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The mythos surrounding white power groups, such as racist skinheads, requires a critical analysis. This is especially true for demystifying the belief that, white power youth groups (i.e., alt-right gangs) are substantially different from conventional street gangs. This chapter aims to critically evaluate the existing gang definitions used by academics and the criminal justice system to rectify the apathy of attention by traditional gang scholars and law enforcement to the white power gang problem. This disconnect is most notably observed in the absence or under-reporting of white gang members in gang databases throughout jurisdictions across the United States. This legacy of underpolicing of alt-right gang members by legal authorities and/or racist policies is known as “white supremacy in policing.” The public resurgence of the white power movement with alt-right gangs (e.g., Proud Boys) participating in mass …