David “Joey” Pedersen. The tat stands for “Supreme White Power.”
David “Joey” Pedersen (the self-avowed white supremacist pictured above) has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from his 2011 racist rampage, which included the murder of Eureka resident Reginald Clark.
Pedersen copped to two counts of carjacking resulting in death, according to the Associated Press. After killing his dad and stepmom in Everett, Wash., Pedersen set out with his girlfriend on “a white supremacist campaign to purify and preserve the white race,” the AP reports.
The couple reportedly drove Pedersen’s dad’s car south into Oregon, where they shot and killed a 19-year-old because his name sounded Jewish. Then they stole the victim’s car and continued south to Eureka, where they shot and killed Clark for being black.
Pedersen’s latest plea probably won’t affect his lifestyle any since he was already serving a life sentence for killing his dad and stepmom, but the deal will result in lighter sentences for two of his accomplices.
In exchange, Pedersen will drop pending motions against the government, whose investigators reportedly acted in bad faith by failing to share information with the defense and eavesdropping on defense strategy talk in Pedersen’s phone calls.
Pedersen is due to be redundantly sentenced to life in prison Aug. 4.