Congresswoman Shot During Event - Page 10

On January 09 2011 05:46 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
A federal judge, John Roll, has been confirmed to have been killed

On January 09 2011 05:50 DwD wrote:
Apparently the judge has been getting lots of threats in the past so maybe he was the main target...

Judge Roll in 2009, faced death threats after presiding over a $32 million civil-rights lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by illegal immigrants against an Arizona rancher. After Judge Roll ruled the case would be certified, threats came from talk-radio shows which fueled controversy and spurred audiences into making threats against the judge[2].
The threats materialized after one show, Judge Roll's name logged more than 200 phone calls as some callers threatened the judge and his family[2].
This resulted in the judge and his wife were under a protection detail for one month as Judge Roll was given twenty four hours a day, seven days a week security by the US Marshals Service. An US Attorney's investigation ruled that four men were identified as threat makers, but no charges were filed[2].
In a July 9, 2009 interview with the Arizona Republic, Judge Roll described the time under high security as "unnerving and invasive. . . . By its nature it has to be," Roll said. Roll also said, "It (the security) was handled very professionally by the Marshals Service."[2]
At the end of the month, Roll said four key men had been identified as threat makers[2].

MSNBC reports that Tucson's deputy city manager says that doctors expect Rep. Giffords to pull through.

One of the callers to the Service Employees International Union said, "I suggest you tell your people to calm down, act like American citizens, and stop trying to repress people's First Amendment rights... That, or you all are gonna come up against the Second Amendment."

On January 09 2011 03:48 aike wrote:
I mean, if you are driving a car you are required to be carrying your drivers license the whole time, it's the same concept.

On January 09 2011 05:53 Jumperer wrote:
haha i found this comment from yahoo's news.

"This was an attack from a very right winged person though wrong to do this i belive in the cause of why this was done too many lefties want to take our freedoms away with there undercover scemes some one had to do something and they call him a terror threat, its the american way , if they are gov or any authority its aways an attack not an act of freedom. just the bs the liberal party wants us all to bow down and suck it"