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James Von Brunn

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Murderer

The Resume

    (July 11, 1920-January 6, 2010)
    Born in St. Louis, Missouri
    White supremacist and Holocaust denier
    Created the anti-Semitic website 'The Holy Western Empire'
    Attacked the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, fatally shooting guard Stephen Tyrone Johns (June 10, 2009)
    Wounded by two security guards returning fire
    Indicted for murder and six other charges (July 29, 2009)
    Died in a prison hospital before the trial started

Why he might be annoying:

    In addition to being a Holocaust denier, he went for a conspiracy theory trifecta by claiming that 9/11 was an 'inside job' and that Barack Obama was born in Kenya.
    His arrest record goes back to the 60s, when he was busted for DUI and served six months in Maryland for fighting with a sheriff.
    He was arrested for attempted kidnapping after trying to enter the Federal Reserve building armed with a knife and sawed-off shotgun to make 'a citizen's arrest for treason.' (1981)
    He said his conviction was by 'a Negro jury, Jew/Negro attorneys' and his sentencing by 'a Jew judge.'
    At the time of his attack, the Holocaust Museum was crowded with visiting school children.
    He illegally double parked during the shooting.
    The FBI discovered child porn on a computer seized from his apartment.
    His son wrote, 'For the extremists who believe my father is a hero: it is imperative you understand what he did was an act of cowardice. To physically force your beliefs onto others with violence is not brave, but bullying. Doing so only serves to prove how weak those beliefs are.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was president of his fraternity chapter and a varsity football player in college.
    He commanded a PT boat in World War II, earning three battle stars.
    The security guards at the Holocaust Museum were praised for their quick response.
    When the Museum re-opened two days later, attendance was higher than usual, with one patron stating, 'It's important to come back, because if you don't, they win.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 421 Votes: 54.16% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 33 Votes: 48.48% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 156 Votes: 53.21% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 32 Votes: 59.38% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 42 Votes: 73.81% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 69 Votes: 75.36% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 365 Votes: 63.56% Annoying