Jul 20, 2010
Alleged Freeway Shooter Was Targeting ACLU, Say Police
A California man known for his anger over left-leaning politics said after a freeway shootout with California Highway Patrol officers that he had been planning an attack on the ACLU and another nonprofit group, police said Tuesday. Byron Williams, a parolee with two bank robbery convictions, wanted to “start a revolution” by killing people at the American Civil Liberties Union and Tides Foundation, Oakland police said in court documents.