Public memorial set for Arizona shooting victims

Tucson shooting suspect had several scrapes with police
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The college Drop Out accused of shooting six people dead in Arizona had previous police encounters as far back as 2004 for drug use, drunkenness and other troubles in school but no record of violence, Police Reports released on Wednesday showed. The Pima County Sheriff's Department, the lead local agency investigating Saturday's Shooting Spree, also said that various unspecified threats Jared Lee Loughner was alleged to have made prior to his deadly rampage came to t...

Tucson shooting suspect had several scrapes with police
By Tim Gaynor TUCSON, Arizona | Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:57pm EST TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The college Drop Out accused of shooting six people dead in Arizona had previous police encounters as far back as 2004 for drug use, drunkenness and other troubles in school but no record of violence, Police Reports released on Wednesday showed. The Pima County Sheriff's Department, the lead local agency investigating Saturday's Shooting Spree, also said that various unspecified threats Jared Lee Loughner ...

Obama eulogizes AZ shooting victims
Stumble This! President Obama is to speak at a memorial service at the University of Arizona at 8 p.m. EST. About 17,000 people were estimated to be in line at McKale Center by 2 p.m. The center's official capacity is 12,000. Obama returned from overseas to deliver the eulogy entitled “Together We Thrive: Tucson and America” of the six people who died from Saturday's tragic shootings outside a Grocery Store in Tucson, Arizona. The president prior to the memorial service visited...

Officers Stopped Suspect on Day of Arizona Shooting
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 By Amanda Lee Myers, Justin Pritchard, Associated Press Tucson, Ariz. (AP) - In the hours before the Assassination attempt against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Loughner went to Walmart, was pulled over for running a red light and ran from his father after an angry confrontation. Investigators are piecing together the timeline of Loughner's frenzied morning before the attack that killed six. "What he did and the morning before the shooting, we're just trying to ...

Officers stopped suspect on day of shooting...
TUCSON, Ariz. – A wildlife officer pulled over the suspect in the Assassination attempt against an Arizona congresswoman less than three hours before the deadly attack, authorities said Wednesday as they pieced together more details of a frenzied morning. Jared Lougher ran a red light but was let off with a warning at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, the Arizona Game and Fish Department said. The officer took Loughner's driver's license and vehicle registration information but found no outstanding warr...

Obama visits shot politician in hospital
US President Barack Obama has made a poignant visit to wounded congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Hospital, four days after she was gunned down in an Assassination attempt. Obama spent time with Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, a US Space Shuttle Astronaut, at the University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona, before heading to a memorial service to pay tribute to those killed and wounded in the attack. "The president wanted to begin this solemn trip by stopping first at the hospital where c...

Westboro Baptist Says It Will Not Protest Funerals of Any of the Victims of the Arizona Shooting
kold.com Kansas CITY, Mo. - A Kansas church that pickets the Funerals of Soldiers and blames their deaths on the country's tolerance of Homosexuality now says it won't Protest the Funerals of any Victims of Arizona's Mass Shooting . Shirley Phelps-Roper, of Topeka's Westboro Baptist Church, says her church has agreed to avoid Thursday's funeral of 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green in exchange for live Radio Interviews in Canada and Arizona . The church also promised to not Protest the funeral ...

So who will? Someone has to...
PHOENIX (AP) -- All Federal Judges in Arizona have recused themselves from hearing the case against the man accused of shooting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and four other federal employees. An order issued Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver says the impartiality of the Arizona judges could be questioned given that one of people killed in the shooting was U.S. District Judge John Roll of Tucson. Roll was the chief federal judge for Arizona. Alex Kozinski, chief judge for the 9th U.S. C...

Jim and Sarah Brady sound optimistic on Giffords
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware (CNN) - Nearly 30 years after he was shot in the head during the attempted Assassination of President Ronald Reagan, former White House Press Secretary Jim Brady knows what U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is going through. "Been there. Know that," Jim Brady said. "Sounds like she's got a great Support Group that's right there with her and that means a lot," he said. Brady and his wife, Sarah, are keeping a close eye on Giffords' progress, noting the congresswoman's remarkab...

California federal judge appointed in Arizona shooting case
A Federal Judge from California has been appointed to preside over upcoming hearings in the case of Jared Lee Loughner, the accused gunman in Saturday's Killing Spree in Tucson, Arizona. Judge Larry Burns is a 2003 Bush Appointee serving in the U.S. District Court for Southern California in San Diego. The next federal hearing in the case is scheduled for January 24 in Phoenix. All federal judges in Arizona have recused themselves from hearing the case after Judge John Roll, the chief federa...

Fitting Memorial For Arizona Shooting Victims
President Obama, will speak at tonight’s public memorial service for the Victims of last weekend’s shootings in Arizona. The service and Speech will be carried live on Cable News networks, online, and elsewhere, beginning at 8PM EST. As he grieves with and consoles thousands in person at the University of Arizona’s McKale Center in Tuscon, the president will also be reaching out to the entire nation, helping with the healing process, and framing this terrible tragedy as the tea...

House Pays Tribute to Shooting Victims
WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives paid tribute to one of its own Wednesday with a resolution honoring Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the 19 others shot Saturday in Arizona. "Today we are called to mourn," Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) said as he opened six hours of debate on a resolution honoring the six who died and the 14 injured in Tucson. "These are difficult hours for our country." The House took up its resolution on a day of tributes for Ms. Giffords, who remains hosp...

