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Nov 27, 1978:
San Francisco leaders George Moscone and Harvey Milk are murdered
Former Board of Supervisors member Dan White murders Mayor George
Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk at City Hall in San Francisco,
California.
White, who stormed into San Francisco's government offices with a
.38 revolver, had reportedly been angry about Moscone's decision
not to reappoint him to the city board. Firing upon the mayor
first, White then reloaded his pistol and turned his gun on his
rival Milk, who was one of the nation's first openly gay
politicians and a much-admired activist in San Francisco. Future
California Senator and then-Supervisor Dianne Feinstein, who was
the first to find Milk's body, found herself addressing a stunned
crowd at City Hall. "As president of the Board of Supervisors,
it's my duty to make this announcement: Both Mayor Moscone and
Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed. The suspect is
supervisor Dan White." White, who was caught soon after the
murders, pleaded a "diminished capacity" defense, claiming that
copious amounts of junk food, combined with distress over the
loss of his job, caused him to suffer mental problems. The
so-called "Twinkie Defense" appeared to be successful, and, in
1979, White was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter rather
than murder. Public outrage was so widespread that California
revoked the diminished capacity defense in subsequent cases.
Following the murders, both riots and peaceful candlelight
demonstrations took place as the city of San Francisco publicly
mourned the loss of two of its most cherished and respected civic
leaders. For his crime, White received a five-year prison
sentence. After his release, he was unable to resume a normal
life, and he took his own life in 1986.
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