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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 09:25 AM
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Anti-abortion postings ordered removed
Source: AP by way of Yahoo

PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge ordered an anti-abortion activist to remove Web site postings that authorities said exhorted readers to kill an abortion provider by shooting her in the head...District Court Judge Thomas Golden granted an injunction Thursday seeking the removal of postings on Web pages maintained by John Dunkle. The injunction, sought by prosecutors in August, also bans him from publishing similar messages containing names, addresses or photographs of health clinic staff members.

Prosecutors said one posting targeted a former clinician for the Philadelphia Women's Center, and that she later stopped providing reproductive health services because she feared for her life.
Dunkle, of Reading, said Thursday that the postings had been removed.

"They're down now," said Dunkle, who represented himself. "I won't put up language that (the judge) has told me not to put up."

Authorities said the postings violate the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.
One posting, which featured the provider's name, photo and address, stated that "while it does not sound good to say go shoot her between the eyes, it sounds even worse to say let her alone."
Dunkle has said he did not write the message on the blog, but that he did post it.




Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071109/ap_on_re_us/abortion_threats_1



LET'S SEE HOW LONG IT TAKES THEM TO UNDO THIS LAW, NOW.
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 09:32 AM
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1. How about an arrest? Is there a crime for inciting murder? nt
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 09:34 AM
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2. I Would Think You'd Need a Murder First
We don't have too much in the way of thought crimes yet--although Bush is working on it.

If we did, I know I'd be in jail for life at this point.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 01:24 PM
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14. No, we now have laws about "terroristic threats" (nt)
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unpossibles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 09:36 AM
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3. "it sounds even worse to say let her alone."
that sounds worse? God forbid....

:eyes:
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 09:40 AM
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5. And these people call themselves "pro life".
Un freakin' believable.
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thetaoofterri Donating Member (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 10:45 AM
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6. You took the words right out of my mouth
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 11:07 AM
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8. That's a total lie. Anti-choice is the true term.
This doctor deserves to die because she is helping pregnant sinners escape the consequence of pregnancy.
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razors edge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 11:26 AM
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9. Sorry, but if a sentient being is advocating
for the killing of me or one my loved ones, I would not wait for the police, the malitia, or some anonymous posting on the internet to help solve that issue.

That so called sentient being would become a thing of the past. Call me a psycho if it helps you deal with life, but some of us will not stand by and refuse to raise a hand against those who advocate such against their own.
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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 11:27 AM
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10. sounds like a clear case for a conspiracy charge
Edited on Fri Nov-09-07 11:28 AM by provis99
The elements are there: two or more people involved, planning a criminal act. The District Attorneys should be working on this right now.
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Beerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 11:56 AM
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12. It's a publicly-announced threat. This Dunkle guy
is openly and publicly stating, on the worldwideweb individuals he's targeted for murder. He's a terrorist, plain-and-simple, and legally too. I hope this prick gets @ least 3-4 years.
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 01:17 PM
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13. It sounds like "criminal menacing", which is some minor degree of assault
I am not an attorney, though
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 10:33 PM
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18. Dunkle is a big fan of Paul Jennings Hill, the "Army of God" fanatic executed
in 2003 for murdering two at a Pensacola clinic.

Photo from the "Army of God" website captioned "Brother John Dunkle stands up for Paul Hill"

http://www.armyofgod.com.nyud.net:8090/imageVLS.JPG
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Beerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 11:49 AM
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11. Geez!
Since when are terroristic threats made in public 'free speech'? Dunkle needs to be dipped in a Federal prison for about 10 years. What a POS/garbage, inciting the murder of fellow citizens. That can't be legal.
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JohnLocke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 04:23 PM
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15. Terrible headline. It's not "anti-abortion," it's death threats!
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 08:11 PM
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16. It Always Is
If it's right wing, it's a death threat. That's how I distinguish DINOsaurs from the modern Democrats, too.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 09:46 PM
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17. "Anti-abortion postings"???
Sounds more like pro-murder postings
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