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Hate on Display / Saxon Knights

Group Status: Active

The Saxon Knights are a large, Indiana-based white supremacist prison gang. Their primary symbol is a shield tattoo, with a shield emblem superimposed over a sword, a warhammer, and a battleaxe. The shield has four sections, sometimes colored blue, yellow, red, and white (if the tattoo has colors). Two of the sections include the letters "S" and "K." A third section usually contains a knight's helmet. The fourth section is sometimes left blank and sometimes contains one of a number of other symbols.

The tattoo will often also contain the words "honor," "brotherhood," and "loyalty."