DC: White supremacist/Nazi Von Brunn is denied a release from prison; smiles at mention of killing as many people as possible
This shows you white supremacism is still a problem.
– “An 89-year-old white supremacist charged with killing a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was ordered to remain in jail Wednesday after prosecutors said the frail man was still dangerous because he had ‘no true friends’ and ‘nothing to lose.’”
– “A judge also ordered James von Brunn to undergo a competency evaluation despite objections from the wheelchair-bound suspect. He was otherwise nonchalant and even smiled when a prosecutor said he wanted to kill as many people as possible in the June 10 attack.”
– “In asking that von Brunn not be released, prosecutor Nicole Waid said von Brunn’s actions were clear on videotape.”
– “‘This isn’t a case of whodunit, your honor,’ Waid said.”
– “She said that though von Brunn may appear frail, he is still a danger because he ‘has no true friends’ and ‘nothing to lose.’”
– “Waid said that von Brunn arranged his finances and funeral plans before his ’suicide mission’ at the museum, and that he wanted to kill as many people as possible.”
– “He shook his head when Waid recounted how he had once tried to kidnap members of the Federal Reserve board. He was caught outside a board meeting carrying a bag stuffed with weapons. He describes his attempt with apparent pride on his Web site. He was sentenced in 1983 to more than four years in prison for attempted armed kidnapping and other charges in his Fed assault. He was released in 1989.”
– “Von Brunn was indicted in July on charges including first-degree murder for the death of museum guard Stephen T. Johns, who was black. Four of the charges carry a possible death penalty if he’s convicted.”
– “Public records show that in 2004 and 2005 he lived briefly in Hayden Lake, Idaho, which for years was home to the Aryan Nations, a racist group run by neo-Nazi Richard Butler. He had a racist, anti-Semitic Web site and wrote a book titled ‘Kill the Best Gentiles,’ alleging a Jewish conspiracy ‘to destroy the white gene pool.’ He also claimed the Holocaust was a hoax.”
HRCARI stands wholly against all supremacism, and most surely including white supremacism.
Responsible for Equality and Liberty has a post which explores the unexamined aspects of Von Brunn’s shooting, again, right here.
There are sadly groups out there which lend intellectual credance to people such as Von Brunn. These white supremacist/NeoNazi groups are just as unacceptable as Islamic supremacism groups.
We must stand united together in defense of our basic human dignity, and never give in to supremacism of any kind.
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