Website Read by Accused Racial Killer Encouraged 'Lone Wolf' Murders
The 22-year-old man who allegedly carried out a racially motivated in Brockton, Mass., on the day after Barack Obama was inaugurated as America鈥檚 first black president told investigators that he drew his inspiration from the white nationalist website Podblanc, according to a police report.
Keith Luke, the man arrested Wednesday after a shootout with police in the Boston suburb, allegedly told police he wanted to kill blacks, Latinos and Jews because he had learned on racist Internet sites 鈥渁bout the demise of the white race.鈥�
American neo-Nazi runs Podblanc from Estonia, where Cobb moved in 2007 after decades of neo-Nazi activism in America with groups such as World Church of the Creator, White Revolution and the National Alliance. Podblanc features videos detailing combat handgun tactics, offers instructions in how to make Molotov cocktails and other improvised explosive devices, and explicitly celebrates and encourages 鈥渓one wolf鈥� terrorism, up to and including hate crime murders of non-whites and Jews.
One Podblanc video entitled 鈥淪niper Bags Negress,鈥� for example, heralds the of a black woman in Omaha, Neb., by 19-year-old Kyle Bormann, who told police he targeted the victim because he was 鈥減issed off鈥� at black people. The website also glorifies the actions of Asa Coon, a troubled high school student who in Cleveland in October 2007, wounding two teachers and two students before committing suicide.
鈥淲e need a martyr鈥檚 section for guys like Bormann and Asa Coon,鈥� Cobb wrote in the 鈥淪niper Bags Negress鈥� comments section. 鈥淚鈥檒l work on getting that installed.鈥�
The alleged Brockton killer told police that he shot to death two immigrants from Cape Verde (an archipelago 375 miles off the coast of West Africa) and attempted to kill a third after forcing his way into her apartment, handcuffing her and raping her because he was 鈥渇ighting for a dying race鈥� and 鈥渇ighting extinction鈥� of the white race, the police report states.
According to the report, Luke told investigators he鈥檇 planned to continue his killing spree from just before 1 p.m., when it began, until 8:30 p.m., when he planned to shoot up the weekly bingo night at a synagogue near his house before turning his 9mm pistol on himself.
His goal, he allegedly told investigators, was to kill as many non-whites and Jews as possible. He was carrying 200 rounds of ammunition.
During a videotaped interview with detectives, Luke said he spent most of his free time on racist websites, especially Podblanc, which he said 鈥渟poke the truth about the demise of the white race.鈥� Podblanc has more than 800 registered users. It's unknown at this point if Luke is one of them.
鈥淟uke told us he educated himself about the 鈥榥onwhites鈥� on the internet and based on what he saw in public,鈥� the detectives stated in their report. 鈥淟uke told us he would watch other people鈥檚 messages about 鈥榥onwhites鈥� and he would reply to their messages online.鈥�
According to the arresting officers, Luke 鈥渕uttered unintelligibly about the 鈥榋ionist Occupation鈥欌�� when he was first taken into custody. Radical-right extremists often refer to the federal government they despise as the 鈥淶ionist Occupied Government,鈥� or ZOG.
鈥淵esterday this defendant methodically began an evil plan of mass murder and rape in the City of Brockton, targeting victims he identified as non-white,鈥� First District Attorney Frank Middleton said at Luke鈥檚 arraignment Thursday.
Luke pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, one count of aggravated rape, and two counts of armed assault with intent to kill. He鈥檚 being held without bail.
