URL for Timothy May death story

[Steve Thompson]

Quoting Nomen Nescio (nobody at dizum.com):
> APTOS - One of the country's most influential anarchist internet
> activists was killed early Tuesday in a hail of gunfire when law officers
> tried to arrest him on a warrant accusing him of aggravated assault.
> 
> Timothy C. May, 50, whose apocalyptic, anti-government internet postings
> were a major influence on Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, was
> shot to death after May shot and critically wounded a Santa Cruz County
> sheriff's deputy who had tried to arrest him, officers said.
> 
> Sandy Sandfort, a Bay Area lawyer and friend of May, said he didn't
> think the police operation was unjustified.
> 
> "I think Tim just went nuts. He was looking for martyrdom anyway and
> swore he would never surrender," Sandfort said. "They had him dead to
> rights on the aggravated assault."
> 
> "He had vowed that he would not be taken alive," said Tom McCombs,
> a spokesman for the U.S. Marshal's Service in Santa Cruz.
> 
> A spokesman for a group that tracks anarchists said the shooting wasn't
> surprising given May's history. In addition to his postings, he was
> known within the anarchist movement for an influential document called
> the Cyphernomicon, in which he wrote about overthrowing governments.
> 
> "For more than 3 1/2 years, he had been holed up in his house in
> Corralitos, threatening to kill police officers and federal agents,"
> said Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center. "He was talked about
> as a guy who talked crazy and made a lot of threats. The reality is that
> people like him are frequently exceedingly dangerous."

My condolances to Mr. May's family.  He will be missed.


Regards,

Steve

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