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Feedback from October 2 and Beyond
What’s in a Name I’m the last survivor of Joseph Paul Franklin, a racist serial killer who murdered 22 people in 12 states trying to start a race war. He shot Larry Flynt and paralyzed him for including an interracial couple in his magazine. He also shot civil rights activist Vernon Jordan.
I was with Ted Fields and David Martin in 1980 when they were murdered in a crosswalk at 900 South (now Harvey Milk Boulevard) and 500 East. I was covered in shrapnel from the bullets that exited their wounds as I tried to drag their bodies across the street.
I’ll always carry the physical and mental scars…
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