of Minadeo’s main websites – goyimtv.com and gtvflyers.com – suddenly went offline.
According to Williams, internet records showed that the sites were being hosted by a company called Crunchbits (formerly Redoubt Networks).
After NewsChannel 5 Investigates contacted the company asking for comment, the websites went dark without explanation.
The next morning, Williams says the sites reappeared under a new host, Comcast.
Shortly after NewsChannel 5 reached out to Comcast, the streaming site went offline again.
Comcast and Crunchbits didn’t respond to Williams’ questions.
But the timing, as laid out in his report, strongly suggests that major providers did not want to be associated with platforms that livestream hate and target children.
Williams also points out that the financial stakes for Minadeo are significant.
By his reporting, the livestream has pulled in more than $100,000 this year from supporters, much of it tied to these shock segments and interactions with kids.
Minadeo later acknowledged the outage in a video on his social media, calling Williams a “boomer-brain psychopath” and hinting at “treason,” according to Williams’ report.
At the same time, when one follower on X suggested the group was now “at war” with the journalist, Minadeo publicly backed away and warned that such talk could bring the FBI “to your door.”
Even inside extremist spaces, no one wants to be the one openly threatening a reporter.
Why This Matters for Parents and Platforms
Phil Williams’ reporting paints a clear and deeply troubling picture.
A neo-Nazi propagandist is using random video chat apps to find children, shower them with racist rhetoric, and push them toward guns and violence – then celebrating when a school shooter appears to echo his material.
From any reasonable moral lens, there’s nothing clever or ironic about that.
It’s a reminder that extremist ideology doesn’t always show up in organized rallies or obvious forums.
Sometimes it hides behind filters, emojis, and “just joking” gun sounds on a stranger’s webcam.
Williams’ work also shows that pressure on tech and hosting companies can matter.
Once NewsChannel 5 started asking hard questions, multiple providers quietly severed ties with Minadeo’s sites, at least for now.
For parents, Williams’ investigations are a loud warning siren.
Those random video chat apps might look like harmless fun, but his reporting makes it clear they can serve as a direct pipeline to some of the darkest corners of the internet.
And for the rest of us, his stories underline something simple but crucial:
Neo-Nazi ideology is not just “another opinion.”
It’s a worldview that, when left unchecked, can cheerlead real violence – even at a high school – and then celebrate the bloodshed as proof that the propaganda is “working.”
Phil Williams’ reporting doesn’t just expose one extremist.
It shows how important it is to shine light on these tactics, cut off their platforms, and refuse to treat this kind of hate as entertainment.
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