Holocaust Museum security guard fatally shot by white supremacist. The 89-year-old gunman James von Brunn was critically wounded after he shot Stephen T. Johns, the African American security guard who opened the door for him. Authorities were aware of his activities as a White supremacist and holocaust denier, but they did not have legal basis for ( Read more... )

Ten years ago today, Matthew Shepherd breathed his last, after being beaten, pistolwhipped, tortured, and left to die tied to a fence post in the freezing dawn outside Laramie, Wyoming.

A mere 4 weeks ago, Tony Randolph Hunter was beaten with such severity outside a Baltimore club that he died 10 days later (Sept 17 ( Read more... )

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