Zebra murders

The Zebra murders were a number of connected murders performed by a black supremacist serial killer ring that took place in San Francisco, California in 1973 and 1974. They were dubbed the Zebra Killings because of the radio channel used by the San Francisco Police ("Z") exclusively for this case.

The Death Angels

The zebra killings were the work of an extremist sect of the black nationalist group, the Nation of Islam. According to their beliefs, the white race was created by a black mad scientist named Yakub, who, some say, wanted a race of inferiors to rule over. Furthermore, the Death Angels believed that they could earn "points" towards Paradise when they died if they killed as many whites as possible. In their racist teachings, they saw the whites not as human beings, but as "blue-eyed devils" or "grafted snakes".

Related Topics:
Nation of Islam - Yakub - Paradise - Racist

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Prospects were selected at self-help meetings, and to gain full admission into the sect they were expected to kill either 9 white men, 5 white women or 4 white children. After attaining this goal, a pair of black wings would be attatched to thier photograph and pinned up in an upstairs room of the self help building. Although killing was their main intent, the death angels would often use machetes to torture victims over long periods of time and both men and women were the victims of rape.

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