Defying a federal judge’s order, about 40 armed protesters marched onto the outdoor plaza at the U.S. Courthouse in Spokane where one of their leaders was arrested last week for carrying a loaded assault rifle onto federal property – a seemingly scripted event that galvanized concern nationwide from pro-gun, militia and antigovernment groups.
Gordon Baum, the former personal injury lawyer who helped found the racist Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC), which claims blacks are a “retrograde species of humanity,” has died. He was 74.
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