Christina Taylor Green: The face of innocence

Christina Taylor Green: The face of innocence
Christina Taylor Green, the youngest Victim of Saturday’s shootings, was born on Sept. 11, 2001 - a date of bloodshed that shaped her tragically brief life, the girl’s heartbroken mother said Sunday morning. “It [9/11] was very, very special to her,” weeping mom Roxanna Green told Fox News in a phone interview, less than 24 hours after her 9-year-old daughter was slain by alleged shooter Jared Lee Loughner. “She would tell people when she was younger that, ‘I ...

Loughner appears in court
Accused gunman Jared Lee Loughner made his first court appearance today, arriving in a Prison uniform and handcuffed, Politico reports. ...

9 Bullets
Is there anything we could have done to even reverse a small part of Saturday's tragic shooting in Tucson? The answer is sadly yes. Had the Clinton-era assault weapons ban never expired it is likely that nine of the bullets that struck Victims would never have been fired. As Salon reports: According to police and media reports, the alleged shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, legally purchased a semiautomatic Glock 19 with a high-capacity magazine in November at a gun store in Tucson. Under the assault...

Loughner: 'Social Outcast' With 'Indecipherable Beliefs'
What is this? As Jared Loughner's scheduled 4 p.m. ET court appearance draws near, here's some more of what's being reported about the 22-year-old community College Dropout who is accused of killing six people and wounding 14 others Saturday in a shooting rampage at a meet-and-greet in Tucson, Ariz., with Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords: Also, the magazine writes, Tierney "describes Loughner as being obsessed with 'lucid dreaming' — that is, the idea that conscious dreams are an al...

Arizona Shooter To Get Unabomber's Lawyer
Looks like Jared Lee Loughner, the shooter in this weekend's horror in Tucson, has got himself a lawyer: The Federal Public Defender's Office has recommended Judy Clarke to work the case. Clarke, no stranger to such high-profile defense work, previously helped defend Timothy Mcveigh, the Unabomber, 9/11 conspira...

Arizona Shooter Had Occult Shrine in Back Yard
Matthew Lysiak and Lukas Alpert, NY Daily News A sinister shrine reveals a chilling occult dimension in the mind of the deranged gunman accused of shooting a member of Congress and 19 others. Hidden within a camouflage tent behind Jared Lee Loughner’s home sits an alarming altar with a skull sitting atop a pot filled with shriveled oranges. A row of ceremonial candles and a bag of potting soil lay nearby, photos reveal. Experts on Sunday said the elements are featured in the ceremonies...

Despite violence, Rep. Shelley Berkley plans 'Congress on the Corner' event
Rep. Shelley Berkley will host a "Congress on the Corner" event Friday in Las Vegas to honor Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was critically shot last weekend at a similar event. "I'm not going to let any wing nut keep me from doing my job," Berkley said. Berkley invited constituents to meet with her from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday in her district office at 2340 Paseo del Prado, Suite D106. "To do less than that, to hide behind the walls of this office, is a huge mistake," Berkley said. Giffor...

Loughner's family blockades Tucscon home
Family members of the accused-gunman Jared Lee Loughner have blockaded the entrance to their Tucson home with plywood, preventing FBI agents from entering, the Arizona Republic reports. ...

Jared Loughner's behavior never reported to mental health authorities: official
Despite mounting concerns about his bizarre and disturbing behavior, local Mental Health authorities in Pima County, Ariz. said Monday that no one reported any concerns to them about Tucson mass shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner. Loughner is accused of shooting 20 people on Saturday, killing six and wounding 14, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D). "To the best of our knowledge, he was never and is currently not enrolled in our system," said Neal Cash, president of the Community Partnership...

Giffords Shooting: Christina-Taylor Green, 9-Year-Old Killed In Arizona Shooting, Was Daughter Of Dodgers Employee
Los Angeles — Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is expressing condolences about the 9-year-old girl killed by a gunman who opened fire at an Arizona congresswoman's event. She is the granddaughter of former Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green and the daughter of a Dodgers scout. Christina-Taylor Green was shot outside a Tucson grocery story when she went to see Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was meeting with constituents there. McCourt says the team lost a member of the Dodger...

Arizona Shooting Coverage Is a Media Campaign to Criminalize Conservatism
Managing Editor's Note: Media Research Center President Brent Bozell issued the following statement after a thorough, two-day review of how the media have covered the tragic shooting in Arizona. Implicating a conservative tie to this heinous act of violence or to Jared Lee Loughner, who is no conservative, is nothing short of a naked campaign to criminalize conservative thought. Sadly, those who point their finger are at the nexus of hypocrisy. Take the unidentified “Veteran Democratic...

Judges Purpose in Seeing Giffords Could Be Legally Significant
Was U.S. District Court Judge John M. Roll just being sociable when he dropped by an appearance by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) in Tucson on Saturday, or was he planning to discuss official business? Does it even matter, given the horror of that morning? Yes, it could matter, legally speaking. At first glance, Roll’s state of mind might appear irrelevant, given the tragedy that unfolded on Saturday morning, when Roll was shot dead and Giffords gravely wounded in a rampage that killed ...

