Assassination plot targeting Obama disrupted
WASHINGTON?Federal agents have broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee murder spree, the ATF said Monday.
In court records unsealed Monday, federal agents said they disrupted plans to rob a gun store and target a predominantly African-American high school by two neo-Nazi skinheads. Agents said the skinheads did not identify the school by name.
Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of the Nashville field office for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said the two men planned to shoot 88 black people and decapitate another 14. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.
The men also sought to go on a national killing spree, with Obama as its final target, Cavanaugh told The Associated Press.
"They said that would be their last, final act -- that they would attempt to kill Sen. Obama," Cavanaugh said. "They didn't believe they would be able to do it, but that they would get killed trying."
Originally posted by: sandorski
102 Black people? Seems an odd figure. I wonder if they were planning to kill all the Black students?
If this is true and not some odd attempt at FUD, good that it was thwarted.
Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of the Nashville field office for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said the two men planned to shoot 88 black people and decapitate another 14. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Originally posted by: sandorski
102 Black people? Seems an odd figure. I wonder if they were planning to kill all the Black students?
If this is true and not some odd attempt at FUD, good that it was thwarted.
Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of the Nashville field office for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said the two men planned to shoot 88 black people and decapitate another 14. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Originally posted by: sandorski
102 Black people? Seems an odd figure. I wonder if they were planning to kill all the Black students?
If this is true and not some odd attempt at FUD, good that it was thwarted.
Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of the Nashville field office for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said the two men planned to shoot 88 black people and decapitate another 14. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.
Originally posted by: fallout man
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Originally posted by: sandorski
102 Black people? Seems an odd figure. I wonder if they were planning to kill all the Black students?
If this is true and not some odd attempt at FUD, good that it was thwarted.
Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of the Nashville field office for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said the two men planned to shoot 88 black people and decapitate another 14. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.
I didn't know white supremacists could count that high. I guess when you put several of them together, there are enough fingers and toes...
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Originally posted by: sandorski
102 Black people? Seems an odd figure. I wonder if they were planning to kill all the Black students?
If this is true and not some odd attempt at FUD, good that it was thwarted.
Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of the Nashville field office for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said the two men planned to shoot 88 black people and decapitate another 14. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.
Hmm, interesting. Supposed to conjure up Hitler or something? 😕
This numeral represents the phrase "14 words," the number of words in an expression that has become the battle cry and rallying slogan for the white supremacist movement: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children."
This expression was coined by white supremacist David Lane while in prison serving essentially a life sentence for his role in The Order, a 1980s white supremacist terrorist group that conducted armed robberies, bombings, and assassinations. Lane died in prison in 2007.
Originally posted by: yllus
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Originally posted by: sandorski
102 Black people? Seems an odd figure. I wonder if they were planning to kill all the Black students?
If this is true and not some odd attempt at FUD, good that it was thwarted.
Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of the Nashville field office for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said the two men planned to shoot 88 black people and decapitate another 14. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.
Hmm, interesting. Supposed to conjure up Hitler or something? 😕
I know due to an interesting encounter with a white supremacist on the Toronto subway that 88 = HH = Heil Hitler. No idea about 14 though.
Hate On Display: 14 (words)
This numeral represents the phrase "14 words," the number of words in an expression that has become the battle cry and rallying slogan for the white supremacist movement: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children."
This expression was coined by white supremacist David Lane while in prison serving essentially a life sentence for his role in The Order, a 1980s white supremacist terrorist group that conducted armed robberies, bombings, and assassinations. Lane died in prison in 2007.
Originally posted by: yllus
Originally posted by: sandorski
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Originally posted by: sandorski
102 Black people? Seems an odd figure. I wonder if they were planning to kill all the Black students?
If this is true and not some odd attempt at FUD, good that it was thwarted.
Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of the Nashville field office for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said the two men planned to shoot 88 black people and decapitate another 14. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.
Hmm, interesting. Supposed to conjure up Hitler or something? 😕
I know due to an interesting encounter with a white supremacist on the Toronto subway that 88 = HH = Heil Hitler. No idea about 14 though.
Hate On Display: 14 (words)
This numeral represents the phrase "14 words," the number of words in an expression that has become the battle cry and rallying slogan for the white supremacist movement: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children."
This expression was coined by white supremacist David Lane while in prison serving essentially a life sentence for his role in The Order, a 1980s white supremacist terrorist group that conducted armed robberies, bombings, and assassinations. Lane died in prison in 2007.
by carolyngwright Arkansas [Oct 27, 2008 4:59:45 PM]
So what's the big deal? ...
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Originally posted by: sandorski
102 Black people? Seems an odd figure. I wonder if they were planning to kill all the Black students?
If this is true and not some odd attempt at FUD, good that it was thwarted.
Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of the Nashville field office for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said the two men planned to shoot 88 black people and decapitate another 14. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.
Before or after the general election?Originally posted by: irishScott
Just out of curiosity, what would happen if Obama or McCain was assassinated? Biden or Palin take over? 😛
Originally posted by: seemingly random
Before or after the general election?Originally posted by: irishScott
Just out of curiosity, what would happen if Obama or McCain was assassinated? Biden or Palin take over? 😛
Before or after the electoral college meets to really elect the president in december?