Posted on 01/15/2011 5:33:06 PM PST by kristinn
TUCSON — A victim of the shooting spree here that severely injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was taken into custody on Saturday after the police and witnesses said the man spoke threateningly at a televised forum intended to help this stricken city heal.
Eric Fuller, 63, a military veteran who was passionate about liberal causes and who had supported Ms. Giffords, was “involuntarily committed for mental health evaluation,” according to Jason Ogan, a spokesman for the Pima County Sheriff’s office.
Mr. Fuller, who was shot in the left knee and the back on Jan. 8, was among several victims, medical personnel and others who attended a special forum televised by ABC and hosted by Christiane Amanpour.
State Representative Terri Proud, a Republican, was sitting two rows behind Mr. Fuller. The topic of gun control had come up in the forum, she said, and a comment was made by one of the speakers about a bill that was introduced recently in Arizona that would allow staff members on college campuses with concealed weapons permits to carry guns.
Ms. Proud said she spoke up to clarify the exact language of the bill. At that point, Trent Humphries, the founder of the Tucson Tea Party, who was sitting one row behind her, rose to speak and suggested that discussion about gun legislation be postponed until after the funerals. He started to explain that he, too, had been affected by the tragedy through a neighbor who was a victim.
That was, according to Ms. Proud, when Mr. Fuller blurted out to Mr. Humphries: “You’re dead.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Michael Savage was right.
I’m sure they will. I think that it will backfire big time, considering that the dishonesty in the coverage after the Tucson shooting has exposed the bias like never before. If they persist, some of the biggest lefties in the media will end up going the way of Dan Rather. Good!
I’m curious how the NY Times reporters could file this story. How do you type on a computer keyboard with clenched fists?
Ah, apparently he's been a mental case for awhile...the ever-popular join-the-military-to-get-disability scheme?
LOL! It’s been two hours, has Paul Krugman blamed Sarah Palin yet?
A TV news crew, KGUN, was also at the meeting and they may have footage of the utterance.
He was discharged from the military for a ‘non-physical’ injury - WTF?
Clearly influenced by the heated and hateful rhetoric of the
left (NYTimes, Krugman, KOS, et al).
Is that Cindy Sheehan’s twin brother?
Ha, this was the guy who blamed Beck and Palin for the shooting.
Well well, lots of nuts being shaken off the Tuscon leftie tree lately.
yes but this guy is one of theirs and they(left)are going to try to explain his actions as understandable under the circumstances you watch.. the veteran description was to give a bit of cover I’m sure of it
BDS at it's finest /S
Perhaps it might be a good time to have the useless sheriff out there maybe relieve THIS lefty nutjob of his guns? Unless Dupnik is hoping for a repeat shooting?
It might be that they are trying to say, “See?? The guy is a liberal and he’s a veteran. There is nothing wrong with a veteran being a liberal.”
Of course, the flaw in the argument is that he’s also insane.
Probably yet another liberal metrosexual!
More now in an article in the NYSlimes.
Fuller had quite an argument with a Marine. He had to be separated from the Marine by Zimmerman, Gifford’s aide. Zimmerman was murdered by Jared.
Now I wonder if there is a connection between Fuller and Jared. Two crazy people who found each other? Are there any coincidences in this story?
From the look of those pics, a lot of CH3CH2OH has past down that gullet.
Liberals dither and Conservatives act maybe?
Personally if someone threatens me I assume that he means it and take what steps are necessary to protect myself.
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