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Shooting victim apologizes for 'misplaced outrage' at Tea Party leader
CNN ^ | Jan. 17, 2011 | CNN Wire Staff

Posted on 01/17/2011 6:22:57 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

Tucson, Arizona (CNN) -- Arizona shooting victim James Eric Fuller sent his apologies Monday for telling a Tea Party leader, "you are dead."

Dorothy DeRuyter, a companion of Fuller's, provided CNN with a statement.

"I would like to tender my sincerest apologies to Mr. (Trent) Humphries for my misplaced outrage on Saturday at the St. Odelia's town meeting," Fuller said in the statement. "It was not in the spirit of our allegiance and warm feelings to each other as citizens of our great country."

Fuller, 63, was involuntarily committed to a county mental health facility after he photographed Tucson Tea Party founder Humphries and said, "You are dead" when Humphries began speaking at the event.

Fuller "is apologetic and very sad" about his outburst, DeRuyter said. "He wishes he could go back and do things differently," she said.

Humphries said Fuller's comment came when the town hall discussion turned to gun control.

"I was asked to give my thoughts on gun control laws and perhaps the passage of new laws," Humphries said of the incident. "I said something to the effect that although gun rights and laws are not necessarily the primary focus of the Tucson Tea Party, our community needs to be given the opportunity to allow some time to pass and people to heal before we start this type of political dialogue."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fuller; giffords; jamesfuller; jamesfullerjfuller; jericfuller; undocumentedvictim; yeahright
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1 posted on 01/17/2011 6:22:58 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Someone’s had a sit-down with their attorney....


2 posted on 01/17/2011 6:24:00 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny (Hail To The Fail-In-Chief)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Oh? Where should your outrage have been placed, James Eric?


3 posted on 01/17/2011 6:24:17 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Misplaced huh?

Would he prefer to place it on a necklace with the ears of Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann?


4 posted on 01/17/2011 6:24:50 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I believe him............not.


5 posted on 01/17/2011 6:25:16 PM PST by John 3_19-21 (If guns kill people ... then I can blame misspelled words on my keybord)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Apparently Eric Fuller has a thing for designing jewelry from the severed ears of conservatives.


6 posted on 01/17/2011 6:26:55 PM PST by Godebert
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The “misplaced” part is what got me. With now knowing everything we do about the shooter, I bet this guy would still blame Palin, Rush and Fox News.


7 posted on 01/17/2011 6:27:59 PM PST by Mr. Jazzy (God bless the United States of America and protect her from the enemies of freedom.)
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To: Psycho_Bunny
Someone’s had a sit-down with their attorney....

You betcha.
8 posted on 01/17/2011 6:30:09 PM PST by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media. There are Wars and Rumors of War.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Misplaced outrage? I hope someone figures out where he’d like to place it before they turn him loose on society again.


9 posted on 01/17/2011 6:33:42 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Palin 2012: don't retreat, just restock [chg'd to comply w/ The Civility in Discourse Act of 2011])
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Sounds like someone turned the lightbulb on for old Jimmy.

Yo, Jim, either apologize or get completely lambasted by literally everyone.

Yea, Jim, YOU create the problem you were screaming about.


10 posted on 01/17/2011 6:35:28 PM PST by Danae (Anailnathrach ortha bhais is beatha do cheal deanaimh)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I would apologise too if I were committed and wanted to get out.


11 posted on 01/17/2011 6:35:52 PM PST by Venturer
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To: Free ThinkerNY
James Eric Fuller, 63, who was shot in the knee, had told The Post on Friday, the day before his arrest, that top Republican figures should be tortured -- and their ears severed.

"There would be torture and then an ear necklace, with [Minnesota US Rep.] Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin's ears toward the end, because they're small, female ears, and then Limbaugh, Hannity and the biggest ears of all, Cheney's, in the center," Fuller said.

Also on Friday, Fuller stopped by the home of gunman Jared Lee Loughner and told a neighbor he was going to forgive the shooter, The Associated Press said.

James Eric Fuller

12 posted on 01/17/2011 6:42:01 PM PST by NoLibZone (Five time DNC backed candidate Fred Phelps: "God sent the shooter".)
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To: NoLibZone
Prove he was a shooting victim.

He fled the scene and never was taken to any hospital.

He drove himself to a hospital.

He did not stay to render aid or make a statement to LEOS.

ALL gun shots have to be reported to the LEOs.

Where is the report of his being shot?

Which Doc attended to his wounds?

What were his wounds?

13 posted on 01/17/2011 6:44:20 PM PST by NoLibZone (Five time DNC backed candidate Fred Phelps: "God sent the shooter".)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Apologize from a prison cell, a**hole.

Nothing but love,

L


14 posted on 01/17/2011 6:46:21 PM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: NoLibZone
Prove he was a shooting victim.

Bro, you just *nailed* it.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

15 posted on 01/17/2011 6:49:05 PM PST by The Comedian ("Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" - B. Goldwater)
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To: NoLibZone

Eric Fuller has made conflicting statements regarding how he got to the hospital. In an interview with Democracy Now, he claimed he “was taken” to the hospital. This guy can’t keep his story straight.


16 posted on 01/17/2011 6:55:53 PM PST by Godebert
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To: NoLibZone

Fuller probably shot himself in the knee when he tried to give Loughner the spare gun.


17 posted on 01/17/2011 6:55:55 PM PST by reg45
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Don’t fall for this fake apology. He’s just trying to avoid charges.


18 posted on 01/17/2011 7:04:27 PM PST by tobyhill
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To: Godebert

James Eric Fuller is an undocumented victim.


19 posted on 01/17/2011 7:07:26 PM PST by NoLibZone (Five time DNC backed candidate Fred Phelps: "God sent the shooter".)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Well, since you said you are sorry, then all is forgiven. That is how it works- right?


20 posted on 01/17/2011 7:09:40 PM PST by fini
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