Skinheads held over Obama death plot
politics, elections, extremism, criminal, bigotry, racism, racist, discrimination

October 27, 2008, by Deborah Charles

Two white supremacist skinheads were arrested in Tennessee over plans to go on a killing spree and eventually shoot Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, court documents showed on Monday.

Daniel Cowart and Paul Schlesselman were charged in a criminal complaint with making threats against a presidential candidate, illegal possession of a sawed-off shotgun and conspiracy to rob a gun dealer.