No More Mister Nice Blog
OH, STEWARDESS! I SPEAK Wingnut... Via Steve Benen, I see that Fox News responded to the Tucson shooting with a puzzling false lead: For the last 24 hours, the Web has been alive with speculation that the Arizona shooter has some sort of ties to a right-wing group called American Renaissance. The primary source for this claim is a Fox News report from yesterday saying that Law Enforcement had made this determination based on information provided by the Department of Homeland Security. But a DHS...

Expect this info to come out about the Az shooter
WOW! This is the report that Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik has been dreading since the tragic event on Saturday January 8. The sheriff has been editorializing and politicizing the event since he took the podium to report on the incident. His blaming of radio personalities and Bloggers is a pre-emptive strike because Mr. Dupnik knows this tragedy lays at his feet and his office. Six people died on his watch and he could have prevented it. He needs to step up and start apologizing to the...

Father Of Girl Murdered In Tucson Shooting Says He Doesnt Want New Laws As A Result
No new laws or restrictions of freedoms says John Green, father of Christina Taylor Green who was murdered in Tucson on Saturday by Jarred Loughren. Compelling for the father’s grief, but also his presence of mind in the midst of tragedy....

9-Year-Old Girl Is Youngest Victim of Arizona Massacre
Christina Taylor Green, who was slain in Saturday's shooting at a political rally hosted by Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was born on Sept. 11, 2001. Her father John Green said, "She was born and she left us in very tragic moments in United States history." See photos of the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting in Arizona. Take the poll: Is Political Rhetoric to Blame for Arizona Shooting? Follow the money in Congress. ...

Girl killed in Arizona mass shooting has Md. roots
The 9-year-old girl killed in the shooting that has critically injured Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was born in Maryland. Christina Taylor Green was born shortly after the Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks in 2001. Her father, John Green, is a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Earlier, he was a scout with the Baltimore Orioles and had a family farm in Conowingo, Md. Christina's mother, Roxanna Green, says Christina was always aware she was born on 9/11 and was very patriotic. A year after her birth...

Dignity. Grace. Courage. Patriotism. And Christina Green
Via Michelle Malkin: No words are needed. Just take the time to watch John Green, the father of 9-year-old Tuscon massacre Victim Christina Green, pay extraordinary tribute to his daughter -- and to defending the American way of life. It's hard to watch this without tearing up:John Green: "This shouldn't happen in this country or anywhere else, but in a free society, we're going to be subject to people like this," Green said. "So I prefer this to the alternative." Take the time to visit the Face...

Gabrielle Giffords shooting: Jared Loughner may have been influenced by occult
FBI investigators delving into the warped mind of Tucson massacre suspect Jared Loughner are exploring whether he was influenced by the occult and a Right-wing Conspiracy theorist....

Sheriff Knew About Death Threats By Suspect...
The FBI is investigating whether the man is the same person who posted a rambling Internet manifesto accusing the government of mind control and demanding a new currency. Jared Lee Loughner, 22, of Tucson, was taken into Custody moments after the shooting at a political meeting held by Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords in a Supermarket Parking Lot. Six people died and Giffords had a critical head wound. [ID:nN08246649] Sheriff Clarence Dupnik of Pima County, where the shooting happene...

Jared Loughner appears in court
Jared Loughner, the main suspect in the shooting of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, has appeared in court and has been remanded in custody....

When his music changed, Wayne Lo changed, and in time two people lay dead
On December 14, 1992, 18-year-old Wayne Lo shot six people at Simon’s Rock College in Great Barrington, Massachussetts, killing two. It was a shocking Crime that sparked a national debate over the links between violent Speech and violent action. But unlike alleged Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner, Lo wasn’t a follower of Conspiracy theories or a bewitched reader of The Communist Manifesto—he was a fan of the aggressive and confrontational music known as hardcore punk. Naturally, commenta

Ariz. Shooter Loughner Not Linked to Hate Groups
Source: CBS News The FBI continues to comb through computer files, notebooks, and phone records to learn more about Arizona shooting suspect Jared Loughner, but so far investigators have found no evidence that Loughner was connected to any hate groups or other fringe organizations, CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports. Sources tell Orr that Loughner was angry with the government and targeted Congresswoman Giffords because she "represented the government" in his eyes, but that his anger was a...

Arizona Shooter's College Professor Says She Called Police After Classroom Confrontation With Loughner Last Year
Says she saw warning signs, the Professor talks to CBS News cbsnews.com TUSCON -- Debbie Scheidemantel got to know Jared Loughner when he was a Student in her biology class at Tucson's Pima Community College last summer. The adjunct Professor says she once had to call police and have Loughner removed from her class. Scheidemantel shared her story exclusively on "The Early Show" with co-anchor Erica Hill. Scheidemantel said on September 23, Loughner was "very destructive" in class . She explai...

Loughner Appears in Federal Court
PHOENIX - Jared Loughner appeared before a Federal magistrate judge at the Federal Courthouse in Phoenix Monday afternoon. Loughner made an initial appearance before Judge Lawrence Anderson. This is a procedural hearing and it should be brief. Just after 2 p.m., Jared Loughner entered the courtroom handcuffed and wearing an inmate uniform. His head is shaved and he has a cut on his right temple. As he walked in, he looked straight at the crowd. His lawyer, Judy Clarke, who defended Oklahoma City...