Brain Salad Surgery Aboard The Crazy Train
Jared Laughner's friend: Dude, the dude was no 'Politico' or 'newsie'. Didn't like tea. But he did really enjoy this wacky flick. Hmm, Anarchist? Nah ... Not a chance. Hillary Clinton: I never met Jared Loughen but with my grand omnipotence I know he is a political Extremist. John Kerry: `Twas Global Warming that caused the Tucson tragedy and only 'Clean Energy' will unite us all. Keystone--- er, Pima County Sheriff's Dept: Shooter let-off with a warning three hours prior to shooting. Sheriff Du...

Westboro Church Cancels Picket at 9-Year-Old Arizona Shooting Victims Funeral
After Arizona passes a law banning Protests at Funerals, a leader of the Westboro Baptist Church says it will forego the Thursday funeral of Christina Taylor Green, but will picket outside the funeral Friday for U.S. District Judge John Roll....

Tucson Memorial Service. Live Blogging begins at 8pm Eastern
This post is for the discussion of the service. Tucson memorial service helps begin healing process The University of Arizona is preparing to host a community memorial service tonight, one of many services to remember the Victims of Saturday’s deadly shooting. A memorial mass at St. Odelia last night gave the community a chance to release emotions. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer was at the site of a growing memorial on the Hospital lawn. “There is no way to measure what Tucson and al...

Obama Calls Clarence Dupnik
From Right Wing News A Thank You Call to America’s Worst Sheriff by Van Helsing The worst sheriff in America, Pima County’s irresponsible Clarence Dupnik, has accomplished notable achievements in the past. For example, he assisted in the non-prosecution of fellow moonbats who threw pies at Ann Coulter when she tried to speak at the University of Arizona. When SB1070 passed with the overwhelming support of Arizona citizens alarmed by the inundation of the state by Illegal Aliens, this s...

House honors Giffords, shooting victims
The House is paying tribute today to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the Victims and heroes of the Arizona Shooting Spree with a resolution expressing its grief and outrage. "What this institution needs right now is strength -- holy, uplifting strength," House Speaker John Boehner said, at times weeping openly. "Today it is not ceremony, but tragedy that stirs us to renew our commitment to full our oaths of office. Let us not let this inhuman act frighten us into doing otherwise." Boehner, as he clo...

911 tapes log harrowing chronicle of Tucson shootings
By Tim Gaynor Tucson, Ariz | Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:37pm EST Tucson, Ariz (Reuters) - A calm male voice surrounded by haunting cries of pain tells a 911 dispatcher of multiple Shooting Victims outside a Tucson Supermarket and of wounds to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. "There was a shooting at Safeway at Ina and Oracle where Gabrielle Giffords was, I do believe Gaby Giffords was hit," the male voice says, with almost animal cries and groans of pain in the background. "At the Safeway sir? ... W...

911 tapes log harrowing chronicle of Tucson shootings
Tucson, Ariz (Reuters) - A calm male voice surrounded by haunting cries of pain tells a 911 dispatcher of multiple Shooting Victims outside a Tucson Supermarket and of wounds to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. "There was a shooting at Safeway at Ina and Oracle where Gabrielle Giffords was, I do believe Gaby Giffords was hit," the male voice says, with almost animal cries and groans of pain in the background. "At the Safeway sir? ... Was somebody shot there sir?" "It looks like a guy had a sem...

Not Only Does The Obama Administration Have a Logo For The AZ Mass Murder Theyve Got T-Shirts, too.
Andrew on RFK Jr. Insists JFK Was Killed by a Right-Winger… Redwine on RFK Jr. Insists JFK Was Killed by a Right-Winger… JpRAustin on RFK Jr. Insists JFK Was Killed by a Right-Winger… Florida Girl on RFK Jr. Insists JFK Was Killed by a Right-Winger… Not Only Does The Obama Administration Have a Logo For The AZ Mass Murder - They’ve Got T-Shirts, too. (USA Today) — President Obama will keynote tonight’s memorial ceremony for the Arizona shooting vic...

Poll: Tucson Shooting Wasn't Political
PHOENIX - A Mass Shooting that left six dead and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords gravely wounded has the nation wondering, why? Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik spoke out about the rampage on Saturday, saying it grew from extreme political Rhetoric, Bigotry and hatred, especially in his home state of Arizona. That statement ignited a firestorm of statements from politicians and Law Enforcements, who said there was no evidence to suggest politics played a role and that it was too soon to make...

Obama visits Giffords, others in hospital
President Barack Obama began to guide the national healing process Wednesday, visiting the Hospital bedside of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the congresswoman who was the target of an apparent Assassination attempt over the weekend, and by consoling loved ones grieving for six others killed in the shooting rampage Saturday. Just after touching down in Tucson, the president headed to University Medical Center to visit Giffords and four of the 13 people who were wounded when Jared Lee Loughner opened...

Palin aide: Shes getting death threats at unprecedented levels
I almost wish that this wasn’t being reported as it’ll only inflame things further among fringe types, but after four days of screeching about Palin the murderer, who can blame her staff for wanting to show the world the ironic outcome? I trust and hope that she’ll be fine: She’s got the financial means to hire the best security that money can buy, and remember, as noted earlier, the truly dangerous nuts typically don’t make threats. The vast majority of these peo...

Watch Pres. Obama's Address at Ariz. Memorial Live
President Obama's Speech Wednesday at a memorial service in Tucson, Ariz., the site of a shooting rampage that has shaken the nation, could be a defining moment in his presidency. The White House has said the Speech will focus on the Victims, heroes and those in Tucson affected by the alleged Assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who remains in critical condition. Six others were killed and 13 besides Giffords were injured. Alleged shooter Jared Loughner so far has been charged with ...

Sheriff releases details of police run-ins with Loughner
The Pima County Sheriff's Department released case reports Wednesday on all of the points of contact local Law Enforcement made with Jared Lee Loughner, the accused gunman in the Tucson shooting. Updates will be posted. ...