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Tom Metzger was once considered one of the most powerful men in the white supremacists movement. Metzger started out as a leader in the John Birch Society, in California. Metzger was also a Christian Identity minister. Christian Identity teaches that white people are the true Israelites, and that the Jews are the spawn of Satan. Metzger then joined the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, which was led by David Duke, out of Metarie, Louisiana.
Metzger was a dynamic recruiter and quickly rose to the position of Grand Dragon (State Director) of California. He first gained national fame when he initiated the U.S. Border Patrol controversy in the 1970's. Metzger was fed up with the U.S. Government's failure to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border, in which thousands of illegal aliens where flooding the shores of America, taking jobs away from U.S. citizens. Metzger decided that if the U.S. Government was not going to do anything about the situation, then he and the Klan would. Metzger announced that the K.K.K. would begin patrolling the border for illegal aliens, and brought David Duke to California, to kick off the campaign. This drew headlines all over the world, and angered Mexico. The U.S. Government's answer to the problem, was not to patrol the border for illegal aliens but to patrol the border to arrest Klan members caught harassing anyone attempting to cross the border. This would backfire on the Government, because many Californians sympathized with Metzger's efforts because the public was outraged at the Government's refusal to control the illegal alien problem. When David Duke arrived in California, Metzger met him at the airport, all prepared for business, when Duke took off his sunglasses, looked around and said to tom, "Hey Tom, where's all the women at? Fix me up!" Metzger blew his top, because he considered this a serious matter and here Duke was being only concerned with getting a chick for the night! Metzger broke away from Duke's Klan right after that, and took the members of California, and formed the California Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
Riding on the waves of his new found popularity, Metzger decided to run for U.S. Congress. He entered the state primary and ran as a Democrat. Metzger won with 55,000 votes and became the Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress. This shocked the nation that the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan actually was the Democratic nominee. The Democratic Party renounced Metzger and endorsed the Republican incumbent. As a result,
Metzger was defeated in the general election. Metzger continued to organize Klan events and demonstrations and garnered national publicity again as he led a Klan march in Oceanside, Ca., against the Communists, the Progressive Labor Party and I.N.C.A.R. The Communists vowed to attack and that they did, but, Metzger was waiting for them. Metzger had ordered the Klan to not wear the traditional white robe and hood, and had everyone dress in black t-shirts and helmets with face shields. Armed with baseball bats and guard dogs, Metzger led the Klan on a counter attack against the anti-Klan demonstrators. The anti-Klan forces were defeated and ran away from the Klan. Metzger's popularity soared, and after running for Congress, he entered
the race for U.S. Senate and received over 70,000 votes but was defeated again.
Around this time, a rival K.K.K. leader by the name of Elbert Claude "Bill" Wilkinson, Imperial Wizard of the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, came to California and began to raid Metzger's membership. Wilkinson was formerly with David Duke's Klan, but he broke away from Duke and formed a rival Klan, taking over 3/4ths of Duke's members with him. Wilkinson set up National Klan headquarters in Denham Springs,
Louisiana, and even had the Mayor of Denham Springs cut the ribbon on the new national office building. Wilkinson began setting up offices in many major states, by raiding the rival Klan's memberships, and Tom Metzger's Klan was not spared. Wilkinson was a very outspoken charismatic leader, and had a strong national base which Metzger did not have. A large portion of the members of Metzger's California K.K.K. opted to join Wilkinson. Metzger decided to resign from the Klan. It would later be revealed that Wilkinson was a paid F.B.I. informant, and was funded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to start a rival Klan, so they could keep track of who were members. Wilkinson later talked people into committing illegal acts, and many members were jailed and sent to prison. When this all came out, Wilkinson resigned from the Klan, and entered the Federal Witness Protection Program, where he remains to this day, whereabouts unknown.
