The major news coming out of Oklahoma recently is the beheading of Colleen Hufford, 54, who died Sept. 25. The suspected killer is Alton Nolen, 30, who is currently held in jail and charged with first-degree murder and assault. Nolen's drastic behavior that deadly day, started out when he was suspended from his job for making alleged racist comments towards Traci Johnson. She claimed that Nolen doesn't "like white people".
Alton Nolen wanted revenge for his suspension at Vaughan Foods, so he did just that. The same day he went home to get a kitchen knife and went back to his job. Both of his targets were Colleen Hufford and Traci Johnson, both which are white females.
Hufford was the first to encounter Nolen, as she was then beheaded by the vengeful employee. Then Nolen went after Johnson, as she only suffered a few stab wounds, but was saved by reserve deputy Mark Vaughan. The reserve deputy shot Nolen with a shot gun but not killing him.
Nolen has a history of violence and a long rap sheet. It all started with his drugs conviction and assaulting a police officer. He was sentenced to six years in prison, but was released after two because of good behavior in 2013. I'm not against convicted felons getting back in the workforce and having an opportunity to flourish in society. That's the American way and everyone deserves a second chance at life. But like in every company, you have to be careful who you hire.
This man converted to Islam while incarcerated and then started having hatred for whites. Just because you convert to any religion, that doesn't mean you should hate anyone. Usually that's not tolerated within the community.
The FBI says that on his Facebook account he had photos of Osama Bin Laden and some beheading videos. I don't believe this murder was a terrorist attack as many republican representatives are saying. It was treated as workplace violence as it should be. Nolen wasn't targeting Americans because of a religious belief or some kind of jihad extremist groups.
Alton Nolen had a issue with the company and its employees for his suspension, and he wanted revenge because of it. How he handled it is a totally different story. Nolen shouldn't have gone back to his job to kill his co-workers.
Regardless if he would've been fired or suspended, life isn't over. I can understand in a felons mind, they're thinking that they can't get any other work. But this isn't how you go about it because murder is never the answer. The prosecution will be seeking the death penalty upon his conviction.
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