GUILTY KS - Dr. George Tiller, 67, shot to death at his Wichita church, 31 May 2009

[imamaze]

This is an article that was in the Washington Post {very scary stuff!!}

The Washington Post (April 9, 1996)

Freeman's Theological Agenda

 

[akashana]

To slaughter a man in the house of God, in the name of God . . . how can this be right? When God said "Thou shalt not kill," he didn't add the codicil "except in the case of third trimester abortion providers." If your argument is that abortion is murder and murder is wrong . . . it's still wrong to murder the abortionist. The fact that he chose to strike in God's house only further mocks the Lord, IMHO.

 

[mysterygirl]

To slaughter a man in the house of God, in the name of God . . . how can this be right? When God said "Thou shalt not kill," he didn't add the codicil "except in the case of third trimester abortion providers." If your argument is that abortion is murder and murder is wrong . . . it's still wrong to murder the abortionist. The fact that he chose to strike in God's house only further mocks the Lord, IMHO.

Who on this thread said it was right? Even pro-life people condemned his murder.

 

[akashana]

Who on this thread said it was right? Even pro-life people condemned his murder.

My goodness! My post wasn't directed at anybody! It was my opinion, which I presume I am still able to post, as this is a thread about a third trimester abortion provider who was murdered at his church.

Did I miss something here?

 

[mysterygirl]

My goodness! My post wasn't directed at anybody! It was my opinion, which I presume I am still able to post, as this is a thread about a third trimester abortion provider who was murdered at his church.

Did I miss something here?

Your thread seemed to argue that his murder was wrong- like people were excusing it, when we have rehashed it over 2 threads and many posts. That's how I took it and asked that question. Of course you are entitled to your opinion just like I am entitled to ask a question. I think I just took your post wrong!

 

[akashana]

Your thread seemed to argue that his murder was wrong- like people were excusing it, when we have rehashed it over 2 threads and many posts. That's how I took it and asked that question. Of course you are entitled to your opinion just like I am entitled to ask a question. I think I just took your post wrong!

No problem!

 

[imamaze]

Kline letter invokes Tiller

CJ Online

Thousands of Kansans opened their mailboxes Thursday to find a solicitation letter from former Attorney General Phill Kline that invokes physician George Tiller and Planned Parenthood while seeking contributions for a campaign against abortion rights.

The five-page mailing from Kline was placed into circulation by an Ohio company May 27, a spokesman for Kline said, which would have been four days before Tiller was shot and killed at a church in Wichita... More...



Feds investigate Tiller killing

Associated Press

The Justice Department on Friday opened an investigation into the killing of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller to see whether the accused gunman had accomplices.

The department will investigate possible federal crimes in connection with Dr. Tiller's slaying at his church on Sunday in Wichita, Kan. State prosecutors have already ruled out seeking the death penalty against the accused gunman, but federal prosecutors did not rule out doing so as they announced their own investigation... More...

 

[imamaze]

http://www.cjonline.com/news/state/2009-06-06/tiller_funeral_draws_about_900

Tiller funeral draws about 900

Hundreds of people gathered Saturday to honor slain abortion provider George Tiller, and a longtime friend eulogized him as a passionate and generous man who repeatedly overcame difficult challenges.
Tiller's funeral at CollegeHillUnitedMethodistChurch also drew small groups of counter-protesters, as well as 50 motorcyclists from the American Legion Riders who honored Tiller's naval service. The service included the singing of "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" and a reading of the Prayer of St. Francis Assisi…More…
CJ Online

 

[Kimster]

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WICHITA, Kan. (June 7) - The man charged with killing abortion provider Dr. George Tiller claimed Sunday that more violence is possible while the medical procedure is allowed to continue, giving his warning in calls that also focused on complaints about his treatment in jail.....

......"I know there are many other similar events planned around the country as long as abortion remains legal," Roeder said.

http://news.aol.com/article/abortion-doctor-slaying-suspect/517188

 

[imamaze]

God, I hope they get this guy put away!!! The more I read about him and the groups he is involved with, my goodness... They are all seriously disturbed.

 

[imamaze]

Suspect had ties to fringe group

CJ Online

In the late 1980s, Scott Roeder held a job, loved his wife and paid his taxes — as normal a life as any other Topekan.

Then life pivoted with his entrance into a group of people who considered themselves sovereign. They believed they weren’t subject to American authority, didn’t have to obey laws enacted by, as they saw it, an unjust federal government. They were Freemen.

The group, which had a moderate following in the mid-1990s, held trials against public officials, registered notices of civilian death with the government and allegedly learned how to write bogus checks that earned them hundreds of thousands of dollars...More...

 

[imamaze]

Roeder talks to CNN

Scott Roeder, the man accused in the shooting death of Dr. George Tiller, is continuing to talk to the media.

