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What really happened to William Cooper.
Alex Jones Info Wars ^ | 11/8/01 | TaZ

Posted on 11/07/2001 10:37:51 PM PST by TaZ

William Cooper, decorated Vietnam Veteran, Patriot Broadcaster and Father apparently went "over-the edge" over the past couple of years. At first, I was speculative regarding the initial press releases issued by the Apache County Sheriff's Office. We have seen the evil NWO media dog's spin before regarding the Ruby Ridge and the Waco Texas massacres, which were inititiated under the color of law.

But, from the lips of one of Mr. Cooper's friends, as well as Alex Jones, Mr. Cooper had underwent some troubling changes over the past couple of years. Alex Jones theorized that Mr. Cooper had fought the evil forces of the NWO for too long, and became embittered and morose concerning the future of America. Of course Alex Jones, true to his rebellious and billigerent nature, discounted even the damning testimony brought forth by Mr. Cooper's friend, who also personally knows the Doctor that the frothing Cooper chased off of "his" mountain (actually it is a mesa that Cooper doesn't own, he owns only two lots on it, and has threatened at gun point anyone who attempts to enter the public lands). The Doctor is a local man who grew up in Eagar, and returned to establish a practice following medical school. Cooper was so enraged at the Doctor trespassing "on his mountain" that he walked down off from the mesa and put a gun in the doctor's face when he answered the door, saying "If you ever come up on my mountain again, I'll kill you."

Well, the Sheriff's office had no choice but to respond to the Doctor's filing of aggravated assault charges and device a plan to take Cooper alive. Cooper it seems, had made it known to all that he would never be taken alive. It seems that the Apache Sheriff's officers actually liked Cooper, and had kept the Feds at bay who had issued a warrant for his arrest over three years ago, saying that they wouldn't allow Cooper to be made into a Martyr as was his fatal wish.

Alex Jones interview of William Cooper's friend.

It appears that although William Cooper had fought the good fight over the years concerning our out-of-control government, in the end he was just another nut who misused his Right to bear Arms to threaten and hurt other law abiding Americans.


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To: Jethro Tull
It sounds like Cooper committed "suicide by cop."

Jethro, I had mentioned the "suicide by cop" on one of the previous threads about Cooper. I didn't weigh in immediately because I had wanted to read his writings and news reports. I didn't want to leap in with a knee-jerk reaction before I had some facts, nor did I want to make him into a martyr if he didn't deserve the status.

From what I can gather, it sounds like he was very angry, very depressed, and it seems now like he descended into madness. He alienated even his closest friends. He said he sent his wife and children out of the country for their own safety, but now I wonder if they left for their own safety against his anger and rage.

He did warn law enforcement on a number of occasions that if they tried to apprehend him, it would result in death. It seems like that was a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The latest news reports--a news brief in the azcentral.com--said that the police chief had exercised a search warrant with very narrow grounds at Cooper's house, looking for evidence about the aggravated assault charges--and that the hospital was releasing no information about the sheriff's deputy he shot, which concerns me deeply.

21 posted on 11/08/2001 3:21:28 AM PST by Catspaw
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To: Texaggie79
TexAggie, A&M must have really turned 180 degrees around. Most Aggies I know don't consider property rights so flippantly.

Cooper had already written a considerable amount on a topic he felt he had been given private exposure to which involved an intricate mother of all conspiracy theories.

He wrote about it and publicized it out of concern and loyalty enuniciated in the ilk of our Constitution and Bill of Rights.

That doesn't mean he was correct in everything he wrote, but IMHO he did devote considerable effort to document many of his beliefs and derived those beliefs in large part from personal experience and his personal research. i.e. he performed due diligence.

The fellow he threatened wasn't the type to take a hint, nor was he the type to be intimidated. But as a third party observer of hearsay, it's obvious that a man living on his own property surrounded by BLM real property has more interests vested in that real property than a stranger. Given Cooper's past public exposure of a conspiracy which he considered quite persuasive, it really isn't necessary for any stranger to continue to pursue Cooper onto Cooper's real property, i.e. trespass.

It might also be noted amongst those who are serious with weapons, that armed intimidation generally isn't employed. If the accusation that Cooper was an armed aggressor was true, then Cooper would have shot the trespasser without a verbal diatribe. The report that Cooper encountered the trespasser before the trespasser reached any other private property or property with possibly more interest by others than Cooper only reveals that Cooper respected his fellow man sufficiently to communicate to the trespasser that Cooper's interests had been violated to an extent beyond the uninformed might understand.