Metzger then decided to form a new organization, and called it the White American Political Association, or W.A.P.A. Metzger was following the agenda set forth at the Aryan Nations congress held annually in Hayden Lake, Idaho, under Pastor Richard Butler. In the early 1980's a group of revolutionaries met at the Aryan Nations congress and decided to declare a revolution against the government. One of the plans was to create different organizations just like the Klan, but under names that would not have the negative connotations that the Klan and the Nazi Party has. The leader of this revolution was a man by the name of Robert J. Matthews. He initiated bank robberies, assassinations, declared war on the Federal Government, and counterfeited money in an effort to overthrow the government, and install an all-white homeland. In 1984, Matthews and his gang robbed an armored car in Ukiah, Ca., and netted $3,000,000.00. In the robbery, Matthews dropped a gun, which was registered to Andrew Barnhill. The F.B.I. traced the gun, and then a nation wide manhunt ensued, with Matthews getting killed in a fiery shootout with Federal agents in Whidbey Island, Washington. The Federal agents then captured Bruce Pierce, who was 2nd in command of this gang that they called "The Order", or "The Silent Brotherhood". In a signed, sworn statement to Federal agents, Pierce told the agents that the money from the robbery was distributed to various white supremacists leaders, among them Richard Butler, Bob Miles, and Tom Metzger. Pierce said that they had given Metzger around $500,000.00. Metzger of course denied he had taken the money, but it was right about this time that Metzger bought thousands of dollars worth of TV equipment and took a local TV show that he hosted in the San Diego, Ca., area, called "Race and Reason" on the national circuit. Metzger's TV show was on in over 100 cities across the nation, via public access television. Metzger helped many white supremacists across the United States set up 24 hour hotlines with recorded racist messages. He began to publish a large newspaper called White American Resistance. He then changed the name of his organization from White American Political Association, to White American Resistance. Then he changed the name again, to White Aryan Resistance, and renamed his newspaper W.A.R. Over in the United kingdom, there was a racist skinhead band leader by the name of Ian Stewart, who formed a band called "Screwdriver". They put out an album that was sold in a lot of record stores across the U.K. as well as the U.S., and on the album cover, Stewart dedicated the album to Metzger. Skinheads are known for never having any money, and for being lowlifes that live off of the system by stealing, committing robberies, dealing drugs, drawing welfare and food stamps, or just plain living off of mom and dad. It was strange that a bum like Stewart all of a sudden had the money to put out an album, and dedicated it to Metzger. So Metzger didn't take the money huh? Right, and Bill Clinton never cheated on Hillary either!
Metzger then got in touch with yours truly, Johnny Lee Clary in Oklahoma, and named me Heartland Director of W.A.R., and began a recruitment drive through the Heartland of the U.S.A. Metzger and I appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, and then Metzger assigned me to appear on Morton Downey Jr. twice. Metzger wanted me to take advantage of my fame as a Professional Wrestler, by appearing on National TV for the cause. This was stupid mistake on my part, as I would later lose my career as a Pro Wrestler because of this. I was being signed with the N.W.F, a national promotion in the 80's which included such superstars as Sgt. Slaughter, Mad Dog D.C. Drake, Bam Bam Bigalow, Bruiser Brody, Wendy Rictor and Cyndi Lauper. When the promoters learned of my notoriety, there went the contract. Right after this, my ex-wife filed for divorce, and I lost my child, but Metzger said the important thing was to stay strong for the cause, and to put the Aryan movement before anything. He said a true warrior for the movement will not be bothered by such trivial things as divorce and loss of children and career, and will sacrifice all for the white power movement. We organized Aryan Fest 88, held in Oklahoma in which hundreds of white supremacists from all over the U.S. came to Oklahoma to participate. Originally, W.A.R. was set up as a union to organize all the different white supremacists groups under one umbrella, where it was hoped that all would work together to promote Aryan supremacy. One thing about hate groups is that whenever something is founded on hate, that hatred of others spills over to their fellow comrades when there is no one else around for them to hate. Unity among the ranks is a thing of the past. Several white supremacist leaders and members were standing trial in Ft. Smith, Arkansas in 1988 on federal charges of Seditious Conspiracy to overthrow the United States Government. Metzger was not indicted, and neither was I, although news reports were circulating over the A.P. that we were. Thom Robb, or Slobb as he is now referred to, tried to grandstand during the trial, by holding marches and asking the crowd for donations, which he often does as he is known as a "patriot for profit". Metzger and I went to Ft. Smith and stood in support of the men who were standing trial. Metzger and myself exposed Thom Slobb for what he was, and pointed out Slobb's true agenda. This resulted in a large defect of his membership, and reduced Slobb's Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, (which he had illegally stolen from Don Black, David Duke's successor,) to down to almost nothing, with less then 100 members nationally. Metzger was now highly respected among the hate mongers. Metzger was now the most powerful Aryan leader in the U.S., since Robert Shelton had recently met his demise. Robert Shelton was Imperial Wizard of the United Klans of America. The U.K.A. was organized in the early 1960's and was by far the largest Klan in America. No one could rival Shelton in strength and numbers, with the exception of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, led by Imperial Wizard Sam Bowers, of Mississippi. The White Knights was the most militant and violent of all the Klans ever to exist. In the 80's, two U.K.A. members killed a black man and hung him from a tree in Alabama. Morris Dees, an attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center in Alabama, filed a civil suit against the U.K.A. on behalf of the mother of the young black man that was murdered. The jury decided in against the U.K.A. and rendered a $7,000,000.00 judgment against them. The U.K.A. turned over their headquarters and property to the mother of the slain black man, and thus signified the end of the U.K.A. with Robert Shelton retiring.
