Nov 07 2008
Skinheads Plead Not Guilty in Obama Assassination Plot
The two skinheads who planned on assassinating Barack Obama and 87 other black people were arraigned yesterday. Twenty-year-old Daniel Cowart, of rural West Tennessee and eighteen-year-old Paul Schlesselman, of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas had their first day in court:
Wearing black-and-white striped prison uniforms and with chains around their wrists, waists and ankles, Cowart and Schlesselman spoke only to say “not guilty” during a brief hearing before a federal magistrate in Memphis.
The charges in the seven-count indictment carry a maximum punishment of 50 years in prison and fines of $540,000.
Court records say Cowart and Schlesselman, whom authorities say are white supremacist skinheads, told investigators they planned to conduct a national crime spree that would include a string of armed robberies and the murders of 88 black people.
The number has significance for white supremacists. “H” is the eighth letter of the alphabet and 88 is skinhead code for “Heil Hitler,” authorities say.
Shocking that they would plead “not guilty.” Even more disturbing, we will have to continue hearing about these two idiots for years to come. Hopefully we can all agree, there is no room for hate in this country anymore and individuals like these two morons should be dealt with in the harshest manner possible. The world is different and better now than it was 40, 60, 150 years ago and that is a good thing.
It’s called progress. Spread the word.
