A timeline of Jared Loughner’s activities the morning he allegedly went on a shooting rampage at a Tucson grocery store show that he checked into a hotel hours before the shooting occurred — but it appears he never actually slept.According to the timeline, provided by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department,…
You remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio, our bete noir before Russell Pearce ascended to the state Senate presidency?Well, Sand Land’s smarmy, strutting, pseudo-lawman takes top bill along with little Katherine Figueroa in a recently-released teaser for the documentary Two Americans, which is currently in post-production.Filmmakers Dan DeVivo and Valeria Fernandez contrast Figueroa’s activism…
Reports that Tucson Tea Party leader Trent Humphries is laying some of the blame for the shooting rampage on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords seem outrageous.But they are out there, and they stem from comments Humphries made to the British newspaper The Guardian. He said that if Giffords felt so threatened by the dialed-up…
It seems that even if Jared Loughner didn’t own a gun, his murderous plan to attack Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords would have been carried out anyway.The Pima County Sheriff’s Office says, in addition to the semi-automatic Glock handgun Loughner used to shoot 19 people, killing six, he also carried with him…
Moments ago, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department released the names of everyone who was wounded during Saturday’s tragedy outside of a Tucson grocery store.The department already had released the names of the six people killed in the attack, which includes federal Judge John Roll, 9-year-old Christina Green, 30-year-old Gabe Zimmerman, 76-year-old Dorothy…
Ray, you ignorant…oh, never mind…I’ve posted my latest riposte to my colleague Ray Stern’s passionate defense of Second Amendment gun nuttery, here in Valley Fever.It’s a response to Ray’s response to my response to his original opinion piece, in which he casually used bogus straw man arguments to score points.This…
My colleague Ray Stern has responded to my reply to his recent pro-gun editorial. In it, Ray wonders what I meant at one point in my rebuttal, which is entitled, “Mental Health Check for Gun Buys? Talk About a Straw Man…” This is what Ray had to say, My colleague and…
Doctors treating those injured during the tragedy in Tucson on Saturday announced this morning that Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords continues to make progress in her recovery and that one of the congresswoman’s staffers wounded in the attack has been released from the hospital. Ron Barber, Giffords’ district director, left the hospital…
Following several attempts to get more information about a Walmart employee who reportedly refused to sell Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner ammunition on the morning of Saturday’s deadly shooting rampage, the retail giant has finally dignified us with a response — and it’s worthless. As the story goes, Loughner bought ammunition…
Federal Judge John Roll will be buried today in Tucson after losing his life during Saturday’s shooting rampage. Roll was one of six people killed in Saturday’s attack, which left 13 others injured — including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Roll was one of several people who joined Giffords in front of…
Image: www.planetware.com Two cops — a man and woman — stood at the door when the senior citizen opened it one afternoon in Middle Village, Queens. The female cop had her hand on the butt of her holstered handgun. “You registered a couple of rifles last year,” the female cop…
The boycott of Tucson’s right-wing shock jock Jon Justice of 104.1 FM is on like Donkey-Kong.Seems he ticked off talented and tireless Three Sonorans blogger David Abie Morales, who is leading a boycott effort against Justice online. According to Morales, he’s gotten one advertiser to bolt from Justice’s show already.The…
In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries:…
People across nation have been offering their prayers and well-wishes to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona representative who was shot in the head during an assassination attempt that turned into a shooting rampage that left six people dead. But others who have remarkably survived being shot in the head offer…
Sarah Palin, as you may know, posted a video on Facebook yesterday, in which she defends herself against charges that she’s in someway responsible for the tragedy that occurred in Tucson over the weekend.Sarah Palin isn’t responsible for what happened in Tucson — mental illness is — so her defending…
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department confirms that bullets were found in a bag authorities believe Jared Loughner, the suspect in Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson, was carrying in the hours before the attack.The PCSD says about 10 a.m. today, an 18-year-old man was walking his dog near the home of…
After fleeing to Arizona from California to escape a felony warrant, Jerome Dawkins’ plan to hide from police allegedly included choking and pistol-whipping a prostitute. Police say Dawkins, 25, had a felony warrant for a probation violation from California when he came to Mesa, and began pimping women out…
A note for friends and foes of the Feathered Bastard: For the time being, posts directly related to the Tucson massacre that I write will be posted in Valley Fever. For instance, I just posted one that responds to a pro-gun editorial by my colleague Ray Stern.The title of my…
In the wake of the Tucson massacre, there have been, as you might expect, a number of folks who have suggested that maybe Arizona, and the nation, would benefit from stricter gun legislation. My recent commentary “Day of the Dead,” published in this week’s New Times, argues that reining in…
Since our previous post about Jared Loughner’s yearbook photos, we’ve come across several more dating as far back as 1995 — when Loughner was in kindergarten.The scanned images were provided by the Marana Unified School District and include each year Loughner was a student at the district except for 1996,…
Under the 1994-2004 Assault Weapons Ban, high-capacity magazines like the one used by Tucson massacre shooter Jared Loughner could still be found in Valley gun stores. That’s because the ban allowed the sale of magazines that had been manufactured before the ban took effect. A law proposed by New York…