Now Metzger began his downfall. It was time for Aryan Fest '89 and Metzger had changed big time. Metzger came to Oklahoma, and ordered the Confederate flag and the American flag removed from Aryan Fest, and put up a Nazi flag and a skull and crossbones flag in place of the flags he ordered removed. He then made it clear that he no longer believed in God, and that he would not tolerate Christianity in his W.A.R organization. Metzger
had began associating with a skinhead that was involved with LaVena LeVey, daughter of Anton LeVey, founder of the Church of Satan. Metzger began to listen to satanic music and partying with the skinheads. He told the Klan to take a hike and said he did not like Southerners, calling them rednecks. He said he could not stand cowboys or the Klan, and that the Skinheads were the only true warriors. He then told the skinheads to get on
welfare and food stamps and milk the government for all they could get. The Klan all walked out and I resigned from W.A.R. The White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan appointed me as Imperial Wizard, since Sam Bowers had retired. I would remain as the Imperial Wizard for several months until I resigned and found Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, and began to help others overcome racial hatred. Metzger appointed a biker -turned -skinhead
by the name of Joe Grego to replace me as Heartland Director. Grego then told all the skinheads in Dallas and Tulsa to start committing illegal acts, which resulted in the arrest of dozens of skinheads who were sent to prison. Grego abandoned his troops and disappeared from site. Metzger soon had more problems with another one of his leaders. He sent a skinhead to Portland , Oregon named David Mazzella, to organize skinheads there. One night, several of them took a baseball bat and beat an Ethiopian black student to death. This resulted in prison sentences for Metzger's skinheads. Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Center, went to Portland, and filed a civil lawsuit against Metzger and his son John, and against their organization, on behalf of the family of the Ethiopian student that was murdered by Metzger's skinheads. Metzger, with his giant ego, chose to defend himself and to act as his own attorney. The result was the jury found in favor of the black student's family, and rendered a judgment against Metzger in the amount of $12,000,000.00.
Metzger was living on Sunbeam Drive in Fallbrook, California, at the time of the judgment against him. He had a very large house, where he lived with his wife Cathy, who was battling cancer. Metzger also had other troubles. He had been appealing a decision that was rendered against him several years before for charges of burning a cross, and he lost that appeal and was sentenced to the L.A. County Jail. Metzger lost his house, his TV
equipment, his computers, and his automobile, due to the Portland judgment. All of this proved too much for his wife Cathy, as she lost the fight against cancer and died. Metzger was released from jail early because of his wife dying. Metzger had lost everything, but his van, in which he was allowed to keep for his TV repair business. He began living out of his van, which he parked down by the river. He washed his clothes in the river, and
strung a clothesline up to hang them on. (See above photos for proof of this) His meals mainly consisted of fish that he was able to catch and some cans of pork-n-beans. Metzger lived in the van down by the river, until he met a woman who allowed him to move in with her. This woman lets Metzger drive her car and feeds and supports him. Metzger hooked up a phone machine and started a hotline again, and his girlfriend has a computer that she lets him use where he now has a web site. The once powerful Tom Metzger, who is near 70 years old, is now a poor old man, who has nothing left but what people give to him to help him out. He tries to fool people into thinking that he is still powerful, but is glory days ended long ago. He still has his TV repair business, but he barely gets by these days. Thus ends the story of Tom Metzger, John Birch Society organizer, turned Christian Identity minister, turned Knights of the K.K.K. organizer, turned Grand Dragon of California Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, turned candidate for U.S. Congress, turned candidate for U.S. Senate, turned White American Political Association leader, turned White American Resistance leader, turned White Aryan Resistance leader, turned Public Access TV Show host, turned TV repairman, turned Jailbird, turned van living vagabond, turned live-in gigolo!
