Hate on Trial
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Hate on Trial: The Case Against America's Most Dangerous Neo-Nazi is a book by Morris Dees
and Steve Fiffer recounting the civil trial of Berhanu v. Metzger in which the Southern Poverty Law Center
and Anti-Defamation League
sued Tom Metzger
and White Aryan Resistance
.
The SPLC and ADL successfully argued that Meztger’s organization was civilly liable for the murder of Mulugeta Seraw
receiving a $12.5 million judgement.
According to the New York Times book review, "the descriptions of the people involved are well wrought, and a moral quest fuels this book with driving power."
Morris Dees
Morris Seligman Dees, Jr. is the co-founder and chief trial counsel for the Southern Poverty Law Center , and a former direct mail marketeer for book publishing. Along with his law partner, Joseph J...
and Steve Fiffer recounting the civil trial of Berhanu v. Metzger in which the Southern Poverty Law Center
Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center is an American nonprofit civil rights organization noted for its legal victories against white supremacist groups; legal representation for victims of hate groups; monitoring of alleged hate groups, militias and extremist organizations; and educational programs that...
and Anti-Defamation League
Anti-Defamation League
The Anti-Defamation League is an international non-governmental organization based in the United States. Describing itself as "the nation's premier civil rights/human relations agency", the ADL states that it "fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, defends democratic ideals and protects...
sued Tom Metzger
Tom Metzger
Thomas Metzger is an American white nationalist who founded White Aryan Resistance . His far-right activist groups, including WAR, have been monitored by the Southern Poverty Law Center, an American organization that tracks hate groups...
and White Aryan Resistance
White Aryan Resistance
White Aryan Resistance is a neo-Nazi white separatist organization founded and led by former Ku Klux Klan leader Tom Metzger. Part of the American far right, it is based in Warsaw, Indiana and is incorporated as a business....
.
The SPLC and ADL successfully argued that Meztger’s organization was civilly liable for the murder of Mulugeta Seraw
Mulugeta Seraw
Mulugeta Seraw was an Ethiopian student and father who went to the United States to attend college. Seraw was killed in November 1988, at age 28, in Portland, Oregon by three racist skinheads...
receiving a $12.5 million judgement.
According to the New York Times book review, "the descriptions of the people involved are well wrought, and a moral quest fuels this book with driving power."
Versions
- Morris DeesMorris DeesMorris Seligman Dees, Jr. is the co-founder and chief trial counsel for the Southern Poverty Law Center , and a former direct mail marketeer for book publishing. Along with his law partner, Joseph J...
and Steve Fiffer. Hate on Trial: The Case Against America's Most Dangerous Neo-Nazi. Villard, (February 23, 1993) ISBN 067940614X (280 pages)
- PBS TV Special with Bill MoyersBill MoyersBill Moyers is an American journalist and public commentator. He served as White House Press Secretary in the United States President Lyndon B. Johnson Administration from 1965 to 1967. He worked as a news commentator on television for ten years. Moyers has had an extensive involvement with public...
. "Hate on Trial with Bill Moyers" (1992) ISBN 1561762512
External links
- Berhanu v. Metzger case document of Southern Poverty Law CenterSouthern Poverty Law CenterThe Southern Poverty Law Center is an American nonprofit civil rights organization noted for its legal victories against white supremacist groups; legal representation for victims of hate groups; monitoring of alleged hate groups, militias and extremist organizations; and educational programs that...