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Link Suggested Between Homicide,
Vandalism and Wicca The
Des Moines Register ran an article by Tom Alex on October2, 2006
: ‘Anarchists’ suspected in anti-police
graffiti. This
article reports that ‘supposed anarchists’ have been leaving posters and
graffiti on utility poles, utility boxes and on bridges. One of the posters urges the reader to “Punch
cops in the face and get away with it.”
At the bottom of this poster it says: “If you treasure liberty — if
you hunger for justice — if you crave revenge — Join the Anarchists —
www.crimethinc.com.” One poster shows a police officer being
beaten. One graffiti message
states: “Make it all crash & let
it all burn.” This article also brought up the
homicide of Matthew Stegman, 18, in September 2006. Alex reports that the police are treating
this as a ‘ritualistic killing’ and that some of the five suspects charged in
this homicide “indicated that they were of the Wiccan culture.” Lt. Mark Morgan is quoted as saying that
they “haven’t really thought of Wiccans as dangerous in the past” but that
“Sometimes the lines between these groups gets a little blurred,” suggesting
that Wiccans are linked to anarchism. I sent the following note to Alex
regarding this article: “I want to respond to your article in
the Des Moines Register of 2 October 3, 2006:
Anarchist suspected in anti-police graffiti. Our members viewed this article, and
specifically the comments of Lt. Morgan, with alarm. Wiccans aren’t dangerous and we aren’t
anarchists. As you can see if you
check out our web site, quite a number of those professionals protecting the
public from terrorists and anarchists in the United States, Canada and the UK
are followers of Wiccan and other Pagan spiritual paths. The Wiccan Rede, the core ethical principle
of Wiccan faith, specifically tells us not to harm others. Whatever else these vandals may be, they
aren’t Wiccan. “I’d be happy to supply you and the
local authorities with information on the practices of Wiccans or of any
other Pagan spiritual path if you require it.
If you or the local authorities would like our members to assist you
in any aspect of the investigation, you have only to ask.” Kerr
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“Expert”
Tries to Label Montreal Shootings “Satanic Crime” You’ll
recall that in the last issue of Dispatches we included an article on Vampyre
spirituality and information on the shootings 13 September 2006 at Dawson
College in Montreal. A lone gunman
killed one student and seriously injured 19 others. This was done in anticipation of the
religious extremists getting a hold of this story and trying to make it into
an “occult crime” story. We
didn’t have long to wait. On 29
September, Britt Conway did an article on the web site of WSLS (News Channel
10):
Ritual Crimes and the Occult.
Conway quotes Don Rimer, the self appointed “occult crime” expert that
I wrote up. I discussed Rimer at
length in my article
The Cycle Continues in the 1 January 2005 issue of The Witches’ Voice.
Rimer claimed that “That case in Canada is not the only case of it's kind that we've experienced in the
last couple of years. There's been other cases like that... What we know as
the goth world is expanding.” Conway describes Rimer as having investigated
“satanic and ritual crimes for 25 years.”
Conway goes on to say that Rimer “spends his time teaching others the
warning signs before a simple interest in goth turns into an interest in
ritual crimes.” At the National
Youth Gang Symposium in Orlando, Florida, 10-13 June 2002, I learned from a
fellow presenters that people in the Goth culture are less likely to be
involved in criminal activity than the average citizen. So much for Rimer’s claim On
the weekend of 30 September – 1 October, Rimer appeared in Roanoke at the
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