BILL WHITE GETS ONE CHARGE THROWN OUT; OTHER THREE STAND

We are going to depart from watching the Andrew Breitbart/James O’Keefe freefall to bring you this bit of news about another another racist make-the-facts-up-as-you-go-along blogger that we deal with. It seems that neo-Nazi Bill White managed to weasel his way out of at least one of the four charges he was convicted of a few months ago, that of threatening a lawyer in Canada. This was particularly expected because the judge was not too sure about the charge in the first place, but this doesn’t mean that the other charges aren’t going to stick. He still has the other three to contend with, which for those new to the site and not familar with his case are intimidating a group of black apartment complex tenants involved in a Virginia Beach discrimination suit against their landlord (they are suing Bill as well), threatening a Citibank employee in Missouri and threatening a university administrator in Delaware – a university that really must be enjoying that fact that they keep having to deal with these racist crackpots, by the way. In 2006 (what a banner year THAT has become this week!), they had to deal with a controversy that arose from anger over hiring neo-Nazi Robert T. Huber, reportedly then employed as a research assistant there and former member of the white power bands Blue Eyed Devils and Teardown. And a few weeks from now, Professor Raymond Wolters is scheduled to speak at the American Renaissance conference being put on by white supremaicist Jared Taylor. Well, at least we can say that the one that they don’t employ is being dealt with the way he should, and we can’t wait. Bill sentencing is April 14. We will already be drunk from the champagne as we walk in the courtroom.

Roanoke Times

A federal judge today dismissed one of four charges that neo-Nazi leader William A. White was convicted of in December.

“The court finds that there is no substantial evidence which would permit any rational trier of fact to find the defendant guilty,” U.S. District Judge James Turk wrote in an opinion.

The jury verdict dismissed by Turk alleged that White had threatened Richard Warman, a human rights attorney from Canada who often brings civil actions against white supremacists.

White, the self-proclaimed commander of the Roanoke-based American National Socialist Workers Party, wrote on his Web site that Warman should be killed.

But unlike the other threats for which White was convicted, most of White’s comments were not communicated directly to Warman, Turk wrote in his 32-page opinion.

The decision upholds the remaining three convictions against White — intimidating a group of apartment complex tenants in Virginia Beach and threatening a university administrator in Delaware and a bank employee in Missouri.

A jury convicted White of the charges following an eight-day trial in U.S. District Court in Roanoke.

White is scheduled to be sentenced April 14. Although he faces up to 30 years in prison on the remaining charges, sentencing guidelines are likely to recommended a lighter sentence.

The ruling can be found here.