Charges over US museum shooting.6/11/2009 9:05:10 PM An 88-year-old suspected white supremacist white supremacist n. One who believes that white people are racially superior to others and should therefore dominate society. white supremacy n. Noun 1. has been charged with the murder of a security guard at a holocaust museum The term Holocaust museum may refer to:
James von Brunn is accused of shooting Stephen Johns in an attack on the building in the US capital on Wednesday. Von Brunn, who was injured during the incident, was being treated at a hospital in Washington. He was also charged with killing in the course of possessing a firearm at a federal facility, and could face the death penalty under federal law, US authorities said on Thursday. Police say they found a notebook in von Brunn's vehice with a handwritten hand·write tr.v. hand·wrote , hand·writ·ten , hand·writ·ing, hand·writes To write by hand. [Back-formation from handwritten.] Adj. 1. note saying: "You want my weapons - this is how you'll get them. The Holocaust is a lie. Obama was created by Jews.'' 'White supremacist' views Von Brunn, walked in to the museum holding a rifle at his side and began shooting, police said. A court affidavit describes the shooting at the museum in detail and says it was captured on security video. Witnesses said museum visitors ducked for cover and began screaming as shots were fired. The suspect an alleged Holocaust denier de·ni·er 1 n. One that denies: a denier of harsh realities. denier Noun who is believed to run a website detailing his white supremacist views and who once tried to kidnap members of the US Federal Reserve board. Von Brunn, who was thwarted in that incident when a guard captured him outside a board meeting carrying a bag stuffed with weapons, was sentenced in 1983 to time in prison and released in 1989. The US Homeland Security department There were gaps in the U.S. system for detecting and deterring terrorist acts in the homeland. That became clear September 11, 2001. The Department of Homeland Security is the george w. bush administration's plug for those gaps. called the shooting a criminal incident but said it did not appear to have a connection to terrorism, said a joint Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States and FBI assessment issued Wednesday. Aljazeera.net 2003 - 2009 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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