US Congresswoman shot today in Arizona

unlost dogs
unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
edited January 2011 in A Moving Train
http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/08/ari ... 1&iref=BN1

Congresswoman shot in head, apparently a dozen people total shot.

Edit: Widely reported the congresswoman and six others were killed.

Edit: Conflicting reports now re. whether she was killed, or is currently in surgery.
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  • unlost dogs
    unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    Unofficial reports are that she has died.
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  • StillHere
    StillHere Posts: 7,795
    holy cow!
    wow i am going to turn on cnn.
    be back.
    i wish days like this never happened.
    shame on us...shame..shame..shame. :cry:
    peace,
    jo

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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    So sad.
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  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    I had just heard about this, and tagged along with it is that Sarah Palin put her on her hit list back in March of '10.
  • WaveCameCrashin
    WaveCameCrashin Posts: 2,929
    :shock: :cry:

    This will change town hall meetings forever.
  • WaveCameCrashin
    WaveCameCrashin Posts: 2,929
    Jeanwah wrote:
    I had just heard about this, and tagged along with it is that Sarah Palin put her on her hit list back in March of '10.

    Oh for gods sake get a freakin life !!! :roll:
    Sarah Palin has never promoted or condoned any kind of violence what so ever towards any elected official or anyone for that matter. Then again why am I even suprised to hear absurd statments like this. I for got this the is the Moving train. a train that never stops at logic and common sense..
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    edited January 2011
    prfctlefts wrote:
    Jeanwah wrote:
    I had just heard about this, and tagged along with it is that Sarah Palin put her on her hit list back in March of '10.

    Oh for gods sake get a freakin life !!! :roll:
    Sarah Palin has never promoted or condoned any kind of violence what so ever towards any elected official or anyone for that matter. Then again why am I even suprised to hear obsured statments like this. I for got this the is the Moving train. a train that never stops at logic and common sense..

    It was on her Facebook account!! :roll: Ugh, that's right you forgot, this is AMT. Apparently you don't give some people around here any credit. Eat. your. words.
    http://www.examiner.com/social-media-in ... g-violence

    Let's see if she says AYTHING about this tragedy... yeah, right.
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  • davidtrios
    davidtrios Posts: 9,732
    RIP Gabrielle Griffords- a true champion for abortion rights and healthcare reform.

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  • unlost dogs
    unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    Jeanwah wrote:
    prfctlefts wrote:
    Jeanwah wrote:
    I had just heard about this, and tagged along with it is that Sarah Palin put her on her hit list back in March of '10.

    Oh for gods sake get a freakin life !!! :roll:
    Sarah Palin has never promoted or condoned any kind of violence what so ever towards any elected official or anyone for that matter. Then again why am I even suprised to hear obsured statments like this. I for got this the is the Moving train. a train that never stops at logic and common sense..

    It was on her Facebook account!! :roll: Ugh, that's right you forgot, this is AMT. Apparently you don't give some people around here any credit. Eat. your. words.
    http://www.examiner.com/social-media-in ... g-violence

    Let's see if she says AYTHING about this assassination... yeah, right.


    She was on Palin's PAC hit list. Click on the link to see the list of named targets on the map. And note that the targets are indicated by gunsight crosshairs.

    http://www.businessinsider.com/gabriell ... ist-2011-1

    sarah-palin-hit-list.png
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Here's her Facebook page (note: I am not a fan of hers, just wanted to find the original post).

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  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    This is awful.
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  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    Reports are saying that Giffords is still alive, and in surgery.
  • StillHere
    StillHere Posts: 7,795
    OK i can "kinda" get how people can get so angry with public officials as to commit such an evil act

    what I CANNOT and NEVER WILL understand is

    how someone can attack little children in an effort to get to their target

    the latest CNN report states that young children were shot

    They also now state, as per a telephone (aired) interview with the University Hospital spokesman

    that the congresswoman is still alive and in surgery for a gunshot wound to the head

    the whole thing is sickening

    the EXCERPT from Jeanwah's post, I looked it up, is merely this

    re: those who voted along with Obama on healthcare

    "We’re going to fire them and send them back to the private sector, ..."

    in effect letting them feel the effects of unemployment (and thus being without healthcare..so that doesn't make much sense does it?)

    anyway, i can't understand any reasoning behind anything SP says, but that's for a different discussion,which I'm sure is already on here

    ANYWAY my point is..there were NO death threats from SP...although I'm sure there are constant threats from multiple sources at any given time on any who "serve the public" by disgruntled persons who believet hat their own views are not being served, just plain nuts
    peace,
    jo

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  • unlost dogs
    unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    Jeanwah wrote:
    Reports are saying that Giffords is still alive, and in surgery.

    Hoping for the best... went back and edited the title and first post reflecting that.

    I'm not experienced with Twitter, but somehow found myself directed there by Google via a "live news feed" link. NPR, PBS and Fox were saying she was dead. I was watching CNN at the time, and eventually, quite a while after the initial reports, they also "confirmed" that she had died.

    Hard to figure out that we can have all these details about the shooter, eyewitness accounts, and live scenes, but can't reliably confirm whether someone is living or deceased.

    GSW at close range to the head... but you never know, depending on the trajectory it could be something that is survivable and hopefully without devastating neurological sequelae.

    Makes me think of Jim Brady, Reagan's press secretary.
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  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    Unreal...

    Do they have a suspect?
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Black Diamond wrote:
    Unreal...

    Do they have a suspect?
    Yep. He tried to run away and bystander chased him and tackled him.
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  • unlost dogs
    unlost dogs Greater Boston Posts: 12,553
    Newch91 wrote:
    Black Diamond wrote:
    Unreal...

    Do they have a suspect?
    Yep. He tried to run away and bystander chased him and tackled him.

    Unconfirmed reports, a guy who appeared to be in his early 20s. Supposedly walked out of the Safeway, walked up and shot her point-blank in the head, then started spraying the crowd, including children.
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  • arthurdent
    arthurdent Posts: 969
    10-1 odds it's a Tea Partier



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  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    StillHere wrote:

    the EXCERPT from Jeanwah's post, I looked it up, is merely this

    re: those who voted along with Obama on healthcare

    "We’re going to fire them and send them back to the private sector, ..."

    in effect letting them feel the effects of unemployment (and thus being without healthcare..so that doesn't make much sense does it?)

    anyway, i can't understand any reasoning behind anything SP says, but that's for a different discussion,which I'm sure is already on here

    ANYWAY my point is..there were NO death threats from SP...although I'm sure there are constant threats from multiple sources at any given time on any who "serve the public" by disgruntled persons who believet hat their own views are not being served, just plain nuts

    Yeah, reading further, I realized the term "hit list" was an embellishment by the media, but the fact that she merely mentions her on that U.S. diagram with crosshairs... well... And I know it's still an embellishment... but...
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    arthurdent wrote:
    10-1 odds it's a Tea Partier



    :evil:

    Let's keep the politics and assumptions out of this for now. I'm not a fan of the Tea Party at all, but until anything is confirmed it's unfair to make assumptions.
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