White Supremacist Pleads Guilty In Fatal Sword Stabbing Of Black Man

James Jackson, right, confers with his lawyer during a hearing in criminal court Wednesday in New York. Jackson pleaded guilty to killing a black man with a sword, which prosecutors described as terrorism and a hate crime.

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Updated Jan. 24 at 8:30 a.m. ET

James Jackson wanted to kill black people. Specifically, he wanted to kill black men. A lot of them.

That’s what the white supremacist admitted to in court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to killing Timothy Caughman in a gruesome act of violence he believed would spark a nationwide race war.