The Takedown: American Aryans - Release date and more about the docuseries

Trigger Warning: The Takedown: American Aryans features members of a white supremacist gang that's also accused of murdering a woman.

The Takedown: American Aryans is a four-part ID (Investigation Discovery) documentary that will begin streaming on Max on February 6, 2025. It is narrated by ATF/BATFE (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) Agent Richard Boehning, who stopped a dangerous gang that threatened American ideals and innocent people.

The series promises glimpses into the dangerous and cult-like world of the Aryan Brotherhood, a gang that has been accused of horrible crimes over the years. Also interviewed for the documentary are several imprisoned members of the gang who are serving sentences for years for their crimes. The synopsis for this series reads like this:

"THE TAKEDOWN: AMERICAN ARYANS takes viewers inside the cult-like world of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas from the late 2000s to the present day."

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Who is involved in The Takedown: American Aryans and where to watch it?

Directed by Neil Rawles, the four-episode docuseries follows Boehning and his ATF task force as they attempt to bring down the Aryan Brotherhood. You can catch this series on Investigation Discovery. If you missed it on air, you can watch it at your convenience on the streaming service Max. It will be accessible Thursday, February 6, 2025 onwards.

The documentary promises to reveal several secrets that were not publicly available.

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What is The Takedown: American Aryans about?

The four-part docuseries will reveal how Boehning and the rest of ATF targetted the Aryan Brotherhood, one of the United States' dangerous gangs. It also features audio clips recorded using wiretaps that were never heard before. The documentary also sheds light on one of the gang's most inhuman crimes that ultimately forced Boehning and ATF to act.

In the trailer, we are told about a case of a young woman who was murdered by some members of this gang. It was this shocking incident that forced Richard Boehning and the ATF to formulate and execute an operation to take down the Aryan Brotherhood. The docuseries also promises to touch upon several other related issues. A part of Warner Bros. Discovery press release statement reads:

"Touching on seismic issues – race, drugs, and the rise of the far right – against the backdrop of a changing political landscape, while following a near decade-long campaign to stamp out an extremist criminal gang, THE TAKEDOWN: AMERICAN ARYANS embodies the continuing fight for the soul of a nation."

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It is important to reiterate that The Takedown: American Aryans is not for the faint-hearted.