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Originally Posted by Willravel
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If it can be established that Michelle Bachmann and Glenn Beck inspired this attack, is there any legal mechanism to prevent them from inciting further violence/murders? What's your take on this? Am I just seeing a connection that's not there?
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It looks like there might be a little more to this than people being incited to violence by TV and radio talk programs.
According to the article linked below, police had experience with problems in the area before and had warned Bill Sparkman to be careful. Also, police knew the area where he was found had problems with meth and other drug trafficking.
So no, I'm not ready to attribute this to talk show hosts inciting people to violence.
I could make similar claims about some of the more liberal websites I used to read a few years ago. I have regularly read material on democrats.com or moveon.org that might incite unbalanced people to do things they shouldn't.
I hope they catch whoever is responsible and make an example of him.
Slain census worker was warned about area - Crime & courts- msnbc.com
WASHINGTON - When Bill Sparkman told retired trooper Gilbert Acciardo that he was going door-to-door collecting census data in rural Kentucky, the former cop drew on years of experience for a warning: "Be careful."
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Manchester Police Chief Jeff Culver, whose agency is not part of the investigation because the death was outside city limits, said the area where Sparkman was found has a history of problems with prescription drug and methamphetamine trading.
"That part of the county, it has its ups and downs. We'll get a lot of complaints of drug activity. They'll whittle away, then flourish back up," Culver said. He said officers last month rounded up 40 drug suspects, mostly dealers, and made several more arrests in subsequent days.