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D.C. sniper's son: 'I am my own man'
Washington Times ^ | 11/13/2009 | Melinda Deslatte

Posted on 11/13/2009 7:07:16 PM PST by markomalley

Three days after his father's execution, the 27-year-old son of D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad said Friday that he doesn't want to be judged by the crimes of a father he didn't really know until the shooting spree.

Striking an almost defensive chord, Lindbergh Williams told reporters, "I am the son of the D.C. sniper, but not him. You see what I'm saying? I am my own man and make my own decisions."

Muhammad was put to death Tuesday in Virginia for killing Dean Harold Meyers at a gas station during an October 2002 shooting spree that left 10 people dead and terrorized Maryland, Virginia and the District over a three-week period.

Muhammad, formerly known as John Allen Williams, grew up in Baton Rouge, where his son now lives. His family is planning a funeral Tuesday in the city but said the details weren't yet available.

His son said he was with his father the day of the execution, but they didn't talk about the killings. Instead, Mr. Williams said his father embraced him, told him that he loved and missed his family and talked about "old times." Muhammad was in good spirits and even smiled and told jokes, his son said.

"I didn't go to Virginia to talk about the case. I went to Virginia to talk to the man that I knew as my father, for the last time," Mr. Williams said. "I didn't go down there to talk to the D.C. sniper. I went down there to talk to John Allen Muhammad."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: dcsniper

1 posted on 11/13/2009 7:07:16 PM PST by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Fair enough. This isn’t Uther Pendragon, after all...


2 posted on 11/13/2009 7:09:15 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: freedumb2003

Yeah? Well I still wouldn’t let him near my daughter.

Would you let yours?


3 posted on 11/13/2009 7:12:24 PM PST by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: markomalley
yeah??? ten bucks says you're somebody's b!tch...
4 posted on 11/13/2009 7:14:01 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: markomalley

Lindbergh?


5 posted on 11/13/2009 7:24:20 PM PST by The KG9 Kid
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To: markomalley
Three days after his father's execution, the 27-year-old son of D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad said Friday that he doesn't want to be judged by the crimes of a father he didn't really know until the shooting spree.

That's an excellent point against reparations.

6 posted on 11/13/2009 7:35:34 PM PST by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: markomalley

Translation: Oprah, please call me.


7 posted on 11/13/2009 7:46:35 PM PST by Jaxter (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum.)
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To: markomalley
I wish him the best of luck, but a word of advice. Don't go changing your name, if your father hadn't, him and a few other people would still be alive.
8 posted on 11/13/2009 8:24:54 PM PST by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: markomalley; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; cindy-true-supporter; ..

Maryland “Freak State” PING!


9 posted on 11/13/2009 10:10:36 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Barack Hussein Obama: the country's greatest firearms salesman!)
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