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Tucson gunman may not have acted alone
Australian Broadcasting Commission ^ | 9 Jan 2010 | anon

Posted on 01/08/2011 7:47:21 PM PST by BlackVeil

Police believe that the gunman who shot a US congresswoman in an attack which left six dead and wounded 12 in the Arizona city of Tucson, did not act alone, the local sheriff said. ...believe Ms Giffords, who is out of surgery, was specifically targeted and say a suspicious package has since been found at her office.

Clarence Dupnik, sheriff of Pima County who is in charge of the probe into the attack, told a news conference authorities are seeking a second male in connection with the shooting.

"There's some reason to believe that he came to this location with another individual," he said.

Mr Dupnik said the gunman, who was arrested at the scene, "has kind of a troubled past, and we're not convinced that he acted alone".

He said the gunman had a criminal past and was unstable but not insane, adding that the man was not talking to police officers in custody.

YouTube videos posted in Jared Loughner's name contain strange semi-political ramblings about "mind control" and terrorism. ...

It has been revealed that Ms Giffords, who had previously been the target of threats and vandalism over her positions on healthcare and immigration, had been worried about a map on Sarah Palin's website.

Ms Giffords is one of 20 Democrats whose districts were lit up with gun sight icons on Ms Palin's campaign website last year because they had voted for US president Barack Obama's landmark health care bill.

The congresswoman worried at the time that the imagery might incite violence.

"The way that she (Palin) had it depicted has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district," Ms Giffords said.

"When people do that they've got to realise there's consequences to that action."...- ABC/AFP/Reuters

(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: giffords; shooting
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To: bigbob

Fox New has little to be proud of and Colby really has to go now. But it was NPR that was the source of the Drudge erroneous headline, although they too backed it down pretty quickly.

When the dust settles I think we will find that there is a common source behind these false reports and I believe that source will be the incompetent and biased Pima County sheriff Clarence Dupnik. Not an excuse for the media not to do their homework.
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You may very well be correct about this sheriff providing this misinformation.

I just knew when I was listening to FOX today that they were getting way ahead of themselves. The retraction/apology didn’t surprise me one bit, but it did pi$$ me off.

Can you imagine hearing that a family member had died through a breathless media outlet; only to find out later they hadn’t? And this happened so a bunch of degenerate Leftists could pin a crime on a conservative, and news agencies could break a story.

What a bunch of sick bastards.


61 posted on 01/08/2011 9:15:35 PM PST by Artcore
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To: STD

bump


62 posted on 01/08/2011 9:21:21 PM PST by raygun
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To: FourPeas

“Any theory held by Sheriff Clarence Dupnik is likely to be about as feasible as pigs flying. The man is a fool.

And, per a comment I heard on Fox, worked in one of her past campaigns (chairman?).


63 posted on 01/08/2011 9:22:54 PM PST by Magic Fingers
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To: cripplecreek

I never read that anywhere. Do you have a source?


64 posted on 01/08/2011 9:25:02 PM PST by tuckrdout ( A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back. Prov.29:11)
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To: RatsDawg

Geez, the site is messed up today, isn’t it?! My post doubled up too.


65 posted on 01/08/2011 9:27:21 PM PST by tuckrdout ( A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back. Prov.29:11)
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To: I see my hands

I believe it was a Glock 19 with extended mag. (semi-auto)


66 posted on 01/08/2011 9:27:43 PM PST by smokingfrog (Do all the talking you want, but do what I tell you.)
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To: Spitzensparkin1

I was surprised that there was no security at Gifford’s “Congress on Your Corner” event. The eye witness accounts have been painfully slow coming out.

The knee jerk animosity towards the Tea Party Movement is my big concern. Ms Giffords’s father Spencer, 75, wept when asked if his daughter had any enemies. ‘Yeah,’ he said. ‘The whole Tea Party’ – the Right wing of the Republican Party.’


67 posted on 01/08/2011 9:30:17 PM PST by jonrick46 (We're being water boarded with the sewage of Fabian Socialism.)
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To: mia

Naw...they just know the drill. They have it down pat, from using the same rhetoric that they have since the Reagan era!


68 posted on 01/08/2011 9:31:44 PM PST by tuckrdout ( A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back. Prov.29:11)
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To: jonrick46

I was at a Congressional debate prior to the last election. I had plenty of face time w/both candidates prior to the debate. No security. That’s the way it should be.


69 posted on 01/08/2011 9:32:43 PM PST by REDWOOD99
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To: STD

what is this?


70 posted on 01/08/2011 9:34:11 PM PST by tuckrdout ( A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back. Prov.29:11)
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To: FourPeas

>>Any theory held by Sheriff Clarence Dupnik is likely to be about as feasible as pigs flying. The man is a fool.

Is anyone else somewhat reminded of Chief Moose? Another case of the police chief acting in a way so as to A) muddle the situation and B) attempt to put blame where it should not be.


71 posted on 01/08/2011 9:36:49 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est.)
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To: BallparkBoys

He said he was gay on his myspace profile.


72 posted on 01/08/2011 9:41:18 PM PST by tuckrdout ( A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back. Prov.29:11)
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To: BlackVeil

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/06/14/obama-if-they-bring-a-knife-to-the-fight-we-bring-a-gun/

No consequences for this POS POTUS using such terms.....we know we will see the Liberal Presstitutes ignore Erkel Mugabes use of the gun analogy .


73 posted on 01/08/2011 9:45:05 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: Squantos

This is a very good reminder to post on all your blog entries...


74 posted on 01/08/2011 9:46:23 PM PST by tuckrdout ( A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back. Prov.29:11)
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To: SaraJohnson
"The Dems are doing what they do best...never letting a crisis go to waste especially when it involves Democrats at funerals."

Yep, they are at it again...

They never let a tragedy go to waste...

75 posted on 01/08/2011 9:47:17 PM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: smokingfrog; Spitzensparkin1
TY. I'm not much into semi-autos so I just went and educated myself a little at a few Glock sites. Wow. I had no idea. Now the number of victims makes sense.

76 posted on 01/08/2011 9:47:22 PM PST by I see my hands (How's that ballot box working out for you?)
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To: RatsDawg; Spitzensparkin1

Interesting details, and Spitzen points out that, so far, we are not being treated to security camera footage. In the Fort Hood shooting, there were strong indications - including an early statement by an official - that several people were involved.


77 posted on 01/08/2011 9:48:53 PM PST by BlackVeil
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To: Spitzensparkin1

Yeah, good call.


78 posted on 01/08/2011 9:49:23 PM PST by tuckrdout ( A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back. Prov.29:11)
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To: FourPeas
I wonder how how much help that stupid sheriff has given Sheriff Joe who has MONEY on his head and its not some tea party person....

jerk.....and a democrat jerk at that....

I wish Jesse had won....

79 posted on 01/08/2011 9:53:23 PM PST by cherry
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To: bigbob

when Dipstick gave his unprofessional phoney baloney news conference, he didn’t even know how many people had been killed...he had to be corrected...


80 posted on 01/08/2011 9:56:50 PM PST by cherry
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