Michael Thompson (Aryan Brotherhood) - Informant

Informant

Thompson later became an informant against the Aryan Brotherhood after another AB member, Curtis Price, killed the father and the wife of an AB informant named Steven Barnes. Thompson was appalled by the violence against non-members, and during a high-level gang meeting that involved the killing of women, children, and elders, Thompson was the only member of the leadership to vote against the killings. Thompson started cooperating with the FBI and his name was subsequently put "in the hat", which is AB code for placing his name on their "kill-list."

Though still in prison, Thompson has spent the past twenty years working with authorities in their efforts to clamp down on the activities of the AB. As well as testifying against AB members in court, he has given lectures and written documents on the activities of the Brotherhood. He has also appeared in six documentaries reenacting and discouraging gang participation, including a bit for the National Geographic Channel.