White Supremacist calls for death of Canadians
CP
Globe and Mail
Police in Missouri have launched an investigation into a call on a white supremacy website to kill a Canadian federal judge and an Ottawa lawyer.
"We have some letters from some people in Canada," said Jim Hughes, chief of Kirksville, Mo., police. "We take these complaints seriously."
Mr. Hughes said other law enforcement agencies have been consulted.
"It is too early to predict an outcome," he said.
But, he added, the subject of the investigation is known to police.
"I would just say I have met him."
The subject is white supremacist Alex Linder, who lives in Kirksville.
Mr. Linder runs Vanguard News Network, a U.S.-based white supremacy website.
Last week, Linder posted a message on the site that said his organization would support the killing of Federal Court of Canada Justice Konrad von Finckenstein, members of the Canadian Human Rights Commission and Ottawa lawyer Richard Warman.
"Killing Warman, 'judge' von Finckenstein, or any of the Jews who make up the dictatorial 'human rights' council . . . would be a genuine act of patriotism," Linder wrote.
The Canadian Human Rights Commission and Mr. Warman alerted the Internet service provider that hosts the website and Kirksville police about Mr. Linder's message and other threatening messages on his website.
The Internet service provider pulled the plug on Mr. Linder's website Friday, but another site has carried Mr. Linder's call for the assassinations and has even posted Mr. Warman's address.
The Internet comments were made in response to the jailing two weeks ago of London, Ont., white supremacist Tomasz Winnicki.
Mr. Winnicki was sentenced to nine months for refusing to obey a Federal Court order prohibiting him from spreading hate messages on-line.
He was also found guilty in April of violating the Canadian Human Rights Act by posting messages that likely expose people to hatred or contempt.
Mr. Winnicki published profanity-laced attacks against minorities on the Internet.
