PANACHE REPORT ORIGINAL   

This story is a work of fiction, a product of the author's imagination, any similarities to characters or events is purely coincidental.

DARKSIDE:

Don Landers was a respected doctor with great compassion for the poor.  Landers operated a free clinic in the tough tenderloin district of San Francisco.

Dr. Landers decided to close the clinic early, it was Christmas Eve, he had plans to meet his wife and son Walter.

Meanwhile, Walter was rehearsing with his rock band in the garage.  He played bass.  He loved music with a passion, his father was unimpressed, Dr. Landers wanted Walter to become a white collar professional.

Across town, Dr. Landers locked up the clinic.  He was walking down Turk Street towards the Powell Street Bart Station when gunshots rang out.  Dr. Landers was caught in the crossfire; he died from a bullet wound to the head.

Later that evening, two teenagers were apprehended, an African-American and a Latino.   The case went to trial, since both were under 18, they were sentenced to the Youth Authority until they reached twenty-one.  Walter was outraged.

Walter became withdrawn and quit the band.  He buckled down and studied hard, he graduated from College with a degree in Advertising and accepted a job with one of the top advertising firms in San Francisco.

Walter moved up the ladder quickly and he did everything in his power to keep minorities down.  He wouldn’t promote them and barely acknowledged them.  They would pay for killing his father.

Walter began leading a double life, he became a member of a white supremacy website.   The website sold Confederate flags, Klan robes, buttons and CD’s.  He developed a marketing plan for them, their profits tripled.

The Internet provided him anonymity.

Walter married a beautiful blonde socialite named Evie.  They became popular in San Francisco society circles.  They were regulars at the Symphony and the Opera.

The Klan was impressed with Walter, they extended several invitations to him; he politely declined via email, they understood, many members preferred anonymity.

Two of the Klansmen, Buck and Henry were having beers at a redneck bar, they decided on the spur of the moment to surprise Walter. They had a Klan hacker trace Walter’s home address via email.  They jumped on their Harley’s.

They arrived in San Francisco and followed a map to Walter’s house.  They arrived and rang the doorbell, a beautiful blonde answered, Buck asked, is this the Landers residence?  Evie said yes as she looked the men up and down in a distasteful manner, Henry said, Ma’m, we are here to meet Walter Landers.   Evie asked, how do you know my husband?  Before they could respond, a man’s voice asked, honey, who’s at the door? Walter stepped forward.

FOLLOWING DAY HEADLINES:

African-American advertising executive Walter Landers and his Danish wife Evie were found murdered in their home from multiple stab wounds. No suspects are in custody.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

It has long been rumored that the founder of a black separatist group was actually a white man passing for a light skinned black man at the turn of the century.

As portrayed in the Showtime movie “The Believer,” a young Jewish man would hide his ethnicity and join a Neo-Nazi group, when a newspaper revealed his ethnicity, he committed suicide, this movie was based on a true story.

Dialogue from the Showtime film “Who Killed Atlanta’s Children.”

Klansman: “You wouldn’t believe the motherfuckers that are with us, big money too, we even got a ‘black policeman on our death squad.”

Informant: Oh shit, an n----- in the Klan?

Klansman: “That’s right boy, you don’t gotta be white to be one of us, you just gotta think right".

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