White Power With a Lisp

It's hard being white supremacists these days. Cops and court personnel include large numbers of nonwhites, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and homosexuals. The media doesn't understand your convictions. You can't trust your buddies to appear credible in court. And apparently, you can't rely on your family, either.

Rump and Lamb have been held without bail in the Orange County Jail since 2002. On the day of Johnson's testimony, their female relatives—mothers, a grandmother and a girlfriend—brought white button-down shirts for them to wear in front of the jury. The defendants were overheard in their courthouse holding cells complaining.

They preferred colored shirts.

If the defense can't salvage their case, Rump and Lamb might soon receive lifetime supplies of solid-colored clothing courtesy of the California Department of Corrections.

We'll know the answer soon enough. Closing arguments in the trial are scheduled to begin on Thursday, June 14. Judge Froeberg expects the jury will start deliberating by Tuesday.

rscottmoxley@ocweekly.com