CNN’s Ted Rowlands interviewed him inside the Sedgwick County Jail Tuesday and said that out of all the questions he put to him, one question in particular got a reaction from Roeder...More...

KSN TV

 

[imamaze]

This was an interesting article...

Operation Rescue adviser helped Tiller suspect track doctor's court dates

KANSAS CITY — When Wichita abortion doctor George Tiller stood trial in March on charges he violated state law in providing late-term abortions, the man now accused of killing him made a point of attending the hearings.

And after Tiller was acquitted on charges that he had failed to properly justify late-term abortions, the suspect, Scott Roeder, told a fellow anti-abortion activist that the whole process was a "sham."...More...

Kansas City Star

 

[Nocgirl]

Why were my posts deleted is it because I actually am against this Dr's actions? Or should I go to the political forum.

 

[Jack]

I cried so hard when I read the news. I cried so hard it shocked me.
I can't help but feel that every time someone called this man a murderer they made it that much less hard for someone to murder him.
Every woman in the USA, whether they feel they would need his services or want them, has lost something with his death. They lost an advocate of woman's health and choice.
Even his opponents lost something. They lost a bit of credibility in the media. This murderer also smeared them.

I think we've lost much much more. We are now all under threat of being injured or even killed by these domestic terrorists just by being in the same room as someone they've chosen to target.

 

[CyberLaw]

Just to clarify, Doctors and clinics and all of the employees who work there, anyone who supports choice, anyone associated in any way shape for form with any clinic, married to someone, or any women of child bearing years can all be potential targets of "religious" terrorists.

Shooting, guns, fires, bombs, are the weapons of choice for terrorists.

The aim is fear...........

 

[txsvicki]

Anyone who goes to a business near an abortion clinic could be in potential danger. It's been years ago, but my dentist was across the way from one and people would protest outside, even hurling insults at dental patients who weren't even involved with the clinic at all. It wasn't even the same building owners of the group of buildings on that cul de sac.

 

[imamaze]

Investigation looks into whether Tiller shooting was part of a conspiracy

Kansas City Star

It's called the "lone wolf" model -- one person inspired by others but acting alone to commit violence.

That's the strategy some militant anti-abortion activists say Scott Roeder followed. Roeder is charged with murder in the shooting death of Wichita abortion provider George Tiller on May 31.

Federal authorities are now investigating whether Roeder was part of a conspiracy of activists whose goal is to kill doctors and shut down abortion clinics...More...



Tiller's lawyer tells of fears preceding slaying

The Wichita Eagle

As Wichita lawyer Dan Monnat prepared to hear a jury's verdict in late March**, he received notice of the latest threat against his client, abortion provider George Tiller.

The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office had heard a rumor of a plan to throw battery acid at Tiller in the courtroom if the jury acquitted him on 19 misdemeanor counts of performing illegal late-term abortions...More...

 

[imamaze]

Roeder sends mailings from cell

WICHITA -- A man charged with shooting a prominent Kansas physician who performed late-term abortions has been advocating through mailings from his jail cell that such killings are justifiable and communicating with individuals on the fringes of the anti-abortion movement, weeks after suggesting others might be planning similar attacks.

Scott Roeder, 51, is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated assault in the May 31 death of George Tiller — an attack that reignited the national debate over late-term abortion and gave Roeder icon status among extremists in the anti-abortion movement.

From his cell in Sedgwick County jail, Roeder has been sending anti-abortion pamphlets that laud Paul Hill, who was convicted of murdering an abortion provider in 1994, as an "American hero," and include examples of Hill's writings about how the killing of abortion providers is justifiable...More...

CJ Online

 

[imamaze]

Roeder pleads not guilty

Associated Press

Authorities expect Tiller slaying suspect to make plea during court appearance

An anti-abortion activist pleaded not guilty Tuesday to opening fire on late-term abortion provider George Tiller after a witness gave chilling testimony that he saw the alleged shooter point a gun at the Kansas doctor's head before pulling the trigger.

Scott Roeder, 51, also is accused of threatening two ushers who tried to stop him at Tiller's church during the May 31 shooting that reignited passions in one of the nation's fiercest social debates.

Roeder, dressed in a jacket and tie but shackled at his ankles, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and aggravated assault charges after witnesses described seeing him shoot Tiller and speed away from the Wichita church. Roeder's public defender entered the plea on Roeder's behalf and the Kansas City, Mo. man did not speak during the hearing...More...



Roeder to face trial in Tiller killing; pleads not guilty at arraignment

The Wichita Eagle

Gary Hoepner was grabbing a doughnut at the snack table at his church with George Tiller when he saw a man walk up, put a gun to the Wichita abortion doctor's head and pull the trigger, Hoepner testified in Sedgwick County District Court this morning.

Hoepner then pointed to Scott Roeder as the man with the gun the morning of May 31.

Hoepner was testifying in Roeder's preliminary hearing on murder charges in Tiller's death...More...