Last night (Sunday, April 19, 2009), a man who worked for the company that sets up mobile speed enforcement cameras was shot in cold blood while parked along the side of the road. The East Valley Tribune had a brief story on the murder and the Arizona Republic (so far) has just a couple of paragraphs on it.
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/138169
As heinous as this crime is, what is more troubling are the comments by the readers of the Tribune. If anyone had any question about whether the Dept. of Homeland Security report on the threat of right-wing extremists had any basis in fact, read these comments and then talk to me about how there is no threat by "American patriots with guns."
That these people have a hatred for government so intense that they endorse murder is something that politicians and the media need to get off of their lazy asses and start talking about and explaining how wrong this is. Republicans and Democrats and church leaders and business leaders and everyone else should start reminding people there is no excuse for murder.
But will that happen? I doubt it.
Th Holocaust started this way. This is not a good sign.
If you would like to read the DHS report, you can get it here.
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