Posted on 01/10/2011 2:14:55 PM PST by Revel
Oh, you better hope this is not true:
"The sheriff has been editorializing and politicizing the event since he took the podium to report on the incident. His blaming of radio personalities and bloggers is a pre-emptive strike because Mr. Dupnik knows this tragedy lays at his feet and his office. Six people died on his watch and he could have prevented it. He needs to step up and start apologizing to the families of the victims instead of spinning this event to serve his own political agenda."
What have I been saying? That in point of fact the Sheriff had every opportunity to stop this assault by actually enforcing the law and didn't do so.
Well now the truth is alleged to be this..... it's much worse, it appears, than anyone thought:
"Jared Loughner has been making death threats by phone to many people in Pima County including staff of Pima Community College, radio personalities and local bloggers. When Pima County Sheriff’s Office was informed, his deputies assured the victims that he was being well managed by the mental health system. It was also suggested that further pressing of charges would be unnecessary and probably cause more problems than it solved as Jared Loughner has a family member that works for Pima County. Amy Loughner is a Natural Resource specialist for the Pima County Parks and Recreation."
What's your response to this Mr. Dupnik? A bit of truth comes out, eh? Exactly how many felonies did you decline to investigate and prosecute? Are you going to slink away from the white-hot light of truth or will you "man up" and admit that your scurrilous allegations were disseminated simply to try to save your own hide from the entirely-appropriate wrath at the ballot box that is certain to ensue come next election?
The suspect didn't just post one threat on an Internet forum and there wasn't "just one" incident - it's alleged here that he made multiple death threats against the staff of the college he was ejected from, radio personalities and local bloggers.
Each and every one of those threats was an offense and had just one of them been prosecuted it would have resulted in the suspect being blacklisted in the NICS database - and thus he would not have been able to buy the gun he shot the people in Tuscon with.
And before you go off on this guy and his blog being some sort of nut, here's the credentials from his page:
James Kelley is a native of Tucson, born here in 1961. A Navy veteran, he graduated twice from the Defense Language Institute in Monterey CA majoring in Albanian and Persian-Farsi. He was a Balkan area, Middle East North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Gulf Area analyst for the Naval Security Group and the National Security Agency. He received his Bachelor of Science in Sociology from the University of the State of New York, Albany. Since leaving the service he has worked as a premium cruise line representative, telecommunications specialist, real estate broker, and as a substitute teacher in local school districts.
Presently, Mr. Kelley is a contributing columnist for the Arizona News-Telegraph and the Executive Director of SocialNetworkingWatchdog.Org, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to educating youth and seniors on personal security while using social networking.
Does Arizona have a recall process for so-called "elected officials" who behave like this and refuse to accept responsibility for their conduct - including but not limited to blaming others for their own failures that result in the death of innocent people? How about some sort of impeachment procedure? If you don't, you need both - right now.
Best-a-luck in the next election Sheriff.
You're gonna need it.
Yes, that is exactly what he’s doing.
Now, we’ve seen what mindless violence can do. A deranged young man kills six people and wounds a Congresswoman. Certainly in an atmosphere like this you don’t want to inflame already inflamed passions. That said, this dick-head of a sheriff(a man) needs a good old fashioned punch in the mouth and told to “Shut up. A-hole!’’.
Hmmmmmm-—
“The Democrat Party is going down with Obama in 2012 and the fools within it are hastening it along!!!”
Not down here. They’ll re-elect every goober just like last time. Giffords was in office for life before. Now she’ll be canonized.
How does being a fellow county employee rate talking a lunatic son’s targets out of charging him?
Pima is full of government employees. All democrats. It is the Capital. Quick Draw Dopenik is an old democrat operative. The place is crooked as a cactus.
1966 DLI
Main objective is to oust all “Blue Dogs”. That will isolate the communists with no excuse. Once isolated they can easily be defeated.
Youngster!
sfl
I read that Giffords only won by 4k votes.....
Sounds like it is time to Dump-nik Sheriff Dupnik.
Perhaps this Sheriff needs to go to jail.
Cops can’t be held liable for failing to act. Sadly...
Even if he's deliberately covering up for a city/county employee like the murderer's parents?
Bummer.
“Thou shalt not kill but needst not strive, officiously, to keep another alive.” (Arthur Hugh Clough (1819?1861)
Hey, we can all sue for anything we want. I think the sheriff is a shit, but I don’t think he’s responsible for one citizens actions any more than Rush is. I’m not defending him. Hindsight is 20/20. If everyone of his friends are coming forward now, why didn’t one of them pick up a damn phone. What happened to community and social responsibility. Here lies the problem..
I agree. Thanks for the info.
I take that back. If he, as part of his sworn duty to protect, knew there to be a problem and did nothing because of a personal relationship with a city/county employee then there is culpablility.
You had me going there for a second. I almost fell for it...
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