Michael ryan biography

American murderer (–)

For the English spree killer, see Hungerford massacre.

Michael Wayne Ryan (August 3, – May 24, ) was an American convicted murderer, Christian Identitycult leader, and white supremacist.

Crimes

Ryan was the leader of a small, racist, anti-government group that occupied a compound near Rulo, Nebraska in the early s. The group had loose ties to the Posse Comitatus, with links to the Christian Identity movement.

Some of the main teachings within the group revolved around supremacy of the white race, antisemitism, homophobia, the downfall and hatred of "race traitors", drug addicts and non-European-descended American citizens, and a general distrust of all established earthly authority, especially governments and law enforcement.

One of the group's core messages was, more or less, that the white race was "chosen" by God and all other human beings are the children of Satan, via the so-called “serpent seed” theory. Many of the recruited fo