New Orleans, Louisiana, October 4, 1999 -- National White civil rights activist David Duke is
condemning Killeen, Texas prosecutors for refusing to label the grisly execution style murder of
Todd and Stacie Bagley by four black youths as a hate crime.

Christopher Andre Vialva, 19, Brandon Bernard, 18, and two juveniles, 17 and 16, were arrested
shortly after they kidnapped the Bagley's, who were on their way to evening church services. The
Bagley's were forced into the trunk of their car after they were approached for a ride and later
driven to a remote location on Fort Hood, where they were both shot in the head and set on fire.

Duke described the crime as "one of the most horrible acts of hatred I have ever heard."

"No one could commit such an act of violence against two defenseless White Christians without
harboring the most vicious hatred in their heart," said Duke in a letter to federal prosecutors.

"This horrible interracial crime has gone completely unmentioned by the national media and is
yet another example of the media's bias against reporting Black on White crime," said Duke.
Though 90% of interracial crime is Black on White, the national media foster the impression that
hate crimes, like the nationally known Jasper case, are exclusively White on Black. By promoting
racial hatred against whites, the media are creating what Duke calls "a climate of hatred" against
Whites which leads to these kind of killings.