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Tom Metzger was once considered one of the most powerful men in the white supremacists movement. Metzger started out as a leader in the John Birch Society, in California. Metzger was also a Christian Identity minister. Christian Identity teaches that white people are the true Israelites, and that the Jews are the spawn of Satan. Metzger then joined the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, which was led by David Duke, out of Metarie, Louisiana.
Metzger was a dynamic recruiter and quickly rose to the position of Grand Dragon (State Director) of California. He first gained national fame when he initiated the U.S. Border Patrol controversy in the 1970's. Metzger was fed up with the U.S. Government's failure to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border, in which thousands of illegal aliens where flooding the shores of America, taking jobs away from U.S. citizens. Metzger decided that if the U.S. Government was not going to do anything about the situation, then he and the Klan would. Metzger announced that the K.K.K. would begin patrolling the border for illegal aliens, and brought David Duke to California, to kick off the campaign. This drew headlines all over the world, and angered Mexico. The U.S. Government's answer to the problem, was not to patrol the border for illegal aliens but to patrol the border to arrest Klan members caught harassing anyone attempting to cross the border. This would backfire on the Government, because many Californians sympathized with Metzger's efforts because the public was outraged at the Government's refusal to control the illegal alien problem. When David Duke arrived in California, Metzger met him at the airport, all prepared for business, when Duke took off his sunglasses, looked around and said to tom, "Hey Tom, where's all the women at? Fix me up!" Metzger blew his top, because he considered this a serious matter and here Duke was being only concerned with getting a chick for the night! Metzger broke away from Duke's Klan right after that, and took the members of California, and formed the California Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
Riding on the waves of his new found popularity, Metzger decided to run for U.S. Congress. He entered the state primary and ran as a Democrat. Metzger won with 55,000 votes and became the Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress. This shocked the nation that the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan actually was the Democratic nominee. The Democratic Party renounced Metzger and endorsed the Republican incumbent. As a result,
Metzger was defeated in the general election. Metzger continued to organize Klan events and demonstrations and garnered national publicity again as he led a Klan march in Oceanside, Ca., against the Communists, the Progressive Labor Party and I.N.C.A.R. The Communists vowed to attack and that they did, but, Metzger was waiting for them. Metzger had ordered the Klan to not wear the traditional white robe and hood, and had everyone dress in black t-shirts and helmets with face shields. Armed with baseball bats and guard dogs, Metzger led the Klan on a counter attack against the anti-Klan demonstrators. The anti-Klan forces were defeated and ran away from the Klan. Metzger's popularity soared, and after running for Congress, he entered
the race for U.S. Senate and received over 70,000 votes but was defeated again.
Around this time, a rival K.K.K. leader by the name of Elbert Claude "Bill" Wilkinson, Imperial Wizard of the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, came to California and began to raid Metzger's membership. Wilkinson was formerly with David Duke's Klan, but he broke away from Duke and formed a rival Klan, taking over 3/4ths of Duke's members with him. Wilkinson set up National Klan headquarters in Denham Springs,
Louisiana, and even had the Mayor of Denham Springs cut the ribbon on the new national office building. Wilkinson began setting up offices in many major states, by raiding the rival Klan's memberships, and Tom Metzger's Klan was not spared. Wilkinson was a very outspoken charismatic leader, and had a strong national base which Metzger did not have. A large portion of the members of Metzger's California K.K.K. opted to join Wilkinson. Metzger decided to resign from the Klan. It would later be revealed that Wilkinson was a paid F.B.I. informant, and was funded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to start a rival Klan, so they could keep track of who were members. Wilkinson later talked people into committing illegal acts, and many members were jailed and sent to prison. When this all came out, Wilkinson resigned from the Klan, and entered the Federal Witness Protection Program, where he remains to this day, whereabouts unknown.
