The Historian and the Murderer

# · ✸ 19 · 💬 0 · 2 years ago · www.zocalopublicsquare.org · bryanrasmussen · 📷
My involvement with the case did not begin January 31, 2015 when the 42-year-old Croatian historian William Klinger was shot twice in an Astoria park in broad daylight and left to die. To counter the murder charge, Bonich insisted he shot Klinger out of self-defense. At Bonich's trial three years later, I assumed I was being called to the stand to disprove assertions about Klinger's relationship to me. Just like Klinger, Bonich did not realize that there are almost no historians in the world who can survive on their writing, their editorships, or their qualifications. We'll never know how many lies Bonich told Klinger before killing him. It's been six years since Klinger died and three years since I testified about the historical profession at his murder trial. In her closing arguments, the prosecutor emphasized how Bonich's crime was premeditated, one which weaponized an "Abuse of the American dream" to catch, corner, and eliminate Klinger, his prey.
The Historian and the Murderer



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