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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 10:12 AM
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Fundies worried that justice might actually be served in the Tiller case
from the (SHOCKING!!!!) American Family Association's OneNewsNow:



Obama Justice Dept. hunting for 'all actors' in Tiller murder
Fred Jackson - OneNewsNow - 6/6/2009 7:15:00 AM


WASHINGTON - The Justice department announced late Friday afternoon that it is launching an investigation to see who else may have been involved in the murder of abortionist George Tiller.

Tiller was gunned down at his church in Witchita Kansas last Sunday. Authorities quickly tracked down and arrested a man believed to be the shooter. 51-year old Scott Roeder of Merriam, Kansas is now facing a first degree murder charge.

Pro-life groups who have long protested the thousands of abortions that Tiller has performed over the years, including late term abortions, were quick to condemn the Tiller murder.

But in its press release on Friday, the Justice Department made it clear that it believes others may have been involved in Tiller's death.

Here is how the press release reads : "The Department of Justice will work tirelessly to determine the full involvement of any and all actors in this horrible crime, and to ensure that anyone who played a role in the offense is prosecuted to the full extent of federal law," said Loretta King, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. "We will conduct a thorough investigation that will complement and build upon the fine work of the Sedgwick County District Attorney and other state and local law enforcement agencies."

The Justice department's announcement also states " The federal probe will consist of a thorough review of the evidence and an assessment of any potential violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act) or other federal statutes. The FACE Act was enacted by Congress in 1994 to establish federal criminal penalties and civil remedies for violent, obstructionist or damaging conduct affecting reproductive health care providers and recipients."

In the wake of the Tiller murder, the U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, ordered the U.S. Marshals Service to "offer protection to appropriate people and facilities around the country." The directive was given in the apparent belief that other violent incidents might take place.

Some conservatives have questioned the extent of the reaction to the Tiller killing by the Justice department. They have pointed to an incident in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Monday of this week when a Muslim convert opened fire at a military recruiting center, killing one young man and wounding another. The conservatives have noted that there was no indication from the Obama administration that it feared there might be similar incidents at other military recruiting facilities or any attempt to link the Muslim man's actions to a possible larger Muslim campaign against U.S. military personnel or facilities.

And while President Barack Obama issued a statement saying he was "shocked and outraged" by the Tiller murder, he has made no public statements about the death of the young recruit in Little Rock.


http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=557214



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pepperbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 10:19 AM
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1. well, for one thing, they didn't find a piece of paper with...
the name and phone number of the director of operation rescue on the dashboard of the little rock shooter's car.
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 10:25 AM
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3. Or posts on OR's website
that were scrubbed right after the deed.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 10:22 AM
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2. All you RW "christian" motherfuckers - they are coming FOR YOU!!!
You will get what you really deserve for spreading your filth.

mark
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 11:20 AM
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4. Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
Follow the money....
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 02:14 PM
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8. Yep. That will be the one that really nails a lot of groups and officers of those groups
RICO the sonsaglitches. It has been a racketeering enterprise for a couple of decades. The rank & file protesters have always been used by somebody who has provided a lot of cash fro chartered buses for years.
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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 11:23 AM
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5. Maybe that is because they've already got tabs on all the
extremist muslim groups, but not much on the extremist Christian fundy groups.

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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 12:10 PM
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6. Coming for them FINALLY! Should have been done decades ago!
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Kievan Rus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 12:41 PM
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7. There's MANY more Christian fundies than Muslim ones...
in this country right now.

There have been several acts of violence committed by hard-core right-wingers in the past year; on the other hand, this military shooting was arguably the first act of violence commited by a Muslim in America since the Beltway sniper shootings in 2002.

The President and the FBI have a reason to be more concerned about Christian fundy wingnuts than al-Qaeda right now...personally I think the McVeigh-types are more dangerous than Osama is right now. That's a statement of fact...not anti-conservative "bias" from "political correctness."

The "oppressed white Protestant male" nonsense is getting really old, really fast.
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Wednesdays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-06-09 07:13 PM
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9. K&R
:kick:
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chill_wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-07-09 12:23 AM
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10. It is about time there were broad consequences for Domestic Terrorism.
And that is what it is, unequivocally.
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47of74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-07-09 01:11 AM
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11. RimJob, Skeezix, and the Operation Rescue folks must be...
...marking their laundry real bad right about now. The days where laws regarding abortion relating violence were ignored are over. There's a new sheriff in town now who is actually going to enforce the laws of this country.
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