Heavy Security For White Supremacist's Funeral

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Sky News

Heavy Security For White Supremacist's Funeral
4:01am UK, Friday April 09, 2010
Andy Jack, Sky News Online

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The murder of Terre'Blanche has exposed simmering racial tensions



The funeral of South African white supremacist leader Eugene Terre'Blanche takes place today amid tight security.

The leader of a once-feared paramilitary group was beaten to death on his farm last week, creating a storm of racial tension.

South African police say they will be ready for any emergency during the funeral, with specialised police units, fire trucks and ambulances being deployed.

Following a security meeting in the northwest town of Ventersdorp, police spokeswoman Adele Myburgh said they would use specialised dogs and crowd control units, as well as bringing extra officers from neighbouring communities.






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[notadmblnd]

1. What? Are they afraid someone is going to kill him again?

[chollybocker]

2. "Eugene Terre'Blanche ,,,beaten to death on his farm last week..."

Wow. I thought I was up on the news, but that's the first I've heard of this. Thanks for posting, JL.

[Ian David]

5. In a dispute over money.

The TeaBoer getting his ass killed in a non-political dispute over money is like Steve Irwin getting killed by a stupid fish instead of a crocodile or poisonous snake.

Except that THIS doesn't suck.

[old mark]

3. These people are always threatening violence against those they hate, yet

they are always amazed when it happens to one of their own. The same there as they are here.

mark

[Ian David]

6. This dude didn't just threaten- he carried out attacks and went to jail for them. n/t

[old mark]

7. And it finally came back to bite him. What a shame. nt

[Ian David]

9. No, it didn't. This was a dispute over money, not politics or race.

Good riddance to him either way.

[Ian David]

4. In South Africa, they're called TeaBoers. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

8. Uniforms and Nazi salutes at Terre'Blanche funeral

From Times Online April 9, 2010
Uniforms and Nazi salutes at Terre'Blanche funeral
Joanna Sugden

http://www.timesonline.co.uk.nyud.net:8090/multimedia/archive/00706/blanche_585x350_706451a.jpg

Mourners, many dressed in combat gear, sang the apartheid-era national anthem

http://www.timesonline.co.uk.nyud.net:8090/multimedia/archive/00706/sa_supporters_706476a.jpg

Thousands of followers of Eugene Terre’Blanche, the murdered white supremacist, attended his funeral amid tight security today.

Mourners, many dressed in combat gear, sang the apartheid-era national anthem as the coffin entered the church. Some among the congregation performed Nazi salutes during the service.

Other who could not fit inside the church filled the streets of the small farming town of Ventersdorp, 62 miles (100km) west of Johannesburg.

South Africa’s pre-apartheid flag and Terre'Blanche's party's flag, which resembles the Nazi swastika, fluttered from pickup trucks in the surrounding streets.

More:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article7093152.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093

[Ian David]

10. Is that dude reading a comic book at a funeral? n/t

[Judi Lynn]

11. Probably had someone read it to him... and explain the pictures. n/t

[provis99]

12. the irony is I always thought Terreblanche looked part black.

A lot of those old time Afrikaners do in fact, have African blood. sort of like finding out that Mississippi's most well known white racists turning out to have black ancestors.

on edit: I almost forgot; good riddance, he was a malevolent bane on South Africa.