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Yesterday, a pro-life demonstrator was gunned down as he protested in front of a high school in Michigan. (I didn’t write about it yesterday because I wanted all of my posts yesterday to be 9-11 related.) Police have confirmed that the gunman’s motive was political and that he apparently planned to kill more people. He had also shot one other man before he killed the pro-lifer.
A 33-year-old Michigan man has been charged with murder in the shootings this morning of an anti-abortion protester outside a high school and the owner of a gravel company found dead in his office.
Harlan Drake of Owosso, near Lansing, was arraigned on two counts of first-degree murder and other gun-related crimes. Prosecutors said Drake also had planned to kill a third, unidentified person.
Longtime anti-abortion activist James Pouillon, 63, was shot multiple times from a passing car about 7:20 a.m. ET. He was protesting across the street from Owosso High School as students were arriving for classes. Witnesses, including students, provided the gunman’s license plate.
About the same time Mike Fuoss, 61, was found dead in his office at Fuoss Gravel in Owosso Township.
Drake was arrested at home about an hour later. Police said he stated he had also shot Fuoss.
“The indication is that he had ill will … a grudge against these three individuals,” said Shiawassee County Prosecutor Randy Colbry. “The defendant was offended by the manner of Mr. Pouillon’s message.”
This profile says Pouillon was known as a “peaceful abortion sign guy.
It’s such a tragedy. Please pray for the victims.
It’s too bad that these murders will receive little to no condemnation from the left. Unsurprisingly, Feminsting had nothing to say on this murder, even though they harped on about the George Tiller murder and the violence of the right-wing pro-lifers for weeks afterwards. Guess it just doesn’t go both ways for them — one less pro-lifer in the world to them, right, Jessica?
Hat Tip: Hot Air
I know we are going crazy protesting against Abortions; however, have we lost the reason why abortions are being considered???? It’s called “Sex” and most of these are out of marriage…this is what we need to be discussing in order to stop putting the band aid on abortions…then we will see less of them taking place…Please, let’s talk more about Abstinence…
What’s worse about the liberal non-response is that hate crimes are their pet crimes. This is clearly a crime motivated out of religious animosity and political hatred, yet the Left is silent.
While I certainly do not endorse this silly business of making into extra-for-real-this-time-crimes things which are already clearly criminal, I would love for pro-lifers and conservatives to talk about this as a hate crime. Aside from the joy I would get from the kick in the liberal chops, it would demonstrate to the (sigh…) mushy independent crowd that hate crime laws can be used for a variety of purposes, not all of which fit the intentions of those who passed them.
BobV says: Let’s see: Dr. Tillers murder was proof of a rising wave of rightwing hate, spurred on by conservative “hate radio”, and proof that we need to crack down on, and censor anti-abortion speech.
Now that we have exactly as many politically motivated assassinations of anti-abortion figures this year as pro-abortion figures, what does that prove? Rising leftwing hate? We need to censor leftwing icons who espouse hatred of abortion protesters?
I look forward to the mainstream medias in depth coverage of this event . . .
Jason says: Obama called this shooting “deplorable” and said, “Whichever side of a public debate you’re on, violence is never the right answer.” This is extremely ironic, considering that abortion itself is one of the most violent acts one can commit. There are massive amounts of resources and an entire industry dedicated to convincing people that violence against the unborn is the right answer…and Obama is their champion.
Radshaw says: jason obama is a two bit conniving phony
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