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FRC Shooter gets 25 Years; Feds call it Act of Terrorism
Judicial Watch ^ | September 19, 2013

Posted on 09/19/2013 3:37:19 PM PDT by jazusamo

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God bless Leo Johnson, no telling how many lives he saved with his heroic act.

Corkins should have been sentenced to life or at least the 45 years the prosecution asked for.

1 posted on 09/19/2013 3:37:19 PM PDT by jazusamo
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VIDEO: Leo Johnson stopping Corkin.

Security footage: Hero thwarts terrorist shooter at Family Research Council

2 posted on 09/19/2013 3:42:26 PM PDT by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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Is the FRC suing?


3 posted on 09/19/2013 3:44:08 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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I’m surprised he didn’t go for an insanity defense.

No sane person could consider the Family Research Council to be a “hate group.”


4 posted on 09/19/2013 3:45:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statemeYup. My first thought as wt of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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If It had been a conservative / tea party member / whitey that tried to do the same to a left wing organization he would have received life or the death penalty (after one of 0’s “specialists” framed the guy by putting a bullet in one of the victim’s heads then planted the murder weapon in his vehicle)


5 posted on 09/19/2013 3:45:30 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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No idea but they should sue the SPLC for listing them as a hate group.


6 posted on 09/19/2013 3:47:19 PM PDT by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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So was the SPLC an un-indicted co-conspirator? I’m sure they would have been if they leaned to the Right.....


7 posted on 09/19/2013 3:47:25 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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Bump for later...


8 posted on 09/19/2013 3:47:44 PM PDT by Old Sarge (Opinions are like orgasms: only mine count, and I couldn't care less if you have one...)
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Amen to that.


9 posted on 09/19/2013 3:47:57 PM PDT by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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I agree. He chould have gotten more.


10 posted on 09/19/2013 3:51:35 PM PDT by apocalypto
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A right-winger would have gotten death or, if the state doesn’t have a death penalty, life without parole.

That doesn’t justify any terrorist act on either side, but is simply an observation that leftwing terrorism should be treated seriously as well.

The only reason McVeigh got the death penalty and actually got put to death was because he was depicted as a right wing terrorist. In reality, he was probably a Muslim himself or working for a Muslim group (with the mysterious 2nd terrorist, who was obviously an Arab or an Iraqi).

Had this come out, he would have gotten a much lighter sentence. But it served Clinton’s purposes to depict him as a right-winger, so the only solution was to put him to death.

On the other hand, in the case of a leftist terrorist attacking a group unpopular with the government, we should probably consider ourselves lucky that he got any jail time at all.


11 posted on 09/19/2013 3:57:04 PM PDT by livius
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I’m not about to click the link supplied in the article, but the question should be whether the hate map is still posted. If it was not taken down soon after the initial attack one would think that the SPLC would be open to a lawsuit.


12 posted on 09/19/2013 3:59:47 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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The hate map is still posted but I’m not going to click on the icons to see if the FRC is still listed, however I would doubt it.


13 posted on 09/19/2013 4:07:40 PM PDT by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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"Floyd Lee Corkins stormed into the headquarters of the Family Research Council (FRC) last August and carried out the politically-motivated
shooting based on a target list from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a nonprofit that features conservative organizations
on a catalogue of “hate groups.”

RightGeek ~:" Is the FRC suing? "

FRC should sue SPLC for aiding and abettting terrorism , as well as Corkins .
The fact that he had 'Chic-a-fil 'in a bag to share with FRC clearly shows malice and forethought , and premediatation.

14 posted on 09/19/2013 4:11:06 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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25 years and unusually strong condemnatory language directed at a member of a usually-protected group, in exchange for hopefully heading off a very revealing, very damaging lawsuit against the SPLC, the hate group that writes policy for DHS and our military now, apparently.


15 posted on 09/19/2013 4:18:05 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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" In January JW obtained nearly 24 pages of emails from U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights and Tax divisions revealing
questionable behavior by agency personnel while negotiating for SPLC’s co-founder Morris Dees to appear
as the featured speaker at a July 31, 2012, “Diversity Training Event.” "

If Morris Dees appeared for a speaking engangement for the Civil Rights and Tax Division, they should also list the Dept. of "Just-US " , and sue as a Federal RICO violation.

16 posted on 09/19/2013 4:18:38 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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Ft. Hood is “workplace violence” but FRC is “Terrorism”. How screwed up is that.


17 posted on 09/19/2013 5:23:07 PM PDT by BubbaBasher ("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
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Is there a possibility of a lawsuit against the SPLC? If nothing else it would be grand to pry that organization apart with a “discovery” crowbar. They could invite all the other “non-hate” groups that had been identified by them as “hate” groups to join in the lawsuit.

While a monetary judgement against them would be nice, it would be better to get an injunction that the SPLC could no longer publicly label groups as “hate” groups. That would kill them dead.


18 posted on 09/19/2013 5:26:57 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (The best War on Terror News is at rantburg.com)
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I hear ya and thought of that very thing when first reading this.


19 posted on 09/19/2013 5:29:00 PM PDT by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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I honestly don’t know but hope they can and do sue. I believe their rear is hanging out a mile because of the admissions of Floyd Corkins and like you say, getting an injunction against SPLC would be a home run.


20 posted on 09/19/2013 5:37:28 PM PDT by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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