Thread by @DenbrotS

#IDedicateThisWeekTo Alan Berg, atty &talk radio show host in Denver, CO. Berg was known for his liberal, outspoken viewpoints &confrontational interview style. Berg was fatally shot by members of the white nationalist group The Order, a group planning to kill prominent Jews.

Alan Berg
Berg stepped out of his black VW Beetle &gunfire erupted. He was struck 12 times, by a semi-automatic Ingram MAC-10..traced to..one of The Order's members by FBI.
At the trial for his murder, prosecutors proved he was singled out for assassination because he was a Jew.

I know there are anti-Semitic people out there among you gentiles..I know that you’re listening. I want you to call me and tell me why you don’t like Jews. Let’s not pretend this doesn’t exist. Let’s stir it up. You’re anti-Semitic, and you know it..

Alan Berg

He said no one would accept him if they knew he was Jewish. Well, those were tough times, but they weren’t that tough. My father was just plain confused…He was a hypocrite and a notorious bigot against anything that wasn’t Jewish.

Alan Berg

All of a sudden I was doing all the things I’d always been ridiculously critical of. I learned that lying was the single most destructive thing in my life. And practicing law like that is a form of lying.
[Representing The Mob.]

Alan Berg

Alan Berg got into a shouting match w/a caller who claimed that the local D.A. showed favoritism toward Denver’s Jewish community.
A week later the caller burst into the studio while Berg was on the air..pointed a gun at him &said: “I’m Fred Wilkins. You will die.” Wilkins fled.

Hopefully, my legal training will prevent me from saying the one thing that will kill me. I’ve come awfully close.

Alan Berg