NEXT ON THE WHITE POWER CHOPPING BLOCK: STEVIE 'BUBBA' WALDER

If Naushad Virani’s was white and his killer black, a whole bunch of right-wingers would be complaining about how this isn’t national news and if the roles were reversed Al Sharpton would be in Liberty, Texas yesterday calling for justice. Well, the roles are reversed, Sharpton is not in Liberty, Texas, the national media isn’t all over this and conservatives aren’t saying a damn thing about it. So we will. Naushad Virani wanted to keep his grocery store open in Liberty, Texas open on Christmas, so he worked that day so his employees could have the day off to spend with their families. That cost this decent, honorable man his life at the hands of some thieving thug who reportedly attempted to rob him. Steve R. “Bubba” Walder of Hull, TX gave himself up to the deputies chasing him down only because he saw they were white according to them, and they charged him with capital murder. Steve’s Myspace Page doesn’t yield much about him except a few pics of him and his family (one of them – the one with an SS shield on his neck – has been removed, so it is possible other things are gone too), but we do know he was down with (why are we not surprised?) Aryan Brotherhood. Doesn’t it seem like all the stupid crap happens by some brain-dead asshole connected to this crew? This is a prison gang. You are recruited while in prison. If you can’t keep the gang there, your ass should stay in with it! Sadly, it took someone to die for that to happen to Walder, who might be looking at the same fate further down the line. We’re not down with the death penalty, but if it has to happen, let his executioner be a person of color.

KFDM

The Tyler County Sheriff told KFDM News a man who has ties to a white supremacist group and faces charges of capital murder in the Christmas night shooting death of a Liberty store owner has admitted to the crime and told a deputy he gave up and decided not to shoot when he was surrounded because the arresting officers were white.

Two Tyler County deputies, two state troopers and a Woodville Police officer arrested Stevie “Bubba” Walder, 31, at about 1 a.m. Sunday on Highway 69, just north of Woodville, according to information Tyler County Sheriff David Hennigan provided to KFDM News.

A judge set Walder’s bond at $2 million on a charge of capital murder in the death of Naushad Virani, 50.

Two customers found Virani at about 10:30 a.m. Friday behind the counter at Ridgewood Grocery Store in the 4300 block of North Main Street in Liberty. Virani was working on Christmas so his employees could have the night off with their families. Virani had been shot in the head and was found in a pool of blood.

The store’s surveillance video helped authorities identify Walder as the suspect.

Liberty police believe robbery was the motive. They’re trying to determine if the shooting was a hate crime.

Tyler County Sheriff David Hennigan spoke with KFDM News on Sunday afternoon and described the events leading up to the arrest.

He said one of his deputies received information from a DPS trooper about the murder in Liberty and the suspect.

“My deputy spotted Walder’s vehicle and fell in behind him,” said Sheriff Hennigan, “and he also saw the trooper who had given him the information about the homicide and the suspect. They confirmed with dispatch that it was the vehicle. My two deputies and two DPS troopers followed the suspect and a Woodville Police officer fell in behind them.”

Hennigan said the suspect pulled over on Highway 69, just north of Woodville. The officers conducted a felony stop and pointed their weapons at Walder.

“He told my deputy, ‘I saw you behind me. I loaded my clip. When I saw that all of you were white I decided to give up and not fight.’ He admitted to my deputy that he shot the store owner.”

Hennigan said people with ties to white supremacist groups are a problem in East Texas.

He praised the officers involved in the arrest for working together to take Walder into custody without any harm to themselves or the suspect.