The Magician and the Fool: The Story of the DC Snipers, Pt 2

When we left you at the end of part 1, John Allen Muhammad and Lee
Boyd Malvo had begun a killing spree that took them from Tacoma,
Washington, through Arizona, Louisiana, and Maryland. By October
2002, they had killed or wounded 10 people, with Muhammad pointing
his finger and Malvo pointing his gun. Malvo believed himself to be
a soldier in the fight to free the marginalized people of the
world. Muhammad made him his acolyte, traveling across the country,
playing him anti-American propaganda through headphones as he
slept, putting him through a grueling physical regimen, as well as
making him eat a sparse vegetarian diet. Muhammad told him that
white people were “devils” and that they had to prepare for the
oncoming race war. For 30 days, they would kill 6 white people a
day, until the US government agreed to their terms and paid them
off to go away. Join us now for part 2 of this chilling true
story.

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Sources:
Vice documentary "I, Sniper"
The History Channel's "Crime of the Century," episode "The Beltway
Snipers"
King 5
News:https://www.king5.com/article/news/dc-snipers-first-intended-victim-speaks-out/281-332833536

Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/opening-shot-146761
Washington
Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/lee-boyd-malvo-10-years-after-dc-area-sniper-shootings-i-was-a-monster/2012/09/29/a1ef1b42-04d8-11e2-8102-ebee9c66e190_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/10/01/timeline-dc-sniper-attacks/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2002/11/01/gun-store-cant-account-for-weapon-tied-to-sniper-case/ee54a3d2-a53c-44e8-9423-50ce4115c28b/

WUSA 9
News: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/20-years-later-paul-laruffa-survivor-of-dc-snipers-malvo-muhammad-is-not-obsessing-but-hell-never-forget-either/65-055e1e42-c72e-4bab-b393-286eefe88037

NY
Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/22/us/polite-but-dogged-sniper-suspect-offers-defense.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
https://wtop.com/supreme-court/2019/10/beltway-sniper-victim-hopes-lee-boyd-malvo-gets-chance-at-rehabilitation-before-scotus/

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/22/us/polite-but-dogged-sniper-suspect-offers-defense.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/04/us/dc-area-sniper-fast-facts/index.html

Tucson News:
https://tucson.com/news/local/crime/d-c-snipers-allegedly-targeted-tucsonan-in-02/article_64f562f8-5b2d-529a-b567-c28d822c48bd.html 

Psych News:
https://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/pn.39.23.00390013

CNN:
https://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/10/sprj.dcsp.sniper.beaten/index.html
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SCOTUS
Blog: https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Muhammad-stay-application-11-3-091.pdf

History.com:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-d-c-sniper-john-muhammad-convicted


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