Metzger then decided to form a new organization, and called it the White American Political Association, or W.A.P.A. Metzger was following the agenda set forth at the Aryan Nations congress held annually in Hayden Lake, Idaho, under Pastor Richard Butler. In the early 1980's a group of revolutionaries met at the Aryan Nations congress and decided to declare a revolution against the government. One of the plans was to create different organizations just like the Klan, but under names that would not have the negative connotations that the Klan and the Nazi Party has. The leader of this revolution was a man by the name of Robert J. Matthews. He initiated bank robberies, assassinations, declared war on the Federal Government, and counterfeited money in an effort to overthrow the government, and install an all-white homeland. In 1984, Matthews and his gang robbed an armored car in Ukiah, Ca., and netted $3,000,000.00. In the robbery, Matthews dropped a gun, which was registered to Andrew Barnhill. The F.B.I. traced the gun, and then a nation wide manhunt ensued, with Matthews getting killed in a fiery shootout with Federal agents in Whidbey Island, Washington. The Federal agents then captured Bruce Pierce, who was 2nd in command of this gang that they called "The Order", or "The Silent Brotherhood". In a signed, sworn statement to Federal agents, Pierce told the agents that the money from the robbery was distributed to various white supremacists leaders, among them Richard Butler, Bob Miles, and Tom Metzger. Pierce said that they had given Metzger around $500,000.00. Metzger of course denied he had taken the money, but it was right about this time that Metzger bought thousands of dollars worth of TV equipment and took a local TV show that he hosted in the San Diego, Ca., area, called "Race and Reason" on the national circuit. Metzger's TV show was on in over 100 cities across the nation, via public access television. Metzger helped many white supremacists across the United States set up 24 hour hotlines with recorded racist messages. He began to publish a large newspaper called White American Resistance. He then changed the name of his organization from White American Political Association, to White American Resistance. Then he changed the name again, to White Aryan Resistance, and renamed his newspaper W.A.R. Over in the United kingdom, there was a racist skinhead band leader by the name of Ian Stewart, who formed a band called "Screwdriver". They put out an album that was sold in a lot of record stores across the U.K. as well as the U.S., and on the album cover, Stewart dedicated the album to Metzger. Skinheads are known for never having any money, and for being lowlifes that live off of the system by stealing, committing robberies, dealing drugs, drawing welfare and food stamps, or just plain living off of mom and dad. It was strange that a bum like Stewart all of a sudden had the money to put out an album, and dedicated it to Metzger. So Metzger didn't take the money huh? Right, and Bill Clinton never cheated on Hillary either!
Metzger then got in touch with yours truly, Johnny Lee Clary in Oklahoma, and named me Heartland Director of W.A.R., and began a recruitment drive through the Heartland of the U.S.A. Metzger and I appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, and then Metzger assigned me to appear on Morton Downey Jr. twice. Metzger wanted me to take advantage of my fame as a Professional Wrestler, by appearing on National TV for the cause. This was stupid mistake on my part, as I would later lose my career as a Pro Wrestler because of this. I was being signed with the N.W.F, a national promotion in the 80's which included such superstars as Sgt. Slaughter, Mad Dog D.C. Drake, Bam Bam Bigalow, Bruiser Brody, Wendy Rictor and Cyndi Lauper. When the promoters learned of my notoriety, there went the contract. Right after this, my ex-wife filed for divorce, and I lost my child, but Metzger said the important thing was to stay strong for the cause, and to put the Aryan movement before anything. He said a true warrior for the movement will not be bothered by such trivial things as divorce and loss of children and career, and will sacrifice all for the white power movement. We organized Aryan Fest 88, held in Oklahoma in which hundreds of white supremacists from all over the U.S. came to Oklahoma to participate. Originally, W.A.R. was set up as a union to organize all the different white supremacists groups under one umbrella, where it was hoped that all would work together to promote Aryan supremacy. One thing about hate groups is that whenever something is founded on hate, that hatred of others spills over to their fellow comrades when there is no one else around for them to hate. Unity among the ranks is a thing of the past. Several white supremacist leaders and members were standing trial in Ft. Smith, Arkansas in 1988 on federal charges of Seditious Conspiracy to overthrow the United States Government. Metzger was not indicted, and neither was I, although news reports were circulating over the A.P. that we were. Thom Robb, or Slobb as he is now referred to, tried to grandstand during the trial, by holding marches and asking the crowd for donations, which he often does as he is known as a "patriot for profit". Metzger and I went to Ft. Smith and stood in support of the men who were standing trial. Metzger and myself exposed Thom Slobb for what he was, and pointed out Slobb's true agenda. This resulted in a large defect of his membership, and reduced Slobb's Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, (which he had illegally stolen from Don Black, David Duke's successor,) to down to almost nothing, with less then 100 members nationally. Metzger was now highly respected among the hate mongers. Metzger was now the most powerful Aryan leader in the U.S., since Robert Shelton had recently met his demise. Robert Shelton was Imperial Wizard of the United Klans of America. The U.K.A. was organized in the early 1960's and was by far the largest Klan in America. No one could rival Shelton in strength and numbers, with the exception of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, led by Imperial Wizard Sam Bowers, of Mississippi. The White Knights was the most militant and violent of all the Klans ever to exist. In the 80's, two U.K.A. members killed a black man and hung him from a tree in Alabama. Morris Dees, an attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center in Alabama, filed a civil suit against the U.K.A. on behalf of the mother of the young black man that was murdered. The jury decided in against the U.K.A. and rendered a $7,000,000.00 judgment against them. The U.K.A. turned over their headquarters and property to the mother of the slain black man, and thus signified the end of the U.K.A. with Robert Shelton retiring.
