Canadian Jews condemn acquittal of U.S. neo-Nazi

An American neo-Nazi who advocated killing an Ottawa activist and overthrowing the Canadian government by force has been acquitted of uttering threats.

William A. White was charged in 2008 after he wrote repeatedly on his website and in his magazine that Canadian human rights lawyer Richard Warman should be assassinated.

Apparently angry at Mr. Warman's successful campaign against racist Internet sites, White called him an "enemy," wrote that he "must be killed" and provided his home address.

A jury convicted White of threatening Mr. Warman but this week a U.S. District Court judge in Virginia overturned the verdict, ruling his actions did not amount to threats.

"Certainly, calling for Richard Warman to be 'dragged out into the street and shot, after appropriate trial by a revolutionary tribunal of Canada's white activists' or expressing hope that someone firebombs his house is offensive and disturbing, and perhaps frightening to Richard Warman," the Judge James Turk wrote.

But he said White's actions were protected free speech and could not be considered threats because he had not indicated he intended to commit violence against the Canadian.

The judge upheld three other convictions against White stemming from intimidation and threats. White is to be sentenced on April 14 and faces up to 30 years in prison. More

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