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Article: REV. MATT HALE CAN'T ESCAPE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RAMPAGE
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- Herald-News (Joliet, IL)
- Article date:
- July 10, 1999
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Matt Hale is either stupid or lying.
I don't think he's dumb at all.
Rather, he's as slick as any fast-talking shyster, his intended profession, as he professes astonishment that one of his hate-mongering disciples would actually hurt someone:
"I have to say I'm disappointed that Ben (Smith) did this."
Indeed, he has to say that.
Otherwise, he'd have to admit the truth: He must bear some responsibility for Smith's racial shooting rampage that left three dead last weekend.
The Rev. Hale, leader of the 40,000-member World Church of the Creator, spews his white-supremacist diatribes via the mail, World Wide Web and phone hotline.
Although his Web site has been shut down -- he says he ...