White supremacist, 37, is convicted of stabbing to death two men who tried to stop his racist tirade against two young black women on rush hour train

Jurors found Jeremy Christian, 37, guilty of the deaths of Taliesin Namkai-Meche and Ricky Best. He also was convicted of attempted murder for survivor Micah Fletcher and other charges stemming from events surrounding the May 26, 2017, stabbings. Fletcher sat with his eyes closed as the verdicts were read while some members of the dead men’s families cried. Christian boarded the train on May 26, 2017, and began shouting racist, anti-Muslim and xenophobic slurs at the two black women. The stabbings’ racial undertones shook Portland, which prides itself on its liberal and progressive reputation. A white supremacist has been convicted of stabbing to death two men who tried to stop his racist tirade on two young black women on a commuter train during rush hour in Portland nearly three years ago. Jeremy Christian, 37, was found guilty of the deaths of Taliesin Namakai-Meche and Ricky Best after he stabbed them in Oregon on May 26, 2017. He also was convicted of attempted murder for stabbing survivor Micah Fletcher and assault and menacing for shouting slurs and throwing a bottle at a black woman on another light rail train the day before the deadly attack.

via dailymail: White supremacist, 37, is convicted of stabbing to death two men who tried to stop his racist tirade against two young black women on rush hour train