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Holocaust Memorial Shooter – SPLC says Michigan man recently took over racist site

(U.S.) Holocaust Memorial Shooter – SPLC says Michigan man recently took over racist site
— Chicago Tribune reports: “The Southern Poverty Law Center says the suspect in the fatal shooting of a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum recently transferred the domain name of his racist Web site to a man in southwestern Michigan.”
— “Internet domain registration records show James von Brunn created www.holywesternempire.org in October 2000.”
— “The hate-crime watchdog group said Thursday that Steve Reimink acquired the domain name around the first of this month. The Montgomery, Ala.-based organization designated it as a hate Web site in 2003.”
— “The site was taken down Wednesday, after the shooting.”
— “Reimink lives in Ottawa County’s Grand Haven Township, about 25 miles west of Grand Rapids. He has not responded to phone messages and e-mails seeking comment.”
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Grand Rapids Press: “Brother defends hate site operator Steve Reimink who has ties to alleged Holocaust Museum shooter”
— “Steve Reimink, he said, apparently took over administration of the Web site simply to help out another person connected to the site.”