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nini

(16,672 posts)
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 08:57 PM Jan 2018

Blaze Bernstein murderer is a neo-nazi

https://www.dailybreeze.com/2018/01/27/report-sam-woodward-accused-killer-of-blaze-bernstein-belonged-to-neo-nazi-group/

Samuel Woodward, the 20-year-old Newport Beach man accused of killing former classmate Blaze Bernstein, is a neo-Nazi and a member of an extremist group interested in overthrowing the United States, according to a report from the investigative news agency ProPublica.





Blaze was both gay and Jewish. Expect more of this in the current state this county is in. Sorry if his was posted already.

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Blaze Bernstein murderer is a neo-nazi (Original Post) nini Jan 2018 OP
Bernstein would have done so much good in the world JI7 Jan 2018 #1
I know..what a tragedy nini Jan 2018 #2
He lived the street directly behind me rufus dog Jan 2018 #3
Thank you for sharing this. It's really a wonderful tribute. nt chowder66 Jan 2018 #4
Stephen Miller came from a liberal area and look at how he turned out JI7 Jan 2018 #9
Blaze was a student at Univ of Penn my Alma mater Pachamama Jan 2018 #5
K&R smirkymonkey Jan 2018 #6
K and R Stuart G Jan 2018 #7
Gay and Jewish, two of the most targeted groups of hate crimes. Behind the Aegis Jan 2018 #8
 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
3. He lived the street directly behind me
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 09:26 PM
Jan 2018

Never met him or his parents. Happy to see the community support. Blue and Grey ribbons went up on every tree and sign lining the main streets to his house. Literally thousands of ribbons.

His parents and grandfather have been amazing through the tragedy, focused and asking people to honor him by being kind. Someone paid for a mornings worth of drinks as Starbucks, the workers just told customers it was paid for in honor of Blaze. I am now hearing stories of people in that same Starbucks leaving an extra $5 to cover the person behind them so it goes on throughout the day and people remember to practice random acts of kindness.

Edit to add: Both Blaze and his murderer went to the same High School, a specialized arts school. Seems strange the kid would attend a arts school, be exposed to kids from all backgrounds with a focus on Arts, and somehow be a little Nazi.

Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA), colloquially called "OH-sha", which is retained from a mispronunciation of the previous acronym for the previous name of the school (respectively "Orange County High School of the Arts" and "OCHSA&quot , is a 7th–12th grade public charter school located in downtown Santa Ana, Orange County, California, United States. The school caters to middle and high school students with talents in the performing, visual, literary arts, and culinary arts. The educational program prepares students for higher education institutions or employment in the professional arts industry. Both the academic and arts program have prompted recognition in the US News' "Best High Schools" program.[1] OCSA recently changed its school name from "Orange County High School of the Arts" (OCHSA) to "Orange County School of the Arts" to reflect the inclusion of middle school students.

JI7

(89,249 posts)
9. Stephen Miller came from a liberal area and look at how he turned out
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 06:19 AM
Jan 2018

some people are just scum.

trump is another one that no matter what he would have ended up an asshole. the only thing you can do with some is to keep them from getting power but like this worthless asshole they could still do harm.

there is also the resentment factor. seeing a small gay jewish kid doing so well and being resentful of it. especially if he himself is a failure which i assumed he was since there isn't much about how he was doing so well and it was a shock or anything like that.

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
5. Blaze was a student at Univ of Penn my Alma mater
Sun Jan 28, 2018, 09:55 PM
Jan 2018

I heard through the University about his body being found after he had been missing while home for the holidays.

This is so awful.

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