If I trespassed on somebody's property, I'd expect the same if not worse to happen to me.

Why do you believe you can intimidate a person on their own personal real property in rebellion to their property rights and then have the audacity to act insulted if they defend themselves?

22 posted on 11/08/2001 3:21:42 AM PST by Cvengr
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To: Cvengr
TexAggie, A&M must have really turned 180 degrees around. Most Aggies I know don't consider property rights so flippantly.

If you've followed this Aggie's posts over the last year or so, you would know that he is an aberration. But, I think many of these posters are correct. Cooper and his ilk (including Alex Jones to whom I cannot listen) give credence to the arguments of those marginalizing "right-wing militias".

The militia members that I know include physicians, lawyers, businessmen, upstanding people--even the lawyer. But that characterization will never be publicized. Only the Coopers.

23 posted on 11/08/2001 3:32:27 AM PST by jammer
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To: rubbertramp
My impression is that this story would be like a couple of E-3s approaching a retired SgtMaj after contriving a sucker punch. The SgtMaj wasn't green and could read the situation pretty well, had been threatened by others with definite ulterior motives from covert ops that they would murder him, so he took precautions to defend himself.

Cooper and others probably don't and won't have sufficient info to determine who was actually behind all of this, but the amount of intel and info and data which Cooper derived his theories from probably made him less targetable because of his publicity.

If the Intel community at the national level fails to investigate this incident with excruciating detail, then future intel sources will dry up. During a War on Terror, this means domestic enemies of the Constitution won't be reported upon as much, because nobady wants to be labeled a 'nut'. Whoever orchestrated this incident is NO friend of the Constitution.

24 posted on 11/08/2001 3:33:47 AM PST by Cvengr
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To: Catspaw
Hi Catspaw:

I didn't see your mention of "suicide by cop" when I posted my comment, but needless to say, I completely agree with your assessment.

I've lisened to Cooper briefly over the years and the last few times I tuned in, he clearly was an angry, aging malcontent. I never followed or agreed with the 'no income tax, no drivers license' crowd, and Cooper took this mantra to a new height, imho.

I'm sorry he shot the cop, thereby condeming himself, but it seems clear that he chose which path he'd leave on.

Unfortunate stuff...

25 posted on 11/08/2001 3:34:33 AM PST by Jethro Tull
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To: Texaggie79
Just as there are those on the far right who distort the Constitution for their own purposes, there are those on the left, (many of whom pretend to be on the right) who can't seem to say anything which is not twisted.

Your statement about Ruby Ridge is BS pure and simple. Randy Weaver was not threatening anyone who set foot on his land, although he technically had the right to do so.

I have several friends who are frankly on the looney right. They believe the government is compiling records on them, won' buy a gun from a dealer etc. The interesting thing about them is that they are all decent likeable people who, perhaps understandably, are paranoid about the government.

I also have a few acquaintances who are on the looney left. The real difference between them and those on the right is that they are nearly all just plain jerks, The type people who would sell their Mother into slavery. They are filled with hatred and bigotry against any conservative.

They both are wrong but one side is composed of good hard working people whose views are completely understandable in light of Ruby Ridge and Waco. The other side, of which you are imo a memeber are just plain creeps.

26 posted on 11/08/2001 3:38:41 AM PST by yarddog
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To: TaZ
I see similarities between Cooper's death and that of Crocodile Dundee. Both began to "wierd out." Croc apparently ambushed cops he believed were coming to disarm him. He in turn was killed. He apparently had a drug problem. Perhaps this induced some sort of psychosis. Anyway, tragic loss of life in both cases. Neither do us any good...
27 posted on 11/08/2001 3:40:18 AM PST by donozark
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To: TaZ
I, for one, am sorry to see what Cooper apparently did to himself. I've listened to Cooper on and off since 1992 and he was a true pioneer in waking up the sheople to what is going on in America. It's true that he could be a nasty SOB and was quick to turn on his friends but his good work cannot be discounted. His insistence on documentation over rumor and is compelling patriotism will resonate well beyond his demise. Many more "moderate" patriots who are working to educate the American people about the true nature of our form of government and its destruction got started listening to Bill. It takes a certain inner strength to be a pioneer, especially when that can be a very lonely and dangerous profession. I believe that one day, Bill will be seen as being way ahead of his time and I can't fault him for finally cracking up. From his perspective, however warped it became in the end, an arrest on a "local" charge would have, sooner than later, meant transfer into the Federal meat grinder - courtesy of the IRS and the corrupt monetary system that everyone prefers to ignore rather than examine and replace. Frankly, death doesn't look so bad when staring at that prospect.

