The Prison King

Wow, what a role model...

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For six days last month, his accusers took the stand in federal court, telling the Judge how the 44-year-old Ziska befriended members of a white-supremacist prison-based gang called the Nazi Low Riders. They said he preached “white power” ideology and referred to black inmates as "rugs," "porch monkeys" and "niggers."

Ziska was an avid surfer and a black belt in tae kwon do. He also taught martial arts to inner-city youth for more than 20 years.

But Ziska had a darker side. Ziska’s former brother-in-law, Vince Cobbold, a former felon who spent 18 months in jail for selling marijuana and methamphetamine, testified that Ziska was a meth user who once looked into joining the Ku Klux Klan.

For four years, from 1996 to 2000, Ziska's renegade regime ruled the prison walls. He insinuated himself into many parts of inmate life. He was a leader and teacher, instructing inmates in self-defense, with tips on how to take away a weapon from a guard. He was a philosopher, preaching about Friedrich Nietzsche and Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf.

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