Thursday, December 1, 2011

More behind Gabby Gifford's shooting than meets the eye.

http://judgepedia.org/index.php/John_Roll
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Death threats

In 2009, Judge Roll faced death threats after presiding over a $32 million civil-rights lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by illegal immigrants against an Arizona rancher. After Judge Roll ruled that the case would be certified, threats came from talk-radio shows which fueled controversy and spurred audiences into making threats against the judge.
After one radio talk show, Judge Roll's name logged more than 200 phone calls as some callers threatened the judge and his family. This resulted in the judge and his wife being placed under a full-time protective detail for one month. A US Attorney's investigation identified four men as the makers of the threats, but no charges were filed.
In a July 9, 2009 interview with the Arizona Republic, Judge Roll described the time under high security as "unnerving and invasive... By its nature it has to be," Roll said. Roll also said, "It (the security) was handled very professionally by the Marshals Service." [4]

Death

On January 8, 2011, Judge Roll, age 63, was shot and killed along with several others at an event for constituents in Arizona in which he appeared with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. [5]

Pt 1 of 3 - "In Search of The Second Amendment"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ymsHza41F0  (u don't even hafta watch the video just simply look at the picture ontube)  ...cal


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Roll
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In 2009, Roll ruled that the case Vicente v. Barnett could go forward. The $32 million lawsuit brought by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) against Arizona rancher Roger Barnett on behalf of 16 Mexican plaintiffs charged that the plaintiffs were assaulted, threatened, and held at gunpoint by Barnett and members of his family. After Roll's ruling and prompted by several talk-radio programs, he was the subject of hundreds of complaining phone calls and death threats and he and his family were under the protection of the U.S. Marshals Service for a month.[9][10][11] Roll declined to press charges when some of those who made threats were identified

It's only a god damned piece of paper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnZ-XZ5Dkqo&feature=related

http://azstarnet.com/news/local/border/article_7885cd07-2c7c-5fdb-9c32-fb356ab50227.html
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In that case, Barnett held a family of Latino U.S. citizens at gunpoint, screaming racial slurs at them, and threatened to kill them all, including two girls aged 9 and 11, according to MALDEF.
Barnett is credited with helping to start the Minuteman movement in Arizona in the late 1990s when he began patrolling ranch lands near Douglas, looking to stop illegal immigrants. Barnett has said he's detained thousands of border crossers on property he owns or leases near Douglas in the last decade, and then turning them over to Border Patrol officials.
Contact reporter Brady McCombs at 573-4213 or bmccombs@azstarnet.com

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/18/rancher-cleared-in-rights-case/
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Mr. Barnett’s attorney, David T. Hardy of Tucson, described the decision as an “80 percent victory,” adding that he wished he and his client “would have gotten the other 20 percent.” But he said he would appeal the decision, citing what he called “solid grounds.” He also said U.S. District Judge John M. Roll, who heard the case, was “scrupulously fair” during the trial.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Rail_Ranch
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The Cross Rail Ranch is a 22,000-acre (89 km2) property on the US-Mexico border near Douglas, Arizona, and a prominent location in the legal controversy surrounding illegal immigration from Mexico into the United States. The Washington Times has stated that the ranch "is known by federal and county law enforcement authorities as 'the avenue of choice' for immigrants seeking to enter the United States illegally."[1]
The ranch is owned by Roger (R.E.) Barnett, who has been successfully sued twice[2][3] by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) for detaining and harassing Latinos discovered on public property near his ranch, including several who were U.S. citizens. Although no criminal charges were made, Barnett was made to pay damages to plaintiffs in both cases.

http://bellalu0.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/some-details-about-judge-john-rolls-killed-in-arizona-masacre/
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Some details about Judge John Roll killed in Arizona massacre

