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Italian Interior Minister defends patrols with “Fascist and Nazi-like symbols”

(Italy) Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni defends citizen patrols with “Fascist and Nazi-like symbols on its uniforms”
— Interior Minister Roberto Maroni
— “Italy’s interior minister defended plans Monday to allow citizen patrols to beef up security amid outrage over a new right-wing guard that has put Fascist and Nazi-like symbols on its uniforms.”
— “The Italian National Guard was launched at a news conference over the weekend, sparking outcry from the center-left opposition, Jewish groups, police unions and others that it evoked Italy’s fascist-era paramilitary Black Shirts.”

Washington DC – FBI: Holocaust Museum suspect expected to survive

DC – FBI: Holocaust Museum suspect expected to survive

“FBI Supervisory Special Agent Katherine Schweit said in a written statement Saturday that government lawyers told court officials that James von Brunn (vahn BRUHN’) ‘was in critical, but stable, condition with an expectation of survival.’ They made the statement Thursday when von Brunn’s case was called for an initial appearance hearing.”

Turkey: Lawyers: Abused Turkish woman in hiding — Nahide Opuz

(Turkey) Lawyers: Abused Turkish woman in hiding — Nahide Opuz
— “In 2002, Nahide Opuz’s ex-husband, Huseyin Opuz, shot and killed her mother in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir. Prior to that, he ran over the two women once with a car, and in a separate assault, stabbed Nahide Opuz seven times with a knife.”
— “Police detained the assailant after both incidents and then released him after fining him. Huseyin Opuz remains free after serving six years for the killing of his mother-in-law.”
— European Court of Human Rights: “A court spokesman said this was the first time the court ruled a government had violated Article 14 of the European Convention of Human Rights,  which prohibits discrimination in connection with a domestic abuse case.”

European court rules against Turkey in domestic violence case
— “In a landmark decision on domestic violence, the European Court of Human Rights has said Turkey failed to protect a woman from being murdered by her son-in-law and ordered Ankara to pay damages”

— April 11: Turkey – Extremists Criticize “Feminist” Reporting on So-Called “Honor Killings”
— March 24: Turkey: Poll – Over a Quarter Support Extremist “Honor Killings”


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.”
— SPLC: Alleged Holocaust Museum Shooter Had Given Up Hate Site, Planned Other Attacks
— Blog: “Holocaust Museum shooter’s website registered to domestic partner of Ron Paul campaign coordinator”
— 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.”

Remembering A Hero: Stephen Tyrone Johns

— June 11: Make a Donation to the Johns Family

— USHMM Donation Link

— USHMM Tribute to Stephen Tyrone Johns

— June 11: National Association of Security Companies Mourns Security Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns for Heroic Actions at the Holocaust Museum

— June 17: Michigan Rep. Conyers Helps Slain Holocaust Museum Guard’s Relatives Attend Funeral

DC – US Holocaust Memorial Museum Attack: Additional Reports

— Redacted FBI affidavit (PDF – 95KB)
— Document: Criminal Complaint Against James W. von Brunn (PDF – 1.5MB)
— Washington Post: Holocaust Museum Shooter Could Face Death Penalty
— Washington Times: Man, 88, charged with murder in museum shooting

— Daily Telegraph: White supremacist Holocaust Museum gunman charged with murder of guard who helped him
— “The black security guard shot to death at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington by an 88-year-old white supremacist had held open the door for his killer, investigators said on Thursday”
— NY Post report
— AP photos – to those who don’t understand why we must challenge all hate with love – a graphic reminder (photo 1, photo 2):
— AP: White supremacist charged with Holocaust Museum murder
— “Critically injured in a hospital bed Thursday, the 88-year-old white supremacist was charged with murdering Steven T. Johns, the black guard.”
— “Witnesses say he was wearing a confederate soldier’s cap and a long coat”
— Other Locations Believed To Have Been Targets for Holocaust Memorial Shooter

— Stephen T. Johns “Hailed A Hero”
— Holocaust museum closed for day to mark shooting, Additional WUSA report
— Holocaust Museum No Stranger To Anti-Semitism
— Jewish groups say attack is a ‘wake-up call’
— At a Solemn Memorial, a Moment of Deadly Violence
— Friends, Co-workers Remember Security Guard Killed in Museum Shooting
— Gunman kills guard at museum
— Alleged Holocaust Museum Shooter Had Given Up Hate Site, Planned Other Attacks
— Holocaust Museum shooter suspect served time in prison
— Suspect spewed hatred, convicted in ’80s plot
— Shooting suspect’s history of seething anger
— Holocaust Museum Shooting Suspect Had Been Growing More Hateful and Desperate
— A Suspect’s Long History of Hate, and Signs of Strain
— Von Brunn: “It’s time to kill all the Jews.”
— “Von Brunn apparently supported himself through much of the 1980s and ’90s by distributing copies of the Spotlight, the Liberty Lobby’s racist newspaper”
— Von Brunn: “It’s better to be strong than right… Crowds hate good guys.”

DC: Witnesses Say Holocaust Memorial Museum Attacker Wore Confederate Soldier’s Cap

DC – US Holocaust Memorial Museum Attacker Wore Confederate Soldiers Cap, Witnesses Say
— “Witnesses say he was wearing a confederate soldier’s cap and a long coat”

— DC area FOX 5 News reports:
— “Witnesses say he was wearing a confederate soldier’s cap and a long coat, which he may have worn to conceal what police describe as an early-1900s rifle. Seconds later, there was gunfire.”

DC: Other Targets for Holocaust Memorial Shooter?

— Other Locations Believed To Have Been Targets for Holocaust Memorial Shooter
—- “Law enforcement sources told WTTG/MyFoxDC.com that during a search of a car that is believed to belong von Brunn, investigators found a notebook with information about six to nine locations in the D.C. area, including the National Holocaust Museum. Other locations on the list included the U.S. Capitol, the White House, the Washington Post, and a FOX News location”
—- “Investigators followed up at each of the locations, trying to find out if there were any sightings of the suspect or any correspondence,  MyFoxDC.com reported.”