Comments on: Breaking news

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:50:49 +0000

President Obama said that “whichever side of a public debate you’re on, violence is never the right answer.”

Then why is there a debate, President Obama? A debate requires at least two sides.

By: SarahB

SarahB — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:22:44 +0000

And it’s gone national. Here’s an AP report on Yahoo:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090912/ap_on_re_us/us_activist_killed_mich

By: Andrea Mrozek

Andrea Mrozek — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:58:54 +0000

From the Michigan Free Press: “Colbry said the grievances were not known in detail, but that the killing of Mr. Puillon was related to the latter’s anti-abortion protest. But he said, ‘The defendant was offended by the manner of Mr. Puillon’s message.’”

http://www.freep.com/article/20090911/NEWS06/90911020/1008/Cops–Suspect-in-2-Owosso-slayings-planned-a-3rd-one

By: Suricou Raven

Suricou Raven — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:31:40 +0000

James Pouillon? I’ve never heard of him. Is he only famous in the local area?

I’m with Sarah. If he were a really famous anti-abortion activist and he was shot, I’d say that was almost certinly the motive. But he isn’t really famous, or I would have hard of him. Maybe it’s just a simple mugging gone wrong, or some local thugs with a gun and plentyful supply of some illegal drug. We’ll know once someone is convicted.

By: SarahB

SarahB — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:25:01 +0000

To be perfectly fair, shooting deaths in the USA are commonplace enough (unfortunately) that they don’t usually make the national news unless they involve someone famous or there is some unusual twist to the story. From what I’ve read, no motive has been assigned to the killing yet. It’s quite possible that the killer’s motives had nothing to do with the victim’s views in which case there’s no story.

Or it may turn out that his views were very much at issue in which case we will probably hear more about this in days to come.

By: Natalie F

Natalie F — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:35:34 +0000

Why is this not all over the mainstream media???

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:34:44 +0000

This recent murder was an injustice. The murder of Dr. Tiller, too, was an injustice. And guess what? Even if these two people had of been murdered as babies, it STILL would have been an injustice.