Men's Rights Lawyer Identified As Prime Suspect In Shooting Of New Jersey Judge's Family

Federal authorities have identified attorney Roy Den Hollander as the primary suspect in the New Jersey home shooting of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas that killed her 20-year-old son and left her husband wounded and in stable condition. Hollander was identified Monday after New York police found his body with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and the weapon suspected in both shootings.

Hollander is described on his personal website as a lawyer fighting the “infringement of men’s rights” in the U.S. by “feminists” and “PCers.” He has repeatedly sued businesses, along with various levels of government, in cases arguing men were facing discrimination.

One example provided on his website was a failed lawsuit against bars and clubs, arguing locations offering “ladies’ nights” violated the equal rights provided by the 14th Amendment.

Hollander had previously argued one such case in front of Judge Salas in 2015 arguing against a men’s-only draft by the military. Hollander argued the draft was discriminatory against men and questioned the military’s overall treatment of women. While Salas disagreed with several points of Hollander’s arguments, she allowed the lawsuit to continue in the spring of 2019 before he left the case in June 2019.

Authorities said Hollander was particularly critical of Salas in what was described as a “misogynist manifesto” found with his body on Monday. He reportedly described Salas as “a lazy and incompetent Latina judge appointed by Obama” and questioned whether or not she was qualified to be a federal judge.

“Salas worked as an associate in an ambulance chasing firm doing basic criminal work. Left that firm to work as a public defender in the New Jersey District Court representing lumpen proletariat ne’er-do-wells,” Hollander said in the manifesto. “Joined 135 politically correct organizations trying to convince America that whites, especially white males, were barbarians, and all those of a darker skin complexion were victims.”

In October 2018, Hollander claimed in a separate writing that he had been diagnosed with melanoma, or skin cancer.