Maryland Arson Suspect Faces Racism Allegation

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GREENBELT, Md. (AP) -- A suspect in an arson spree at a suburban Washington development made racist and threatening comments about blacks moving into the new homes, and was angry the "neighborhood is going black," according to court documents made public Thursday.

The allegations about Aaron Speed, who worked as a security guard at the Hunters Brooke development, emerged in an interview with another suspect, Jeremy Parady. The interview was detailed in search warrant affidavits unsealed in federal court.

Speed and Parady are among six men charged with arson in the December 2004 fires that caused $10 million in damage. Many residents set to move into the development were black. snip

Speed also allegedly said when one of his infant twin sons died, the first medical technician to arrive was black, and that he didn't think the EMT did enough to help his child, according to Parady. Using a racist epithet, he later said all blacks "have to die" and that he would do something "to get everyone," Parady claimed, according to the documents.

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Sounds like terrorism to me. Where is the Patriot Act when you need it?

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1. was it a Republican Congressman?

I always knew they hated fair housing but damn!