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To: Neocon who wrote (220872)	1/22/2002 9:35:39 AM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

IMO, the fact that the guys in Guantanamo are still alive shows that we are being humane. Did anyone else see the show about the "Real Blackhawk down story". One of our guys who was a prisoner in Somalia had a broken back and a compounded fracture of the femur. He was given no medical treatment and was shot again while still a captive! Amazingly, he's still alive to tell the story.

To: Neocon who wrote (220872)	1/22/2002 10:41:22 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Neo, here's an obvious example of mainstream media bias. Did anyone report the fact that this gunman was stopped by Tracy Bridges a police officer (law student), who drew his gun and pointed it at the killer? Of course not. He was subdued, tackled, etc etc. Pulling his personal gun to stop the killer was never mentioned. I wonder how many lives he saved that awful day. That's a hero! Man held in deaths has Portland tie 01/19/02 MAXINE BERNSTEIN oregonlive.com Peter O. Odighizuwa, a Nigerian immigrant accused of killing three people at a Virginia law school where he had been a student, spent at least seven years in the Portland area driving a Tri-Met bus before he was fired in 1989. From Our Advertiser Tri-Met authorities said Odighizuwa drove a bus from July 1982 through May 1989, when he was terminated. He was cited for reporting to work under the influence of drugs or alcohol, deliberate destruction of the district's property and for posing an immediate or potential danger to public safety, said Mary Fetsch, a Tri-Met spokeswoman. Two months later, Odighizuwa sued the company, claiming he was unlawfully discharged, according to Multnomah County court records. Odighizuwa, according to his claim, had been on a bus at the Gateway Transit Center when a Tri-Met officer ordered him off. Instead, Odighizuwa drove the bus back to the company's garage and the Tri-Met officer followed in a chase along Interstate 205 that involved a crash. In his claim, Odighizuwa said that the Tri-Met officer acted unreasonably by trying to run his bus off the road. But the out-of-work bus driver withdrew the claim 10 days later. Fetsch said she did not have Odighizuwa's case file and could not provide details of the incident that led to his firing. His local lawyer, Michael Schumann, remembered the case and when told his former client was now in custody in Virginia, said, "That's the same guy? It's amazing it's the same person." Records show Odighizuwa had addresses in Northeast Portland, Southeast Portland and Vancouver, Wash. Odighizuwa, 43, faces three counts of capital murder, three counts of attempted murder and six counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony. He is accused of killing three people and wounding three others in a shooting spree Wednesday at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Va., where he had been suspended because of poor grades. He is accused of marching into the dean's office, pulling out a.38-caliber semiautomatic pistol and fatally shooting the dean, 42-year-old L. Anthony Sutin. He then allegedly ran into the nearby office of a professor, Thomas F. Blackwell, 41, and shot him fatally in the neck before opening fire on several classmates, killing one, Angela Denise Dales, 33, and wounding three others. Joseph Rose of The Oregonian contributed to this story.

To: Neocon who wrote (220872)	1/22/2002 10:49:25 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Here's a better example from MSNBC. The gunman was stopped by Traci Bridges who pointed his personal gun at him and set "Stop or I will shoot"! The gunman then dropped his weapon and students subdued him. Article... Law School Shooting Suspect says he's sick; needs help GRUNDY, Va., January 17 - A former law student who allegedly killed his dean, a law professor and another student told a judge Thursday that he is sick and needs help. Peter Odighizuwa, who is accused of killing D L. Anthony Sutin, professor Thomas Blackwell and student Angela Dales, 33, in a shooting rampage on Wednesday reportedly over his dismissal from the school, told a Buchanan County judge Thursday, "I was supposed to see my doctor. He was supposed to help me out." He added, "I don’t have my medication." The former law student returned to the Appalachia School of Law on Wednesday to talk to Sutin about his dismissal from the school and failing grades. Authorities said Odighizuwa then shot Sutin and Blackwell with a .380-caliber pistol. Odighizuwa was in Blackwell’s contracts classes during the fall and winter. Officials said students ended the rampage by confronting and then tackling the gunman. State Police spokesman Mike Stater said three other students were injured and were hospitalized in fair condition. Fellow students have said that Odighizuwa had shown signs of mental instability. Known around campus as "Peter O.", Odighizuwa had been struggling with his grades for more than a year and had been dismissed once before. "I knew he’d do something like this," said Zeke Jackson, 40, who tried to recruit him for the school’s Black Law Students’ Association. Other students admitted that Odighzuwa gave no signs of unsteadiness. Justin Marlowe, a first-year law student from Richwood, W.Va., said the suspect had been in all of his classes. "He was a real quiet guy who kept to himself," Marlowe said. "He didn’t talk to anybody, but he gave no indication that he was capable of something like this." Chris Clifton, the school’s financial aid officer, said Odighizuwa met with him the day before to learn of his dismissal. "He was angry. He thought he was being treated unfairly, and he wanted to see his transcipt. I don’t think Peter knew at this time that it (dismissal) was going to be permanent and final," Clifton said. Prosecutors charged Odighizuwa with three counts of capital murder, three counts of attempted capital murder and six charges for use of a firearm in a felony. He’ll remain held without bond until a preliminary hearing on March 21. Odighizuwa was arrested August 15 for hitting his wife in the face and bruising her eye, according to court records. He and his wife, Abieyuwa Odighizuwa, have four children. Residents said the family had been having financial trouble and townspeople were trying to help out. Sutin was a lawyer well-known to many in Washington. A 1984 graduate of Harvard Law School and an associate professor at the school, he left a Justice Department position as an assistant attorney general to found the school after working for the Democratic National Committee and Bill Clinton’s campaign in 1992, according to the Web site of Jurist, the Legal Education Network. Attorney General John Ashcroft issued a statement expressing his condolences to Sutin’s wife and their two children. "My thoughts and prayers go out to Mr. Sutin’s wife, Margaret, their two children and to all of their family and friends," he said. "The entire Department of Justice is mourning the loss of a dedicated public servant who served the Department of Justice with distinction, integrity and honor."