John Britton (Q15110041)

Two Killed at Clinic in Florida By William Claiborne Washington Post Staff WriterSaturday, July 30, 1994; Page A01PENSACOLA, FLA., JULY 29 -- A prominent antiabortion protester opened fire with a shotgun outside a women's clinic today, killing a doctor and his escort and wounding a third person, police said.Authorities arrested Paul Hill, a local leader of the radical antiabortion group Defensive Action, about 500 feet from the clinic where the shootings occurred. He was charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.Hill told the arresting officer, "I know one thing, no innocent babies are going to be killed in that clinic today," police said.Police said Hill sprayed shotgun fire at point-blank range at a pickup truck carrying John Bayard Britton, 69, a Fernandina Beach physician who worked at the clinic, and Britton's escort, James Herman Barrett, 74, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel. The two victims, who were sitting in the truck's front seat, were shot in the head, while a third victim, Barrett's wife, June, 68, who was sitting in the rear, was wounded in the left arm. (English)

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The Washington Post

killed by

Paul Jennings Hill

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/abortviolence/stories/florida.htm

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The Long History of the Anti-Abortion Movement’s Links to White Supremacists

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https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/anti-abortion-white-supremacy/

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The Florida-based KKK organized a rally in support of Dr. Britton’s killer, Paul Hill, and Tom Metzger, founder of the racist group White Aryan Resistance (WAR), condoned the killing if it “protected Aryan women and children.” (English)

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physician

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educated at

University of Virginia School of Medicine

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