For accused museum shooter, a downward spiral

[Akoto]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- James von Brunn carried a lifetime of hatred and an aging rifle to the entrance of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, authorities say, and was met with a simple act of kindness: a security guard opening the door for him.

Critically injured in a hospital bed Thursday, the 88-year-old white supremacist was charged with murdering Stephen T. Johns, the black guard. According to interviews with family, friends and civil rights groups, von Brunn spent decades spewing hate toward Jews and blacks - a hatred that was nearing a crescendo in the weeks before the shooting.

At least one acquaintance said he suspected that von Brunn was preparing for a violent end.

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"I was stunned to have met anyone who acted like that. I don't remember encountering anyone that bigoted before in my life," Riley said. "He was right out there for all to know and see and he was just so angry, it was kind of alarming to be around him."

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Pretty detailed and lengthy article on von Brunn's hateful legacy. He's apparently been spewing his vile nonsense since long before the museum shooting. Even showed up at US Naval Academy and demanded a meeting with the administration, in order to protest the number of minorities enrolling to serve!