Jon Bair served time for the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Erik Banks, during a 1993 clash between a group of antiracist skinheads and their rivals, racist skinheads. Bair, now 50, was deep into the anti-racist skinhead scene and and is a rare case of a left-wing extremist killing a right-wing extremist.
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Jon Bair killed a neo-Nazi 28 years ago, and he has a message for Portland

By Conrad Wilson (OPB) and Bryan Denson
Oct. 8, 2021 12 p.m.