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{{Villain Infobox|name=Jim Adkisson| | {{Villain Infobox|name=Jim Adkisson|Image=jimadkisson8.jpg|fullname=Jim David Adkisson|origin=Knoxville, Tennessee, United States|occupation=Former Truck Driver|crimes=[[Murder]]<br>[[Racism]]<br>[[Homophobia]]<br>[[Hate crime]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]|goals=To kill as many liberals as he could(sort of failed)|type of villain=Extremist Mass Shooter}}{{Quote|I'd like to encourage other like-minded people to do what I've done. If life ain't worth living anymore don't just kill yourself. Do something for your country before you go. Go kill liberals.|Adkisson in his manifesto.}} | ||
'''Jim David Adkisson''' (born on 25 | '''Jim David Adkisson''' (born on 25 june 1950) is an American [[Mass Shooting|mass shooter]] who shot up a Unitarian Universalist church in Knoxville, Tennessee on July 27, 2008, killing 2 and injuring a handful of others. He was a far-right conservative and hoped to kill "liberals" as well as Democrats. He himself described the act as a [[hate crime]] in his manifesto. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Adkisson was a former private in the United States Army from 1974 to 1977. After his arrest, he said that he was motivated by hatred of Democrats, liberals, African Americans and homosexuals. According to an affidavit by one of the officers who interviewed Adkisson on July 27, 2008, Adkisson stated that he had targeted the church because of its liberal teachings and his belief that all liberals should be killed because they were ruining the country, and that he felt that the Democrats had tied his country's hands in the war on terror and they had ruined every institution in America with the aid of major media outlets. Adkisson made statements that because he could not get to the leaders of the liberal movement that he would then target those that had voted them into office. Adkisson stated that he had held these beliefs for about the last ten years. | Adkisson was a former private in the United States Army from 1974 to 1977. After his arrest, he said that he was motivated by hatred of Democrats, liberals, African Americans and homosexuals. According to an affidavit by one of the officers who interviewed Adkisson on July 27, 2008, Adkisson stated that he had targeted the church because of its liberal teachings and his belief that all liberals should be killed because they were ruining the country, and that he felt that the Democrats had tied his country's hands in the war on terror and they had ruined every institution in America with the aid of major media outlets. Adkisson made statements that because he could not get to the leaders of the liberal movement that he would then target those that had voted them into office. Adkisson stated that he had held these beliefs for about the last ten years. | ||
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