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Federal Judge Among Those Killed in AZ Shooting

Federal Judge Among Those Killed in AZ ShootingPHOENIX (The Blaze/AP) — A federal law enforcement official says that a federal judge was fatally shot in the attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona.

U.S. Marshal for Arizona David Gonzales confirmed to the Associated Press that U.S. District Judge John Roll died in the attack Saturday.

Rolls was the chief judge in Arizona, appointed in 1991 by the first President Bush. He became chief judge in 2006.

KOLD in Tucson reports he was put under federal protection by U.S. Marshalls in 2009 after he received death threats in connection with a civil rights case he presided over.

Gonzales talked with Arizona Central in 2009 after Roll allowed a $32 million civil-rights lawsuit to proceed against a local rancher. The case was controversial because it was filed by illegal immigrants:

When Roll ruled the case could go forward, Gonzales said talk-radio shows cranked up the controversy and spurred audiences into making threats.

In one afternoon, Roll logged more than 200 phone calls. Callers threatened the judge and his family. They posted personal information about Roll online.

“They said, ‘We should kill him. He should be dead,’ ” Gonzales said.

Roll and his wife received the protection for about a month.

Gonzales offered no other details into the shooting.

(H/T: HuffPo)

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  • nbarendt
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 7:27pm

    @kickagrandma I think you are a terrific person. I don’t have a grandma she passed can you be mine?

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  • xm-1774u
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 7:21pm

    my prayers for all the victims. things are spinning out of control be on your guard

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    • casey m cummings
      Posted on January 8, 2011 at 7:32pm

      Agree. Things are getting more and more twisted each day. Like being in a whirlpool during the spin cycle. Was born in 66′, have to believe that period was as just as twisted. Same cast of characters , but this time around its for all the marbles.

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  • oldchevyguy
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 7:15pm

    I pray tonight for his family.What I wonder is who was the intended target.

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  • Eternal Lucy
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 7:00pm

    The Weather Underground.

    (maybe)

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  • Gail
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 7:00pm

    Our hearts are sad tonight as we pray for the families and all of those involed. We thank the judge and Gabby for their service to our country. We pray for they will fully recover and overcome this attack on our freedom.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 6:57pm

    @HAM…. gotcha covered! Keep your eyes and heart open. GOD ALMIGHTY, MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, loves you enough, that if you were the only person on this earth, HE would have sent HIS ONLY SON JESUS THE CHRIST to die just for you. And that, my precious HAM, is the truth. GOD BLESS AND PROTECT YOU and amplify your search for HIM until you run smack dab into HIS loving arms. AMEN! Your friend now and in the forever.

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  • Center right
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 6:52pm

    I pray for his family. It saddens me. Please check out my blog. Its called freedom apparatus.

    http://tbladel.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/gabrielle-giffords-do-not-let-todays-shooting-turn-political/

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  • JUSTSAYIN
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 6:46pm

    It Matters Not What Your Politics Are,,, When A Nutjob Does This, He Deserves What He Will Get. If Anyone Knows What Happens To Anyone Who Harms A CHild, When They Enter Prison, This Nutjob Won’t Have To Drop His Soap. It Won’t Take That Long. Every Bite Of Food He Eats Will Have Been Spit Upon (At Best) And He Can NEVER Really Sleep. He May Not Be Mentally Deranged, But He’d Probably Be Better Off Dead, But Then He Will Have To Stand Before A Holy, Just, And Righteous God. He Best Give His Heart To Jesus, Cause Not Much Of The Rest Of Him Will Belong To Him.

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  • Falconer
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 6:41pm

    Rest in peace your Honor. Prayers to your family. Sorry for your loss. God bless you.

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  • HippoNips
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 6:26pm

    Why is the Blaze posting things from the Huffington Post?

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    • VanGrungy
      Posted on January 8, 2011 at 6:43pm

      To keep us informed of the direction the msm is spinning the story.

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  • LibertyOrDeath
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 6:25pm

    re: “When Roll ruled the case could go forward, Gonzales said talk-radio shows cranked up the controversy and spurred audiences into making threats.”

    Great. Another excuse for the Feds to take over the airwaves/media.

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    • neverending
      Posted on January 8, 2011 at 6:46pm

      that and more gun control!

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    • casey m cummings
      Posted on January 8, 2011 at 7:12pm

      Agree with your presumption. This talk radio jab, comes way to quick. Everything seems to fit into a nice little box. The revalution of the left cannot be deemed responsible by no means. But I do agree that incident needs to be examined closely.

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    • Eternal Lucy
      Posted on January 8, 2011 at 7:39pm

      I agree also. I cannot believe radio callers would have spoken violently, threateningly. Angrily maybe, but not threatening. That’s just not the way it is.

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    • kindling
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 8:11pm

      The left will get rid of talk radio and we will still continue to fund public radio and television and its far left agenda. Everything would right itself if we could just get the federal government doing the only job it was created to do and just happens to be the only job it is not doing……protecting our borders from illegals coming in with illnesses, drugs, and criminals.

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  • be1776
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 6:24pm

    It just seems too cliche to me. From that list of books, you could claim anything about his ideology. Which I fear is the point.

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    • be1776
      Posted on January 8, 2011 at 6:31pm

      The only one missing is Catcher in the Rye

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    • Eternal Lucy
      Posted on January 8, 2011 at 7:02pm

      I agree completely.

      It‘s like a list from the American Library Association’s most notable books (or something).