There’s some strange things about this case.  I was thinking there’s an awful lot of activity on the one hand, so what is the other hand doing?
A federal judge was killed in this shooting and it has been barely mentioned.  There have been news conferences and endless coverage and yet no one has addressed his injuries.  Where was he shot?  When did he die, at the scene or at the hospital?  Could he have been the target?  You would think the death of a federal judge would be the top story, or at least of equal coverage.
They have made a point of stating that Congresswoman Giffords was the target, but that may or may not be true.  So I began trying to find out something about Judge Roll, and what I found leads me to believe he could very well have been more than a random victim.  May or may not.  I don’t know.
But in 2009 Judge Roll was assigned round the clock security because of numerous threats against his life.  He was presiding over a case in which some illegals had sued a rancher for detaining them as they were crossing his land coming into the United States.  He had ruled that the case could go forward and this became a subject of talk radio which resulted in the threats.  This explains a lot as to why we keep hearing so much about toning down the rhetoric.
An Arizona man who has waged a 10-year campaign to stop a flood of illegal immigrants from crossing his property is being sued by 16 Mexican nationals who accuse him of conspiring to violate their civil rights when he stopped them at gunpoint on his ranch on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Roger Barnett, 64, began rounding up illegal immigrants in 1998 and turning them over to the U.S. Border Patrol, he said, after they destroyed his property, killed his calves and broke into his home.
His Cross Rail Ranch near Douglas, Ariz., is known by federal and county law enforcement authorities as “the avenue of choice” for immigrants seeking to enter the United States illegally.
…..the lawsuit, which seeks $32 million in actual and punitive damages for civil rights violations, the infliction of emotional distress and other crimes. Also named are Mr. Barnett’s wife, Barbara, his brother, Donald, and Larry Dever, sheriff in Cochise County, Ariz., where the Barnetts live.
The lawsuit is based on a March 7, 2004, incident in a dry wash on the 22,000-acre ranch, when he approached a group of illegal immigrants while carrying a gun and accompanied by a large dog.
See Washington Times  http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/09/16-illegals-sue-arizona-rancher/
Verdict:  A federal jury in Tucson ruled that an Arizona rancher did not violate the civil rights of 16 Mexican nationals he stopped after they sneaked illegally into the United States, but awarded $78,000 in actual and punitive damages on claims of assault and the infliction of emotional distress.
I’ll bet the whole thing is about illegal immigration and that could explain why President Obama came out so quickly to make a statement.  That was way out of character for him to move so quickly.
There were four men identified as having made the threats against the judge, but he declined to press charges against them.  So don’t you know they have been hunting these guys down behind the scenes.
Something else I ran across was a Wikipedia page showing a date of death for Congresswoman Giffords.  Somebody was really in a hurry to make that notation.  I’m not sure how such changes are made so maybe that’s not unusual, but you would think they would be sure she was dead before reporting her death in Wikipedia.  I just copied the entry below.
Gabrielle Giffords (June 8, 1970 – January 8, 2011) was the U.S. Representative for Arizona’s 8th congressional district. She was a member of the Democratic Party.
On January 8, 2011, she was shot dead at a public event in Tucson, Arizona.[1]

Death

On January 8, 2011, Congresswoman Giffords and at least nine other persons were shot at a “Congress on Your Corner” event at a supermarket in Tucson, Arizona. The suspect was arrested. Giffords died later at University Medical Center in Tucson. [40]
This whole thing is getting curiouser and curiouser.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Animal_activists_who_have_been_injured_or_killed
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Activists murdered & killed


Valmir Mota de Oliveira (Brazil)

October 2007 - Valmir Mota de Oliveira was shot and killed during a protest at a Syngenta farm in the southern Parana state of Brazil. According to the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST), the farm illegally produced genetically modified crops (GMO)'s within a protected enviromental zone close to the internationally acclaimed Iguacu water falls. The Paraná State Federal Justice decided that experiments with GMOs in the surroundings of the Iguaçú National Park are illegal. According to Judge Vanessa Hoffman, the park has a a 10 km buffer zone and the company was fined R$ 1 million by Brazilian environmental authorities.
Syngenta is the world's largest agrochemical company. According to a company statement, it was "dismayed by the occupations" but denied any participation in the October shooting death. According to activists, the company's private security force at the farm were responsible. The MST and other groups frequently occupy farms, block highways, torch crops and stage rallies to pressure the government to give land to the poor. In response, landowners hire armed guards and hit squads to repel invasions. Landless militants have also blocked railroads run by Brazilian mining companies, interupting the flow of iron ore to foreign markets. [1]

Bartolomeu Morais da Silva (Brazil)

