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Sheriff blames free speech as likely cause of Arizona massacre
Examiner ^ | January 9, 2011 | Martin Hill

Posted on 01/09/2011 10:55:41 AM PST by La Lydia

In a press conference hours after a deadly massacre in Arizona, Pima County Sheriff Clarence W. Dupnick targeted free speech as a likely cause of the shootings...Reflecting further, Dupnik aimed his ire at radio and television programs: "And today I want to tell you that I hope that all Americans are saddened and as shocked as we are. And I hope that some of them or most of them are as angry as I am and as a lot of us are. And I think it's time as a country that we need to do a little soul searching. Because it's the vitriolic rhetoric that we hear day in and day out from people in the radio business and some people in the tv business..."

Sheriff Dupnik was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle as saying "When you look at unbalanced people, how they respond to the vitriol that comes out of certain mouths about tearing down the government. The anger, the hatred, the bigotry that goes on in this country is getting to be outrageous. And, unfortunately, Arizona I think has become sort of the capital. We have become the Mecca for prejudice and bigotry."....

Dupnik added "Let me say one thing, because people tend to pooh-pooh this business about all the vitriol that we hear inflaming the American public by people who make a living off of doing that. That may be free speech, but it’s not without consequences."...

Early last year, Sheriff Dupnik made national news when he announced that he would refuse to enforce Arizona's new immigration law SB 1070:...

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To: OpusatFR

“...I DO think that journalists right now are simply the teets on the DNC hog.”

I love it!


41 posted on 01/09/2011 11:31:25 AM PST by SatinDoll (NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT!)
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To: La Lydia

Maybe blame Jefferson?

MSM and this Goober from AZ will never figure that out.


42 posted on 01/09/2011 11:33:42 AM PST by hadaclueonce ("Endeavor to persevere.")
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To: FReepers
The Wolves Are At The Door!

Stop Them With The Truth

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58 posted on 01/09/2011 11:08:40 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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43 posted on 01/09/2011 11:36:24 AM PST by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC BY DONATING NOW!)
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To: La Lydia

Sounds like the sheriff is a nazi like the perp.


44 posted on 01/09/2011 11:37:04 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (It is necessary that a person be born of a father who is a citizen; ~Vattel's Law of Nations)
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To: La Lydia
Mother Teresa of Calcutta warned about this many years ago during her National Prayer Breakfast Speech Against Abortion, 1994.
But I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child - a direct killing of the innocent child - murder by the mother herself. And if we accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?
Pray the Rosary for Peace
45 posted on 01/09/2011 11:38:22 AM PST by mlizzy (Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee ...)
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To: truthkeeper

Or “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun,” Obama said in Philadelphia in June 2008.


46 posted on 01/09/2011 11:39:31 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: La Lydia

What is the Sheriff’s political affiliation? (as if I didn’t know)


47 posted on 01/09/2011 11:43:14 AM PST by ozzymandus
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To: La Lydia
After observing Pima County Sheriff Clarence W. Dupnick’s comments, IMHO, his demeanor and vitriol indicate he has emotional problems and should have his right to carry a weapon examined. He can exercise his duties without a weapon. Of course, his ability to exercise his duties come into question also. He's a candidate for repeal!!!
48 posted on 01/09/2011 11:43:48 AM PST by varon (Allegiance to the Constitution, always. Allegiance to a party, never!)
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To: B4Ranch

What is JOM?


49 posted on 01/09/2011 1:22:03 PM PST by La Lydia
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To: La Lydia

This guy predicts his failures and brags about them.


50 posted on 01/09/2011 1:26:05 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: La Lydia

I think it is Jom Social Network, perhaps a part of Facebook.

Or perhaps Journey Of a Muslim (JOM!)

Or looking the comments here

http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/2011/01/did-barack-obama-cause-the-shootings-yesterday-in-tucson/

#11 January 9, 2011 at 9:47 am
Chisum commented:

Xian @ #3,,

Here you go.

I found this list at JOM.


51 posted on 01/09/2011 1:45:13 PM PST by B4Ranch (Do NOT remain seated until this ride comes to a full and complete stop! We're going the wrong way!)
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