Frazier Glenn Miller Jr.—on trial for the murder of three people on April 13, 2014, outside the Overland Park Jewish Community Center in suburban Kansas City–speaks for himself:
“After a nearly three-hour lunch break, Miller returned to the stand and told jurors he wanted to tell them more about why he wanted to kill Jews, but the court wouldn't let him. “Instead, he talked about an emphysema attack he had 10 days before the April 13, 2014, killings and his desire to ‘take out’ Jewish people before he died.
“He said he didn't initially know if he would have the courage to carry out the attacks, but afterward felt an exhilaration that dwarfed even the feeling of jumping out of airplanes when he was in the Army. ‘I've been proud of myself for 15 months’, he said.
“The 74-year-old Aurora, Missouri, man is charged with killing William Corporon, 69, and Corporon's 14-year-old grandson, Reat Griffin Underwood, at the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park, and Terri LaManno, 53, at the nearby Village Shalom retirement center.
“He said his only regret was that he killed the teenager, who he thought was older. But under cross-examination, Miller admitted that he would have been fine with killing Reat if he had been Jewish.
“He said he was justified killing the other two because they were Jewish sympathizers, adding that he thought the prosecutor and judge also associated with Jews.
“’If I had known you and you were there, I would have probably shot you, too’, he told District Attorney Steve Howe moments before finishing his time on the witness stand.”
By Bill Draper, “White Supremacist Testifies at Jewish Site Deaths Trial He Wishes He Could Have Killed More,” Associated Press, August 26, 2015.
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