July 2002 - Bartolomeu Morais da Silva aka "Brasilia", was a Brazilian farmer who advocated against illegal logging, land fraud and destructive, large-scale infrastructure projects. He was found murdered from shot gun wounds with his legs broken.[2]
Bartolomeu Morais da Silva was a trade union official from the Regional Office of the Rural Workers Union of Altamira in Castelo dos Sonhos in the state of Para. He was kidnapped and brutally tortured before being shot twelve times in retrobution for his untiring struggle for the interests of rural workers against the illegal land seizure and violence. On a number of occasions, Bartolomeu had received death threats, which were ignored by authorities. The National Confederation of Agricultural Workers (CONTAG) and Federation of Agricultural Workers of the State of Para (FETAGRI - PA) publicly protested yet another murder and absurd criminal omission of national and state authorities.[3]

David "Gypsy" Chain (United States)

September 1998 - David "Gypsy" Chain was an American eco-activist who was crushed to death after an irate logger fell a tree on him in California's redwood forest. On September 17, 1998, the 24 year old environmental activist was crushed to death by a falling tree at the Headwaters Forest in Northern California. Activists from Earth First! accused loggers of deliberately cutting down trees in their direction, part of escalating violence against activists condoned by the Pacific Lumber Company and the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department. Gypsy was part of an action to stop PL from destroying one of the last ancient redwood forests in the world. The logging operation was illegal as a survey had yet to be done for the marbled murrelet, am endangered species of bird. PL attempted to portray the death as a "freak accident" and even tried to blame the victim as well as Earth First! According to PL spokesperson, Mary Bullwinkle:
"Despite all our precautions, a trespasser was apparently killed by a falling tree at one of our logging sites on our private property."
On September 18, Earth First! released a videotape revealing that loggers not only knew that demonstrators were in the area, but were angrily threatening them shortly before Gypsy was killed. A logger shown shouting profanities and threats was, according to Earth First!, the very same logger who felled the tree that struck David. The video also showed activists scrambling up a steep hillside to escape falling trees. According to a witness statement:

