Holocaust Museum Shooter: A History of Hate

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An 88-year-old white supremacist walked into the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. yesterday with a rifle, fatally shooting a security guard. The alleged shooter, James von Brunn, is believed to have a long history of anti-Semitic beliefs.

Joining The Takeaway is a man whose organization tracks threats and attacks by hate groups, Mark Potok, Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project.

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