Tuesday, September 1, 2015

White Supremacist and his Nazi salute, Convicted of Three Murders at Jewish sites- Natalia Hernandez, 9th Period

Miller, also known as Frazier Glenn Cross Jr. is a man of 72 years of age from Aurora, Missouri, who admitted to killing three people at a shooting in two suburban Kansas city Jewish sites. He pleaded not guilty against all evidence, claiming that it was his duty to stop genocide against white race, and that "wasn't killing people," he "was killing Jews."

None of the victims were Jews.

It was one of the many objections he sporadically spouted during the proceedings, in which at one point he said, "I object to everything on the grounds of George Washington, our founding father." urging the judges to be brave and find him not guilty, as they then would have the power to inspire the world. To my great relief he was convicted of various charges for the shooting he was responsible for, including murder. After he was convicted, he gave the jurors a Nazi salute, and said he would "die a martyr."

History repeats itself, and the only way to prevent that is to learn from our past mistakes. This case clearly exemplifies the lessons that we've learned- that this person's ideas are inherently wrong, both morally and otherwise logically. The victims weren't even Jewish, for god's sake! And if they had been, all the more reason to condemn hateful atrocities like these.

He also founded the Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in his native North Carolina and later the White Patriot Party. He also ran for the U.S. House in 2006 and the U.S. Senate in 2010 in Missouri, each time espousing a white-power platform.

A mindset where people find their fellows inferior and exhibit violence as a form of intolerance is truly saddening, revolting and appalling.

I pray for the families of the victims, that they might find peace and I offer my greatest condolences.

http://news.yahoo.com/supremacist-convicted-killing-3-kansas-jewish-sites-212651070.html

3 comments:

  1. Genocide of the white race? Well that's a new one. Aren't most members of the government still white? Far from genocide. And how are we still having this kind of ignorance in today's age? Skin color and religion have nothing to do with brains or talent or anything. This is sad..
    Cameron Eisenberg 6th period

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  2. I agree with your opinion on how ignorant people are. To believe your supieror than others just because your "white" is honestly a mystery to me. That, that idea, and mindset of thinking gets people killed.

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  3. Are you kidding me? Really, this guy killed all these people in the mindset that they were Jews. (which first of all is so awful) but the fact that they weren't even Jews is the worst part. These people were shot/killed but they were all innocent of why they were killed.

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