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Ex-Wife: Museum Shooter's Racism 'Ate Him Alive'

He said he would 'go out with boots on'

By Ambreen Ali,  Newser User

Posted Jun 10, 2009 5:25 PM CDT
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(Newser) – The white supremacist who allegedly opened fire in the US Holocaust Museum today, killing a security guard, has a hatred of Jews and blacks that “ate him alive like a cancer,” his ex-wife tells the New York Daily News. She said James von Brunn—news reports have differed on whether he's 88 or 89—espoused such views all the time they were married in the 1960s until she divorced him because of it in the '70s.

"He would talk about what the world would become in 20 or 30 years—that most of the country would be governed by black governors and that the Jewish people owned the media." Von Brunn, who she said drank wine all day, also promised "that he was going out with his boots on. I took it to mean that he wasn't just about to lay down and die of old age. That he was going to go out and try to take some people with him."

An Anne Arundel County police officer speaks to a motorist outside the Annapolis, Md. condominium building believed to be the home of James Von Brunn.
An Anne Arundel County police officer speaks to a motorist outside the Annapolis, Md. condominium building believed to be the home of James Von Brunn.   (AP Photo/ Steve Ruark)
Josh Shyman, 16, a neighbor of James Von Brunn, speaks with reporters.
Josh Shyman, 16, a neighbor of James Von Brunn, speaks with reporters.   (AP Photo/ Steve Ruark)
An unidentified man speaks to local and federal officials outside Von Brunn's condominium.
An unidentified man speaks to local and federal officials outside Von Brunn's condominium.   (AP Photo/ Steve Ruark)
Law enforcement officers and vehicles are seen outside the US Holocaust Museum after a shooting in Washington.
Law enforcement officers and vehicles are seen outside the US Holocaust Museum after a shooting in Washington.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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drlarrymitchell
Jun 11, 2009 12:04 PM CDT
Yeah, really glad you did something and warned someone in a position to do something about it before something HORRENDOUS happened.
inky
Jun 11, 2009 5:36 AM CDT
If every warning voiced by every ex-anything got into the headlines, no one would ever leave their houses. Most of it is BS, but how are we to know?
Robert_Dada
Jun 11, 2009 5:30 AM CDT
Loopholes courtesy of NRA lobbying.

He was frustrated, angry
Associated Press

He left long web trail
Gawker

 
crime • racism • Holocaust Museum • anti-Semitism • James Von Brunn

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