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Daniel James "Dan" White (September 2, 1946 – October 21, 1985) was a San Francisco supervisor who assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, on Monday, November 27, 1978, at City Hall. In a controversial verdict that led to the coining of the legal slang "Twinkie defense," White was convicted of manslaughter rather than murder in the deaths of Milk and Moscone. White served five years of a seven-year prison sentence. Less than two years after his release, he returned to San Francisco and committed suicide. ''San Francisco Weekly'' has referred to White as "perhaps the most hated man in San Francisco's history." ==Early life== Daniel James White was born in Long Beach, California,〔"California Birth Index", hosted at ancestry. "Daniel James White, born September 2, 1946 Los Angeles County"〕 the second of nine children. He was raised by working class parents in a Roman Catholic household in the Visitacion Valley neighborhood of San Francisco.〔 He attended Riordan High School until he was expelled in his junior year. He went on to attend Woodrow Wilson High School,〔Mike Weiss, Double Play: The Hidden Passions Behind the Double Assassination of George Moscone and Harvey Milk (San Francisco: Vince Emery Productions, 2010) pp. 213-216, 474.〕 where he was valedictorian of his class. White enlisted in the United States Army in June 1965. He was a sergeant in the 101st Airborne Division in the Vietnam War from 1969 to 1970 and was honorably discharged in 1971. White worked as a security guard at A. J. Dimond High School in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1972. He returned to San Francisco to work as a police officer. According to a ''San Francisco Weekly'' newspaper account, citing no sources but based largely on interviews with two former political allies of White, he quit the force after reporting another officer for beating a handcuffed suspect.〔(Dan White's Motive More About Betrayal Than Homophobia ). By John Geluardi. ''San Francisco Weekly''. Published January 29, 2008.〕 White then joined the San Francisco Fire Department. While on duty, according to the ''San Francisco Weekly'' story, White's rescue of a woman and her baby from a seventh-floor apartment in the Geneva Towers was covered by ''The San Francisco Chronicle''.〔 The city's newspapers referred to him as "an all-American boy."〔Ebert, Roger. (Milk ). ''The Chicago Sun Times. Published November 24, 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dan White」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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