..."At a news conference Saturday evening, Sheriff Dupnik said there was "some reason to believe" that the suspect in custody did not act alone. Officials said they were seeking a second suspect: a 50-year-old, white male.
The sheriff said the suspected shooter “has kind of a troubled past” and had come to the attention of law enforcement before.
Though most officials did not speculate about what might have provoked the attack, Sheriff Dupnik offered an emotional indictment of the state of political discourse.
“The anger, the hatred, the bigotry that goes on in this country is getting to be outrageous. And unfortunately, I think Arizona has become sort of the capital, we have beome the Mecca for prejudice and bigotry,” he said. “There’s reason to believe that this individual might have a mental issue, and I think that people who are unbalanced might be especially susceptible to vitriol.”
Ms. Giffords, who represents Arizona’s Eighth District in the southeastern corner of the state, has been an outspoken critic of Arizona’s tough immigration law, which is focused on identifying, prosecuting and deporting illegal immigrants, and she had come under criticism for her vote in favor of the Democrats’ health care law.
Law enforcement officials said she had received threats over the years..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/us/politics/09bai.html
But there's no reason to suspect a political motivation, is there?
The sheriff said the suspected shooter “has kind of a troubled past” and had come to the attention of law enforcement before.
Though most officials did not speculate about what might have provoked the attack, Sheriff Dupnik offered an emotional indictment of the state of political discourse.
“The anger, the hatred, the bigotry that goes on in this country is getting to be outrageous. And unfortunately, I think Arizona has become sort of the capital, we have beome the Mecca for prejudice and bigotry,” he said. “There’s reason to believe that this individual might have a mental issue, and I think that people who are unbalanced might be especially susceptible to vitriol.”
Ms. Giffords, who represents Arizona’s Eighth District in the southeastern corner of the state, has been an outspoken critic of Arizona’s tough immigration law, which is focused on identifying, prosecuting and deporting illegal immigrants, and she had come under criticism for her vote in favor of the Democrats’ health care law.
Law enforcement officials said she had received threats over the years..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/us/politics/09bai.html
But there's no reason to suspect a political motivation, is there?