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  • 1836Crockett
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 6:21pm

    THERE ARE OVER 7 MILLION BUREAUCRATS WORKING FOR FEDGOV. IT IS TIME TO LAY OFF BUREAUCRATS BY THE THOUSANDS. Let’s not forget the over-bloated FedGov workers. Every one that is at least 42 years old with 15 years of service to be RIFFed. Go and look how many people work in all the FedGov Departments. In 2001, for instance, there were over 100,000 in the Agriculture department. FedGov is not publishing how many they have now, so TELL YOUR LEGISLATORS TO LAY OFF BUREAUCRATS BY THE HUNDRED THOUSANDS!

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  • daveposh
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 6:11pm

    I agree with all the previous posters: Liberty Honor, kickagrandma, dontbotherme, 5775lindy, radioguru, SlimnRanger, and Publius. These are trying times that test the temper of the steel of our souls.

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    • kickagrandma
      Posted on January 9, 2011 at 3:43pm

      @DAVEPOSH ~~ Thank you for the affirmation. Here is something I remembered this afternoon that is helping a little, from Galatians Chapter 6: “Do not be deceived, GOD is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap…And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season, we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.” MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON US; MAY HE STRENGTHEN US AND EMPOWER US with HIS LOVE and with HIS PRESENCE.

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  • Pyx
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 6:04pm

    From http://www.youtube.com/user/Classitup10#p/a/u/1/nHoaZaLbqB4 Jared Lee Loughner’s YouTube Webpage:

    Name:Jared Lee Loughner
    Channel Views:271
    Joined:October 25, 2010
    Website:http://Myspace.com/fallenasleep
    About Me:My name is Jared Lee Loughner!
    Hometown:Tucson
    Country:United States
    Schools:I attended school: Thornydale elementary,Tortolita Middle School, Mountain View Highschool, Northwest Aztec Middle College, and Pima Community College.
    Interests:My favorite interest was reading, and I studied grammar. Conscience dreams were a great study in college!
    Movies:(*My idiom: I could coin the moment!*)
    Music:Pass me the strings!
    Books:I had favorite books: Animal Farm, Brave New World, The Wizard Of OZ, Aesop Fables, The Odyssey, Alice Adventures Into Wonderland, Fahrenheit 451, Peter Pan, To Kill A Mockingbird, We The Living, Phantom Toll Booth, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Pulp,Through The Looking Glass, The Communist Manifesto, Siddhartha, The Old Man And The Sea, Gulliver’s Travels, Mein Kampf, The Republic, and Meno.

    Pyx’s comment —> Interesting “FAVORITE” books. Fahrenheith 451, The Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf. –Pyx

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  • Its Gonna Getcha
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 6:02pm

    Prayers to U.S. District Judge John Roll’s family. Now hope there is an aggressive investigation into someone in this administration wanting Roll out of the way so they can appoint another RADICAL.

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    • RollyBones
      Posted on January 8, 2011 at 6:08pm

      Glad I’m not the only one seing more to this than a simply nutjob on a rampage. With the prople we are dealing with in DC now, you could be just, exactly, right!
      Rolly

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  • Diane TX
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 6:00pm

    I wonder why Federal Judge John Roll was there? Was he a supporter of Giffords, and was he a “target” or just in the wrong place at the wrong time?

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    • Highland
      Posted on January 8, 2011 at 6:46pm

      My question, as well. Most federal judges are careful to appear as apolitical as possible.

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  • JoeBtfsplk
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 5:58pm

    Van Jones and the “bottom up” philosophy of anarchists are involved in this. I have no doubt.
    This is what we can expect more of, unless and until Van Jones is stopped dead in his tracks!

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  • Publius
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 5:53pm

    It will be interesting to see how this is portrayed and the truth of it. These are more dangerous times than most of us think. Condolences to the victims families.

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on January 8, 2011 at 6:01pm

      I agree. This is a very sad situation and does not represent what Arizona and Arizonans are about. My sympathies to all those affected by this mentally deranged individual responsible for this tragedy.

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    • indy1
      Posted on January 8, 2011 at 7:42pm

      Every attempt is made by the liberal media to blame Glenn, Sarah and the Tea Party. In this case the guy was an atheist commie hippie but some day there will be a tragic shooing by a deranged person and the guy will fit the template and Obama will use it as a pretext to ban FNC and talk radio.

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  • SlimnRanger
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 5:52pm

    way to much sadness,God be with this Judges family

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  • radioguru
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 5:51pm

    ditto Liberty Honor..

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  • 5775lindy
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 5:50pm

    My deepest sympathy and prayers for Judge Roll and his family.

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  • dontbotherme
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 5:49pm

    I’m so sorry for the Judges family & friends, and for our country. May God Bless them all & the love our Lord, Jesus Christ, give them comfort & strength. God Bless our country.

    We have a right in this country for peaceful redress. Only mentally damaged animals kill this way.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 5:49pm

    LORD GOD, JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, I pray for our country and ask YOUR favors and protection over and on us all. Forgive us our trespasses, LORD, and help us to forgive those who trespass against us. We ask YOUR DIVINE MERCY and INTERVENTION in our lives. Thank YOU LORD for your presence with us as we grieve, as we mend as we heal. Help us follow YOU and none other. Bless the families who have suffered loss this day. Bless the doctors, nurses, attendants, all working to save lives, LORD. In JESUS’ PRECIOUS AND HOLY NAME, AMEN.

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  • Liberty Honor
    Posted on January 8, 2011 at 5:45pm

    Thoughts and prayers go out to your family as well

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