The fallout from the killing was long and nearly as painful. Three men pleaded guilty to the attacks. But over the next two years, Portland was witness to an unprecedented development. Civil rights watchdogs decided to sue Tom Metzger, a California white-supremacist leader, arguing he had incited the skinheads with racist and violent thoughts. A jury agreed and awarded Seraw's family $12.5 million—a record judgment that bankrupted the white-power group.