Denver police thwart possible Obama assasination attempt by white supremists

[transplant99]

Sigh.

CBS4 Investigator Brian Maass reported one of the suspects told authorities they were "going to shoot Obama from a high vantage point using a ... rifle … sighted at 750 yards."

Subsequently authorities went to the Cherry Creek Hotel to contact an associate of Gartrell's. But that man, who was wanted on numerous warrants, jumped out of a sixth floor hotel window. Law enforcement sources say the man broke an ankle in the fall and was captured moments later. Sources say he was wearing a ring with a swastika, and is thought to have ties to white supremacist organizations.

So sad if true....when does this crap end?

http://cbs4denver.com/investigates/a....2.802827.html

[OILFAN #81]

Yikes. I know a lot of people expected things like this to happen but it's still ridiculous.

[HelloHockeyFans]

Originally Posted by transplant99

So sad if true....when does this crap end?

Well, there is a story about it, so it's probably safe to assume it is true...

Oh, and I'd say it's never gonna end.



What a champion!

[Winsor_Pilates]

white terrorist

[Phanuthier]

laugh out loud @ white terrorist

[MacFlame]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Sigh.





So sad if true....when does this crap end?

http://cbs4denver.com/investigates/a....2.802827.html

It ends when the government starts looking at things realistically and stops allowing everyone their rights to their ideologies, no matter how ridiculous their view is. The KKK does not "deserve" the right to freedom of speech if it is using that right to spew hate propaganda. Allowing these organizations to exist in the first place is downright scary.

[NuclearFart]

jumped out of a sixth floor hotel window. Law enforcement sources say the man broke an ankle in the fall and was captured moments later.

The guy fell 6 stories, and survived with only a broken ankle? Must be a product of the Nazi supersoldier program.

[jammies]

Originally Posted by MacFlame

It ends when the government starts looking at things realistically and stops allowing everyone their rights to their ideologies, no matter how ridiculous their view is. The KKK does not "deserve" the right to freedom of speech if it is using that right to spew hate propaganda. Allowing these organizations to exist in the first place is downright scary.

That is repression, no matter who it is that is being repressed. I don't think these types of groups are that dangerous that we need to flirt with fascism to keep them marginalized and powerless.

Originally Posted by HelloHockeyFans

What a champion!

Are you making some kind of value judgement based on how this guy looks? 'Cause that's sure what it sounds like.

[Dion]

My brother who happens to be an American citizen wouldn't be surprised to hear this news. He says part of the States is not ready for a black president.

[MacFlame]

Originally Posted by jammies

That is repression, no matter who it is that is being repressed. I don't think these types of groups are that dangerous that we need to flirt with fascism to keep them marginalized and powerless.



Are you making some kind of value judgement based on how this guy looks? 'Cause that's sure what it sounds like.

You're right. An attempted assination is not dangerous at all.

[jammies]

Originally Posted by MacFlame

You're right. An attempted assination is not dangerous at all.

"We're absolutely confident there is no credible threat to the candidate, the Democratic National Convention, or the people of Colorado," Eid said in a prepared statement."

Doesn't sound all that dangerous to me. Looks more like four deluded idiots who couldn't plan a good crap in an outhouse got caught quite easily - without the supposedly necessary devolution into a police state.

[HelloHockeyFans]

Originally Posted by jammies

Are you making some kind of value judgement based on how this guy looks? 'Cause that's sure what it sounds like.

Nope, just a sarcastic comment based on the sources who say he's part of a white supremacist organization.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by MacFlame

It ends when the government starts looking at things realistically and stops allowing everyone their rights to their ideologies, no matter how ridiculous their view is. The KKK does not "deserve" the right to freedom of speech if it is using that right to spew hate propaganda. Allowing these organizations to exist in the first place is downright scary.

That would qualify, Im pretty sure, as being unconstitutional....nevermind impossible.

[Mike F]

Originally Posted by MacFlame

It ends when the government starts looking at things realistically and stops allowing everyone their rights to their ideologies, no matter how ridiculous their view is. The KKK does not "deserve" the right to freedom of speech if it is using that right to spew hate propaganda. Allowing these organizations to exist in the first place is downright scary.

Because nothing stamps out hate like strict crackdowns and the denial of liberties.
- Lynndie England

[Rifleman]

I like how he dyed his hair blond to please Hitler, who thought the master race should have blond hair.

[Drunk Skunk]

I was wondering what Vanilla Ice was up to these days.

[icarus]

Originally Posted by Dion

He says part of the States is not ready for a black president.

Part of the States will never be ready for a black president but maybe it's time the rest of the country pulls those backward-minded people into the modern era.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Dion

My brother who happens to be an American citizen wouldn't be surprised to hear this news. He says part of the States is not ready for a black president.

..'and even though it seems heaven sent, we ain't ready to see a black president' - 2pac, from the song 'changes'.

[iggypop]

Originally Posted by Drunk Skunk

I was wondering what Vanilla Ice was up to these days.

Beaten to it!



Spitting image eh

[Thor]

Imagine a world where people's beliefs, no matter how normal or crazy would push them to kill in the name of their beliefs.

and people ask me why I'm a rationalist, humanist, etc..