Not everyone can maintain the intestinal fortitude that Bill had for as long as he had it and I can see how he could descend into bitterness and depression considering the vast apathy of the American people in the face of their own enslavement. While it's obvious to me that he "lost it," Bill was the quintessential "canary in the coal mine." May he rest in peace.

28 posted on 11/08/2001 8:38:04 AM PST by agitator
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To: xm177e2
Of course, the right-wing equivalent of the "Free Mumia" crowd will be out to support him.

I've noticed that as well. Cooper appeared to be an unstable true "wacko".

Apparently, there are a few more of them than I realized.

30 posted on 11/08/2001 11:58:30 AM PST by discontinue
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To: Sunshine Patriot
I wonder what the "diversion" was to lure Cooper out of his house? I bet they simulated a car accident, and had a teenage girl 'bleeding' in the street, or something equally as offensive to human dignity, to take advantage of his Christian nature.

If you want the details, read the copy of a fax posted on www.williamcooper.com. It is represented as fact by them, and I verified with the webmaster by email that this wasn't something bogus hacked to their site.

Bottom line is Cooper's team is confirming that fully marked police cars and identified deputies confronted Cooper before any shots were fired, trying to take him into custody, not to kill him. And Cooper fired the first shots.

Don't take anyone here's word for it....get the scoop from Cooper's site.
31 posted on 11/08/2001 12:03:04 PM PST by Justin Thyme
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To: Sunshine Patriot
My question is: what was the disturbance?

The original report covered that. But I'm not sure if it's relevant. Deputies identified themselves....his way was blocked by a full marked police car, which he evaded. Deputies again identified themselves...he ran an fired first at people he knew were police. His own website says as much.

I just don't know what difference it makes how the police got his attention.
33 posted on 11/08/2001 1:10:44 PM PST by Justin Thyme
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To: TaZ
Well, as someone who disagrees with Alex Jones AND William Cooper, I am heartened to hear that Mr. Jones actually went out and investigated the matter before talking about it, and my estimation of him has gone up a few notches as a result.

Cooper and his writing/speaking were always good for a laugh, IMNHO; I am saddened that he decided to threaten a fellow citizen for no good reason and subsequently decided to shoot it out with the sheriff's deputies.

35 posted on 11/08/2001 1:19:18 PM PST by Poohbah
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To: Sunshine Patriot
Would you mind explaining to me why the nature of the distraction is relevant in this case?

Once the deputies identified themselves, Mr. Cooper had a choice. He made the wrong one. End of discussion.

36 posted on 11/08/2001 1:24:17 PM PST by Poohbah
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To: Sunshine Patriot
What if I told you that last night I had to run outside of my house at 3:30 am because of a startling incident, but never told you what the incident was. Wouldn't you find that slightly odd?

As I mentioned, the initial reports (and threads here) clearly outlined this with published reports...go back and read them. It is not that the method was never reported...merely that the "update", as posted on Cooper's site, didn't repeat it all. But for the record, the tactic was that undercover cops were apparently acting like teenage hooligans near his home. If I recall correctly, at this time they were not even on his property. And they didn't do anything illegal like set his house on fire to get him outside.

But as was said above, once he was out of his house, law enforcement properly ID'd themselves (including standard marked police cars) at which time he fled and fired at the police.
37 posted on 11/08/2001 1:31:45 PM PST by Justin Thyme
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To: TaZ
Just because he was paranoid doesn't mean they were still not out to get him. For victory & freedom!!!
38 posted on 11/08/2001 1:36:32 PM PST by Saundra Duffy
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To: Cvengr
Whoever orchestrated this incident is NO friend of the Constitution.

Which, since he opted to shoot at known LEOs, states that William Cooper was NO friend of the Constitution.

39 posted on 11/08/2001 1:47:26 PM PST by Poohbah
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To: Texaggie79
"What is it about the Ruby ridge militia types that they must threaten the lives of anything and anyone that steps onto their property?"

Present some evidence to back up your comment.

40 posted on 11/08/2001 2:10:47 PM PST by gatex
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