[thoughtomator]

The exclusive media focus on the white supremacist groups implied it strongly.

[Borges]

Considering the circumstances in this particular case I think it was justified. The fact that someone like that was to be sentenced for soliciting this judge's murder and her address was all over those sites...this was just an extraordinary coincidence.

[Trust but Verify]

I suppose you'll have to excuse the cops for thinking this might be tied to a man who had PUBLICLY THREATENED THIS VERY JUDGE! Good grief, what would you expect?

[Smogger]

The exclusive media focus on the white supremacist groups implied it strongly.

Gee whiz! When you are convicted of and awaiting sentancing for arranging to knock off a Federal Judge, and said judge's family is shot to death, lo and behold suspicion is going to fall on you.

Sympathetic to Nazi's are you?

[steve-b]

Well, duh. This scum ball Matthew Hale PUBLICLY THREATENED TO MURDER THE JUDGE -- obviously, his crew of fruits of nonforking family trees were the prime suspects until the police stumbled on this guy.

[followerofchrist]

"The exclusive media focus on the white supremacist groups implied it strongly."

All of the media focused on the white power guy, and so did MOST people on that thread here on FR, don't forget that. I indicated that the media got it wrong, Lefkow ruled IN FAVOR of Matt Hale, and then was forced to rescind her ruling by an appellate court. Why can't the media just report the truth instead of misleading people? ALL the media, including Fox.
The case Lefkow resided over involved the name of Hale's silly little group. A leftist (even sillier than Hale's) organization adopted it 10 years after Hale had been using it, then decided to drag Hale into court. Hale had no motive for wanting The Judge dead or taking any kind of revenge on her family, period. That's simple logic.
He's not a dumb guy. He passed the bar exam and was denied the right to practice law because of his racist politics. An FBI agent provacateur infiltrated (called by the media "his security chief") his circle and said something like "lets exterminate the rat." Hale said do whatever you wish, but I work from within the law. Hardly a solicitation to murder someone. I don't know about you guys, but I have a problem when my government operates in this way because you, or I or anyone else who's politically incorrect could be their next target.