"They will de-emphasize this as quick as they can…especially if he is a pratitioner of 'the religion of peace'."
- kingsjester on the report that the Boston bomber is a 'dark-skinned male'
Yeppers! Kind of like that whole Aryan Nation/Christian Identity thingie…
“In Colorado, a top prison official was gunned down in his home. In
Texas, two prosecutors were killed, a third has now pulled out of a
case against the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas for, quote, ‘security
reasons.’ So, we have people using guns to settle their disputes with
public officials, using their Second Amendment remedies. Don’t like the sound of this? Think it’s an overstatement? Well, there come times when overstatement becomes the truth out there. We’ve got a Texas senator, Ted Cruz, who won’t let the Senate hold a democratic vote on gun safety. So, no democracy. We’ve
got people out there using guns to get even with public officials,
intimidating those they don’t kill. This is where we are with guns in
this country. Second Amendment remedies being executed on public
officials. Refusal by some elected officials [Senator
Cruz] to let us have a democratic vote on what to do about it. And this
is where we live in April of 2013.”
– Chris Matthews
…went down the Memory Hole with this (h/t AP via Breitbart News):
(AP)
Wife of ex-judge confesses in Texas DA slayings
By Danny Robbins, Associated Press
KAUFMAN, Texas
Authorities say the wife of a former
judge has confessed to being involved in the shooting deaths of a North Texas
district attorney, his wife and an assistant prosecutor.
Kim Lene Williams was arrested early
Wednesday. Kaufman County sheriff's spokesman Lt. Justin Lewis says Williams is
being charged in all three deaths. Lewis says she is being held on $10 million
bond.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit,
Williams told investigators Tuesday that she was involved in the shootings of
Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland, his wife, Cynthia, and one of
his prosecutors, Mark Hasse.
The investigation has also focused on her
husband, Eric Williams, whom McLelland and Hasse successfully prosecuted for
theft.
The McLellands were found dead March 30,
two months after Hasse was slain.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check
back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
The wife of a former judge was charged
Wednesday with capital murder in connection with the slayings of a North Texas
district attorney, his wife and an assistant prosecutor, a law enforcement
official said.
The overnight arrest of Kim Lene Williams
is the latest twist in an investigation that has also focused on her husband,
who was prosecuted for theft by the two slain officials. Investigators
initially considered the possible involvement of a Texas prison-based white
supremacist gang.
Jail records did not yet list a charge,
but a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation told The
Associated Press that Williams was arrested and charged with capital murder.
The official said Williams was being held on a $10 million bond at Kaufman
County Jail.
The official spoke on condition of
anonymity because of the sensitivity of the ongoing investigation into the
deaths of Kaufman County Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse in January and
District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife last month.
The official did not describe the
evidence against Williams.
McLelland and Hasse prosecuted Williams'
husband, Eric Lyle Williams, last year in the theft of three computers from an
office building. A jury found Williams guilty and he was stripped of his law
license and lost his elected position as justice of the peace.
Eric Williams was arrested Saturday and
charged with making terroristic threats. The law enforcement official has said
authorities were trying to build a case against Eric Williams in the
prosecutors' slayings while he remains jailed on a $3 million bond.
A probable cause affidavit says the
ex-judge sent an email one day after the McLellands' bodies were discovered
March 30 implying there would be another attack if authorities didn't respond
to various demands. The email was sent from his personal computer.
Jail records did not list an attorney for
his Kim Williams. A message left with her husband's attorney was not
immediately returned Wednesday morning.
The official said ballistics experts were
testing at least 20 weapons found in a storage locker under Eric Williams' name
at a facility near Dallas. A Ford Crown Victoria similar to one recorded in the
McLellands' neighborhood around the time the couple was killed was parked at
the storage facility, the official said.
Williams has said that after the
McLellands' deaths and after Hasse was gunned down Jan. 31 near the county
courthouse, he submitted to gunshot residue tests and turned over his
cellphone.
Investigators acknowledged in the weeks
following Hasse's death that they were looking into whether a white supremacist
prison gang known as the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas was responsible. The gang
had been targeted by a task force that included McLelland's office, and Texas
authorities had warned law enforcement agencies across the state the gang might
be planning retaliation attacks.
Two other people have been arrested for
making terroristic threats during the investigation into the slayings, but
authorities said they had no connection to the deaths.
Williams lost his position as justice of
the peace and received two years of probation after he was convicted in the
theft case prosecuted by McLelland and Hasse.
During closing arguments, the prosecutors
presented testimony indicating that Williams had made death threats against a
former girlfriend and a local attorney.
"The good old boy network is
gone," McLelland said at the time.
In the sentencing phase, Kim Williams
testified in her husband's defense. She said she suffers from several
illnesses, including rheumatoid arthritis and chronic fatigue syndrome. She
said her husband was her sole caregiver as well as the caregiver for her two
ailing parents.
"Eric is a loving man," she
testified. "He wouldn't do anything to hurt anybody. I'm standing by him
100 percent."
Williams has appealed the verdict, and on
March 29 _ a day before the McLellands' bodies were found _ a state appeals
court in Dallas agreed to hear oral arguments in the case.
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