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Tucson victim arrested for tea party threat: 'you're dead'
NY Post ^ | January 15, 2011 | AP and NEWSCORE

Posted on 01/16/2011 2:42:35 AM PST by Scanian

PHOENIX — One of the Arizona shooting victims was arrested today and then taken for a psychiatric evaluation after authorities said he took a picture of a tea party leader at televised town hall meeting and yelled: "you're dead."

James Eric Fuller, 63, objected to something Trent Humphries said during the forum taped for a special edition of ABC's "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour, Pima County sheriff's spokesman Jason Ogan said. Fuller was in the front row and apparently became upset when Humphries suggested that any conversations about gun control should be delayed until all the dead were buried, KGUN-TV in Tucson reported.

Fuller was arrested on misdemeanor disorderly conduct and threat charges, Ogan said. While Fuller was being escorted out, deputies decided he needed a mental health evaluation and he was taken to a hospital, where he remained this evening.

The hospital will determine when he will be released, Ogan said.

Fuller was one of 19 people shot at a Safeway store Jan. 8. Six people died and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords remains in critical condition with a bullet wound to the head.

Fuller described the shootings as "a bad crime drama" in an interview on CBS' "The Early Show." He said he felt a bullet that hit his knee but didn't know he had also been struck in the back. Fuller, a naval air veteran, drove himself to Northwest Hospital after being shot, according to the Arizona Daily Star. He was later taken to University Medical Center where he was released two days later.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: giffords; mentalevaluation; shootingvictim; teapartyleader; townhall
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To: liberateUS

John Kerry syndrome?


21 posted on 01/16/2011 4:16:39 AM PST by BilLies (no)
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To: Scanian

I think, but I could be wrong, but I think the revolution is happening now!


22 posted on 01/16/2011 4:22:20 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (I miss President Bush greatly! Palin in 2012! 2012 - The End Of An Error! (Oathkeeper))
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To: devere

Looks like the guy were talking about. May want to save it before it gets pulled.

http://www.hypnothoughts.com/profile/JamesEricFuller


23 posted on 01/16/2011 4:22:20 AM PST by BilLies (no)
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To: BilLies

Maybe he scraped his knee diving for the pavement. He needs the John Kerry “Civilian Purple Heart” for superficial injury incurred in a tragedy zone.


24 posted on 01/16/2011 4:25:11 AM PST by liberateUS
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To: Erik Latranyi

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2656932/posts

I wonder if it will show up on Politico?


25 posted on 01/16/2011 4:26:40 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (I miss President Bush greatly! Palin in 2012! 2012 - The End Of An Error! (Oathkeeper))
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To: RC one

There are many cases of the 45 just wounding also the 45acp is mot some magic round shot placement is key to any defensive shooting.


26 posted on 01/16/2011 4:29:44 AM PST by riverrunner
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To: Scanian; devere; liberateUS; papertyger; Rearden; agere_contra; cripplecreek; Erik Latranyi; ...
1. This guy looks like the 2nd person the cops were looking for after the shooting.

2. He was involved in a heated argument/fight at the Giffords event, just prior to the shooting.

3. The descriptions of his wounds sound more like richochet than direct fire.

4. Is this guy friends with Loughner???

Did Eric Boehlert Research James Eric Fuller Before Championing Him?—UPDATED

James Eric Fuller's Page at Hypnotic Thoughts: link

27 posted on 01/16/2011 4:31:19 AM PST by XHogPilot
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To: XHogPilot

The second guy the police were looking for was a taxi driver who has been cleared.


28 posted on 01/16/2011 4:33:25 AM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: BilLies

I don’t know if it means anything but its interesting.

From Fuller’s page. >>presented state-wide initiatives at libraries,<<

then there is this “Together we thrive” grant initiative to liabraries.

http://thrivegrant.blogspot.com/


29 posted on 01/16/2011 4:40:18 AM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Scanian

I think we will soon find far more connections in this sad story.

I am willing to bet Fuller, Pima County Sheriff Dupnik, and the Loughners are all familiar with each other. These people are all liberals on the edge of evil.


30 posted on 01/16/2011 4:47:30 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
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To: XHogPilot

“This guy looks like the 2nd person the cops were looking for after the shooting.”

Didn’t the “second guy” turn out to be the cab driver?


31 posted on 01/16/2011 5:07:32 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: BilLies

From your link;

“Non-deep pocket with a lot of heart. Began life as a computer operator, military service leading to non-physical disability, unable to resume career, left main stream and lived in small towns for a decade studying library books and piano, moved into Tucson in 1994 and worked as a Chauffeur for most of 10 years, presented state-wide initiatives at libraries, worked elections, in ‘09 worked at the Census Bureau as a field rep and a clerk. “

“Non-physical disability?” Nutbag?
Worked as a “Chauffeur?” Did he drive taxis as well?


32 posted on 01/16/2011 5:13:17 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: liberateUS
Just how does a man that was shot twice just a week ago get around so well?

The same kind of shrapnel that got John F'n Kerry out of Vietnam?

33 posted on 01/16/2011 5:13:26 AM PST by longjack
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To: Rearden

Indeed.


34 posted on 01/16/2011 5:17:06 AM PST by arderkrag (Georgia is God's Country.----------In the same way Rush is balance, I am consensus.)
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To: BilLies

LOL! He left the military with a “non-physical disability.” That means his disability is mental.


35 posted on 01/16/2011 5:19:10 AM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Scanian

It appears there is an unusual proportion of mentally ill folk connected to the Democrat party.


36 posted on 01/16/2011 5:24:19 AM PST by kittymyrib
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To: Scanian

Another story you’ll never hear on the MSM ... Civil war is coming to the US ...


37 posted on 01/16/2011 5:26:01 AM PST by Scythian
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To: kittymyrib

You bet. I would venture a guess that “arrested development” is the most common problem.


38 posted on 01/16/2011 5:26:21 AM PST by Scanian
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To: kittymyrib
It appears there is an unusual proportion of mentally ill folk connected to the Democrat party.

Well, considering that "liberalism is a mental disorder."

39 posted on 01/16/2011 5:26:21 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month)
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To: Scythian

ABC covered the story...but no mention of the Tea Party connection.


40 posted on 01/16/2011 5:27:23 AM PST by Scanian
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