group operating at the time called east side white pride in portland. three racist skinheads from that group laid in wait. one november night, portland, oregon, 1988, they ambushed a 28-year-old man, an immigrant from ethiopia named muluge muluget seraw. he was on his way home to his apartment. they set upon him. they beat him to death. they split his head open with a bat. all three of those skinheads that committed that murder ended up going to prison for that crime. obviously beating someone to death is a crime regardless of why you do it. they were all caught. they were all convicted. they were all put away. that s as far as the criminal lawn was going to take it. that was not, however, the whole story of that crime and why it happened. it emerged that a group called white aryan resistance, which was headquartered in california, had dispatched its operatives to portland, oregon specifically to try to further radicalize the racist skinheads that were already operating there. to try t