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Last Friday, Larry McQuilliams was shot and killed by police after unleashing a campaign of violence in Austin, Texas, firing more than 100 rounds in the downtown area before making a failed attempt to burn down the Mexican Consulate. The only casualty was McQuilliams himself, who was felled by officers when he entered police headquarters, but the death toll could have been far greater: McQuilliams, who was called a terrorist by Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, had several weapons, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and a map pinpointing 34 other buildings as possible targets including several churches.
While the impetus for McQuilliams onslaught remains unclear, local authorities recently announced that he may have been motivated by religion but not the one you might think.
According to the Associated Press, police officers who searched McQuilliams van found a copy of Vigilantes of Christendom, a book connected with the Phineas Priesthood, an American white supremacist movement that claims Christian inspiration and opposes interracial intercourse, racial integration, homosexuality, and abortion. Phineas priests take their name from the biblical figure Phinehas in the book of Numbers, who is described as brutally murdering an Israelite man for having sex with a foreign woman, who he also kills. Members of the Phineas Priesthood which people join simply by adopting the views of the movement are notoriously violent, and some adherents have been convicted of bank robberies, bombing abortion clinics, and planning to blow up government buildings. Although McQuilliams didnt leave a letter explaining the reason for his attack, a handwritten note inside the book described him as a priest in the fight against anti-God people.
herding cats
(19,565 posts)It did get press at the time.
Not that there's any harm talking about it again.
uhnope
(6,419 posts)herding cats
(19,565 posts)I saw the other day where people were referencing this incident and a lot of people didn't know what it was. It's always good that we don't let the RWers sweep these sort of incidents under the rug. We need to remember them and discuss them often!
Good post.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Last edited Sun Nov 29, 2015, 09:18 PM - Edit history (1)
Quite an awful and disturbing event it was.
brer cat
(24,578 posts)It's not posted as LBN, and many articles are reposted. Chill.
Iggo
(47,558 posts)Apparently
oberliner
(58,724 posts)And posted it by mistake and so would want to delete.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)us of a previous Christian terrorist act.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)The author changed the title to reflect that it happened in 2014 so that works too.
Edit to add: I edited my post accordingly.
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