http://www.barnettsaz.com/propaneABOUTowners.htm
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Owners
Roger BarnettRoger E. Barnett was born in Bisbee, Arizona in 1942. His father, George, was a miner for a copper mine. George also owned a Gas Station and Feed Store in which Roger worked at throughout the years growing up in Bisbee. As young as the age of 13, Roger was often left alone to run the store while his father was working at the mine or out delivering feed. At the age of 15, Roger supervised 5 men crews in the offloading of rail cars of feed. The 30 to 40 ton cars would arrive once week and would have to be offloaded onto trucks and driven 2 blocks to the feed store and then restacked. When Roger finally got his drivers license it was his job to drive the 1955 International R-180 that pulled a flat bed trailer to pick up feed. He would leave Bisbee on Sunday afternoon and drive 225 miles to Phoenix, AZ and sleep until the morning. He was the first one in line upon opening and would help load the trailer with the feed that didn’t make it on the rail cars. He would drive to the hay fields and load the rest of the trailer with hay. It was here that he found out the importance of securing your load. This lesson would be the first of many lessons Roger learned as it relates to the towing industry. His work at the gas station and feed store is where he learned the value of dedication, hard work and service. It is also here that Roger learned that sometimes a person needs to keep many irons in the fire to keep the flame hot.
Upon graduation from Bisbee High School, Roger got married and went to work full time at the mines. He still helped with the feed store and gas station and when the opportunity came to manage a gas station in another town Roger said yes, but only under one condition. He wanted to place a tow truck at the station. So he and his father George went to Phoenix looking for a used tow truck. It was here that Roger was given some good advice. He was told by an old tower not to buy anything used. The old timer told Roger that he didn’t need to have a piece of junk that also needed to be towed but start out with a new unit that was dependable and reliable. Roger bought a new truck with his father co-signing for it. In August 1963, Roger managed the gas station, towed vehicles and drove 60 miles a day to work at the mines. This went on for several years and then an opening came up to work as a Deputy Sheriff for the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office (part of the area of patrol is the historic town of Tombstone, AZ). The Sheriff’s job paid less money but Roger took the job because the wear and tear and cost of driving 60 miles a day made up for the lower wage. Roger’s decision to become a deputy actually enhanced the towing business. He would respond and investigate accidents and make arrests during his shift. The competing tow companies were less than reliable and if the vehicle was still on the side of the road after his police shift was over he would go out and tow the vehicle to the yard. This made for some fun moments when a person got out of jail and came to get his car and found out the deputy was also the tow truck driver.
Roger added a fuel oil delivery truck and delivered fuel oil to the local trailer parks. This addition was actually the start of a division equally as productive as Rogers towing business. Barnett’s Propane LLC currently services over 3000 Residential and hundreds of Commercial Accounts. The Propane division has 6 Propane Delivery Trucks, 2 Flatbed Trucks with Knuckle Boom Cranes, and 7 Propane Tractor-Trailer Transports.
In 1977, Roger expanded the Towing Business to Tucson, AZ. He opened the door with a 1972 Peterbilt COE, Holmes 750 Heavy Duty Tow Truck. At that time there were 5 other Heavy Duty Tow Companies in Tucson. After one year in Tucson, Barnett’s became the only Tow Company the State Police would use because of the dedication, hard work and good service. Within that year, 2 more Heavy Duty Tow Trucks were added. Expansion to two more cities followed shortly after.
In 1982, Roger and 2 other towers got together and determined the need of a State Towing Association. So they founded APTRA, Arizona Professional Towing and Recovery Association. Roger has served as President to this Association. He has always promoted the industry and has always tried to educate the others to work smarter and be profitable.
One day Roger decided to buy an airplane. He and a pilot friend flew a commercial flight to Florida, bought a plane and flew it back to Arizona. Now, he owned a plane but could not fly it. But keeping in mind his belief in dedication and hard work it didn’t take very long before he had his Private Pilot’s License.
Another expansion took place in 1988 with a move to Phoenix, AZ. This move provided Barnett’s Towing with now 5 locations in the State of Arizona. Barnett’s Propane is located in 3 cities in Arizona. This year represents 48 years in business. Currently, the insurance companies have over 80 pieces of equipment insured. The vehicle storage for Barnett’s covers over 20 acres of property. Barnett’s Towing has current employees that have been Wreckmaster Top 10 of the Year, National Driving Competition Runner-up, and the only TRAA Level 3 certified Tower in the State of Arizona. Roger is married to Barbara and has 5 children: Troy, Kody, Keith, Darryl and Deanna.
Roger’s latest interest is with our National Security. Roger and his wife, Barbara, and brother, Donald, spend most every weekend at the Cross Rail Ranch. The ranch is a working cattle ranch and was purchased by Roger in 1995. The 22,000 acre ranch is about 1 mile from the Mexico/United States border in Southeastern Arizona. His small squad patrols the ranch and have actually observed and reported over 14,000 illegal border crossers in the last 10 years. The United States Border Patrol responds to his call and picks up the illegal aliens and ships them back to their country of origin. In the last 10 years they have actually stopped shipments of drugs from entering the United States numerous times. Roger believes that the citizens of the United States have the right to protect their property and in doing so supports the Constitution of the United States. He feels “It is time we take our Country back.”email


http://www.hardylaw.net/
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Home Page of David T. Hardy

Cattle brand of Nat Hickman / Charles HardyThe Hardys have been providing speedy justice in Arizona since 1871, when an outlaw named Nathaniel Hickman fled justice in Ft. Lyons, Colorado and escaped to Arizona.
Under the alias of Charles W. Hardy, Hickman became a prosperous rancher in Cave Creek. He married Sarah Young, widow of Phoenix's first J.P., James Ansley Young, and later was elected Cave Creek's first Justice of the Peace. Charles Hardy left one clue to his actual identity--a cattle brand with his real initials.
The outlaw jurist Hickman/Hardy held court at the Phoenix Mine, with perhaps a bit of a firm hand: a turn-of-the century doctor writes of a "rancher Hardy," a fast gun who terrified him with recollections of how crime had been dealt with in his time, and it is strange that the State Archives have no returns from that court. Times were dangerous--the Pleasant Valley Range War, which killed dozens, was at its peak (It had been started by the deputy assigned to Hardy's court). Perhaps there was reason to leave the court's proceedings undocumented.

http://politicalvelcraft.org/2011/11/25/u-s-federal-judge-john-roll-murdered-the-sheriffs-judge-who-upheld-the-constitution-and-reversed-congress/
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U.S. Federal Judge John Roll Murdered: The Sheriff’s Judge Who Upheld The Constitution And Reversed Congress!


U.S. Federal Judge John Roll

He was no stranger to death threats, and had once been given a month-long U.S. Marshals Service protection detail.


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