Now Metzger began his downfall. It was time for Aryan Fest '89 and Metzger had changed big time. Metzger came to Oklahoma, and ordered the Confederate flag and the American flag removed from Aryan Fest, and put up a Nazi flag and a skull and crossbones flag in place of the flags he ordered removed. He then made it clear that he no longer believed in God, and that he would not tolerate Christianity in his W.A.R organization. Metzger
had began associating with a skinhead that was involved with LaVena LeVey, daughter of Anton LeVey, founder of the Church of Satan. Metzger began to listen to satanic music and partying with the skinheads. He told the Klan to take a hike and said he did not like Southerners, calling them rednecks. He said he could not stand cowboys or the Klan, and that the Skinheads were the only true warriors. He then told the skinheads to get on
welfare and food stamps and milk the government for all they could get. The Klan all walked out and I resigned from W.A.R. The White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan appointed me as Imperial Wizard, since Sam Bowers had retired. I would remain as the Imperial Wizard for several months until I resigned and found Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, and began to help others overcome racial hatred. Metzger appointed a biker -turned -skinhead
by the name of Joe Grego to replace me as Heartland Director. Grego then told all the skinheads in Dallas and Tulsa to start committing illegal acts, which resulted in the arrest of dozens of skinheads who were sent to prison. Grego abandoned his troops and disappeared from site. Metzger soon had more problems with another one of his leaders. He sent a skinhead to Portland , Oregon named David Mazzella, to organize skinheads there. One night, several of them took a baseball bat and beat an Ethiopian black student to death. This resulted in prison sentences for Metzger's skinheads. Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Center, went to Portland, and filed a civil lawsuit against Metzger and his son John, and against their organization, on behalf of the family of the Ethiopian student that was murdered by Metzger's skinheads. Metzger, with his giant ego, chose to defend himself and to act as his own attorney. The result was the jury found in favor of the black student's family, and rendered a judgment against Metzger in the amount of $12,000,000.00.
Metzger was living on Sunbeam Drive in Fallbrook, California, at the time of the judgment against him. He had a very large house, where he lived with his wife Cathy, who was battling cancer. Metzger also had other troubles. He had been appealing a decision that was rendered against him several years before for charges of burning a cross, and he lost that appeal and was sentenced to the L.A. County Jail. Metzger lost his house, his TV
equipment, his computers, and his automobile, due to the Portland judgment. All of this proved too much for his wife Cathy, as she lost the fight against cancer and died. Metzger was released from jail early because of his wife dying. Metzger had lost everything, but his van, in which he was allowed to keep for his TV repair business. He began living out of his van, which he parked down by the river. He washed his clothes in the river, and
strung a clothesline up to hang them on. (See above photos for proof of this) His meals mainly consisted of fish that he was able to catch and some cans of pork-n-beans. Metzger lived in the van down by the river, until he met a woman who allowed him to move in with her. This woman lets Metzger drive her car and feeds and supports him. Metzger hooked up a phone machine and started a hotline again, and his girlfriend has a computer that she lets him use where he now has a web site. The once powerful Tom Metzger, who is near 70 years old, is now a poor old man, who has nothing left but what people give to him to help him out. He tries to fool people into thinking that he is still powerful, but is glory days ended long ago. He still has his TV repair business, but he barely gets by these days. Thus ends the story of Tom Metzger, John Birch Society organizer, turned Christian Identity minister, turned Knights of the K.K.K. organizer, turned Grand Dragon of California Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, turned candidate for U.S. Congress, turned candidate for U.S. Senate, turned White American Political Association leader, turned White American Resistance leader, turned White Aryan Resistance leader, turned Public Access TV Show host, turned TV repairman, turned Jailbird, turned van living vagabond, turned live-in gigolo!
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