Notice that you have to read carefully to find out that this neo-Nazi daddy, JEFF RUSSELL HALL, had custody of this child. Though police are careful to say that the shooting had "nothing to do" with Daddy's politics, it is no secret that extreme ultra-right wingers are associated with authoritarianism, violence, and abuse in their personal lives--not just in their political lives. In addition, we know that past research has shown that many of these neo-Nazi/white supremacist abuser daddies are attracted to fathers rights politics, such as Stuart Showalter in Indiana. They are very big on helping abuser daddies get custody, so as to punish "the bitch" who left them. See this blog post on Showalter here:
http://mothersoflostchildren.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/former-neonaziskinhead-fights-for-boone-county-fathers-while-blasting-mothers/
So who gave Hall custody and why? Were we just a little bit afraid of him, so we caved? I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest. So much for the myth that daddies can't get custody.
Here's my prediction, based on past cases of children who murdered abusive custodial fathers: There will be a major investigation. The report will be quickly sealed, since, after all, we wouldn't want to embarrass the authorities who knew about the father's violence and failed to do anything to protect the child. And then the child will be labeled "mentall ill" and sent to "a home." When in reality, the child was exercising his or her god-given right to self-defense. But that's how the system treats kids. That's the real sickness.
http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_whall04.9c8f4d.html
Police: Son, 10, says he shot Neo-Nazi dad06:45 AM PDT on Wednesday, May 4, 2011
By DAVID KECK and JOHN ASBURY
The Press-Enterprise
The 10-year-old son of a white supremacist leader told investigators during questioning that he intentionally shot his father with a handgun inside their Riverside home, police said.
Riverside police were still verifying the boy's statement as to what happened when Jeff Russell Hall was shot and killed at about 4 a.m. Sunday. The shooting had nothing to do with the 32-year-old man's neo-Nazi political activities with the National Socialist Movement, Lt. Ed Blevins said by phone Tuesday.
"We don't want to say a motive until we can verify what occurred," Blevins said. "We believe it was an intentional act. We think we know what happened, but tomorrow it could be something completely different."
"We're still looking at it," Blevins said, adding that it was a rather straightforward case. "There are still a couple of different angles to it."
The boy, oldest of Hall's five children, was expected to be charged Wednesday with murder, Blevins said. Police have not released the boy's name. He is being held at Juvenile Hall. The Riverside County district attorney was scheduled to interview the boy Tuesday afternoon, Blevins said.
District attorney's officials said any charges were confidential because of the boy's age. The boy is scheduled for a juvenile detention hearing Monday in Juvenile Court, district attorney's spokesman John Hall said. He can not be tried as an adult because he is under 14.
The boy is one of two children from Hall's first marriage, Blevins said. The mother of the boy and the second oldest child lived out of state. Three younger children, including toddlers, in the home belonged to Hall's second wife.
Child Protective Services took custody of the other four children, who also were in the home at the time of the shooting. Hall's current wife, who also was not named, is not suspected of any crime, Blevins said.
Police responded to a shots fired call at 4:04 a.m. Sunday and arrived to find Hall inside the home with a single bullet wound to his upper body. Riverside firefighters pronounced him dead 16 minutes later, according to the Riverside County coroner.
There was no reported argument leading up to the shooting and police believe the shooting occurred immediately before the 911 call.
Investigators recovered the pistol they believe was used in the shooting, along with a rifle. Blevins said they found the pistol under a bed. Authorities did not know if the guns were licensed to Hall.
Police had no record of previous calls to the home for domestic violence at the Halls home in the 5400 block of Lauder Court. Child abuse was not suspected. The boy had no history or prior run-ins with law enforcement.
Police had responded to a number of complaints about protesters at the residence demonstrating against Hall's activities with the Detroit-based National Socialist Movement, Blevins said.
Hall was the Southwestern States Regional Director for the organization, which promotes white separatism among other race-based goals. He gained national notoriety last year when he ran for Riverside's Western Municipal Water District, garnering over 25 percent of the vote.
On websites, Hall listed meetings held at his home on the last Saturday of every month and drew an organized protest last spring from counter groups who published his address.
Hall frequently led patrols at the U.S.-Mexico border against illegal immigrants in Arizona and California, according to the published reports and the National Socialist Movement website. He also led protests against illegal immigration around Southern California, including one in Riverside two years ago that turned violent when hundreds of counter-demonstrators faced off against the group.
Commander Jeff Schoep, head of the National Socialist Movement, called Hall in a statement on the organization's website, "A loving Father of five children, a family man, and a dedicated American Patriot."