Should he be given the chair for killing an immigrant?

Question

Man in infamous hate-crime killing arrested on violation of parole terms
Racism - The ex-skinhead convicted in the 1988 beating of Mulugeta Seraw could end up serving more prison time
Saturday, May 20, 2006
BOAZ HERZOG
One of the three men convicted in the 1988 Southeast Portland killing of Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw was arrested Friday on accusations that he violated his parole by contacting members of a white supremacist group, authorities said.

Kyle Brewster, 36, was arrested without incident during a routine visit with his parole officer Friday morning. He was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center with no bail allowed.

The county Department of Community Justice is recommending Brewster be sent back to prison for the rest of his parole, which expires in 2008, said Robb Freda-Cowie, a spokesman for the agency.

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Brewster spent 14 years in prison for taking part in one of Oregon's most notorious hate crimes. The former skinhead was convicted of first-degree manslaughter in the 1988 baseball-bat killing of Seraw. While the conviction put Brewster and two other members of East Side White Pride behind bars, the slaying cast a shadow on Portland, which was branded "Skinhead City" by one of the nation's leading civil rights groups.

The crime prompted the enactment of Oregon's groundbreaking hate-crime law. It also set the stage for a civil trial that financially crippled one of the nation's most influential racists.

Brewster's arrest comes amid a significant increase in activity by white supremacist groups nationwide and across the region, a trend that observers have called alarming. The groups have become savvier about recruiting, harnessing the Internet and creating record labels that promote rock bands, said Robert Jacobs, the Anti-Defamation League's Pacific Northwest regional director.

"Many of these people are plain unstable," Jacobs said. The instability adds to the potential for violence -- "you don't know when it's going to happen."

The groups also have drifted into drug dealing, home-invasion robberies and graffiti, crimes more traditionally associated with African American and Latino gangs, said Steven Stroud, a former skinhead who co-founded Oregon Spotlight, a Portland-based organization that tracks hate groups.

Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Portland Police Bureau, increasingly have seen a rise in assaults and vandalism connected to white supremacist groups, Freda-Cowie said.

Parole officials warned Brewster when he was released Nov. 19, 2002, that they would revoke his parole if he associated with gang members. Since then, Freda-Cowie said, "it's pretty clear he hasn't changed his ideas."

Answer 1

People should be rewarded for doing good deeds. Good is what is of benifit to me and mine so obviously it is usually subjective just like evil. What is good for me is often bad for my enemies or competition.

Answer 2

Yes, anyone who kills anyone, and it is either witnessed or proven, should receive some sort of death penalty. I for one, would not be opposed to them being chained up while a pit bull comes and rips their skulls open. You have to remember that killers are not humane people. Why, therefore, do they deserve our humane treatment? Criminals are not innocent. If someone behaves as a natural brute beast made for destruction, maybe they deserve that eye for an eye. Jails today are overcrowded and why? It is because jail isn't unpleasant enough and b) nobody spanks their kids anymore or disciplines them because a) they're too busy working because the other parent won't step up or b) they just flat out don't care enough. If I was in charge, our jails would look more like dungeons. And, if someone complained that they didn't like their food, I'd spit in it and they won't be complaining anymore. They'll just stay in their cells chained to a heavy ball. They'll have enough space to use the "hole in the floor" (I'm not trusting a criminal with a toilet; they'll just take the plunger parts apart and poke somebody) and they'll never get out of that cell until their time is spent. No recess, no books, no education, no anything pleasurable. It's time for this country to crack the whip. Or, you can just wait until it gets even worse and we're destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah.

Don't get me wrong. I think illegal immigrants should be sent back to where they belong, but my ancestors were immigrants and they had a right to be here because they were here legally. I have no problems with hispanics, especially those that speak English, who are here legally. But, no, just because someone is an illegal immigrant doesn't mean their life is worthless. And, therefore, they don't deserve to be killed and whoever does the killing should be killed for it.

I'm not mean or anything and I would feel bad for someone being tortured for killing someone, but it might cut down on the number of other people willing to join him.

Answer 3

The problem you have is justifying who can break the law. What about the many Mexican who rape and murder American white people.
Los Angeles Country 75% of all FELONY warrants are for Illegal Mexican immigrants that committed murder, raping a child, you get the picture and that is only one county in the USA.25% of the total prison population is illegal Mexican immigrants for felony crimes. Do you get the drift?
Think about that awhile, honey.

Answer 4

I'm not sure why you're on this tangent about skinheads, but rest assured, the majority of the people I know are intolerant of this type of behavior and feel it should be dealt with under the most stringent terms of the law under hate crimes, and yes, extinguish the species.

Answer 5

Impostor
thanks for putting your mark on the pic so all will know right away its the stupid brigade, and people wont even have to check the points see if its the real princess oh wait you can usually tell by the stupid questions lmao , but i do notice today your a least trying to make them look smarter. are we feeling a little inferior today ?

Answer 6

If the law applies yes.

Answer 7

Depends, was the swastika on his fore head facing to the right or the left ?

Answer 8

All illegal immigrants should be given the chair.

Answer 9

An eye for an eye.

Answer 10

Not the real princess