Merged Pro-Lifer shot and killed outside school.

Interesting. It's usually the anti-abortion crowd that has the guns.

I'd wager the abortion issue didn't factor in much.
 
This detail makes me suspect the anti-abortion guy was killed somewhat randomly:

"At the time of his arrest, the suspect made statements that he was involved in another homicide in Shiawassee County the same day," he said.

Shiawassee County Sheriff George Braidwood said a call had come into a 911 dispatch center about 8:17 a.m. saying that an employee at Fuoss Gravel outside of Owosso had discovered the owner, Mike Fuoss, "apparently deceased."

He was a victim of "multiple gunshot wounds," Braidwood said.

Authorities believe that Fuoss and the suspect knew each other, Braidwood said.
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My guess is that the guy shot Fuoss for whatever reason, and having already killed somebody, decided to go on a spree. Same thing happened out here about a decade ago; a guy who'd killed his roommate went out for a drive, shooting randomly at people as he passed them.
 
Not that it really matters, but I'm curious why the guy was protesting outside of a high-school of all places.
 
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2009/09/antiabortion_activist_shot_in.html

OWOSSO, Michigan -- State police at the Corunna post have confirmed a well-known anti-abortion activist was shot multiple times and killed this morning in front of Owosso High School.

An anti-abortion activist gunned down Friday morning in front of Owosso High School has been identified as James Lawrence Pouillon, 63, of Owosso. Pouillon was a longtime abortion protester, known for his highly vocal and visible public demonstrations around the community and even outside the state.
 
This is the third time I've seen this news and the third time I'm explaining something.

The motives of the killer are uknown. Do not assume that somebody killed him for his anti-choice activities.
 
Aerik said:
This is the third time I've seen this news and the third time I'm explaining something.

The motives of the killer are uknown. Do not assume that somebody killed him for his anti-choice activities.
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Who said it was a killing based on his anti choice views? It's merely that he is well known for these views, and little else, I guess.
 
Owosso Homicides Suspect Arraigned
33-year-old Harlan James Drake is charged with four counts; first-degree premeditated murder against James Pouillon-- a known anti-abortion activist of Owosso, first-degree premeditated murder against Mike Fuoss, an Owosso business owner, felony firearm and carrying a weapon with unlawful intent.
Police say when the apprehended Drake, he told them he was planning to kill a third person, James Howe, a realtor from Owosso.
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2 on the hit list don't appear to be abortion protest related so far.

The anti-choice fanatics are whining that the news isn't being plastered all over the broadcast outlets as if a single protester who likes to hold up signs at schools is as newsworthy as a physician who continued to practice at great risk to himself for decades.

And they even condemned NARAL for some reason I can't quite figure out. Apparently NARAL's statement condemning the murder wasn't as detailed and as broad as NARAL's statement after Dr Tiller was murdered.

Get a life people. Dr Tiller risked his life for decades and refused to give in to vicious personal repeated attacks and being targeted and harassed. Every abortion protester is not the equivalent of Dr Tiller. Every murder or incident of political protest is not the equivalent of Dr Tiller's murder or of the bombing of abortion clinics killing innocent people and blinding health care workers.
 
Rachel Maddow reported that one killing may be motivated ideologically, but it is not clear. She pointed out that if it was, then it would be the first case involving such motivation, while 8 killings are attributed to pro-lifers.
 
BenBurch said:
See! People are MAKING this political even before we know what or why. Renews my faith in the mendacity of the human animal.
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How so? She's just reporting what the police have provided. Apparently they can't shut the guy up, he admitted to have planned to kill another third guy.
 
Olowkow said:
How so? She's just reporting what the police have provided. Apparently they can't shut the guy up, he admitted to have planned to kill another third guy.
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Its being made into an abortion issue when there is nothing to back that with at all. We just have a Michigan nutcase with a gun. (A fair number of those there in my experience.)
 
I think the guy is a nutcase with a gun, and I am betting the abortion issue is just more of his nuttiness, and will be lost in the noise. It sounded like he was objecting to the size of the sign or something. Just p**sed off at the world.
 
What I think that you won't see is some pro-choice people who say it was "horrible" but that he somehow deserved it, or any pro-choicers saying he was right to do this.
 
BenBurch said:
See! People are MAKING this political even before we know what or why. Renews my faith in the mendacity of the human animal.
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Seems slightly disingenuous, to me, to bring it up for discussion here.. openly state that you figure people will speculate about it ahead of time.. and then act surprised that they did just that. I fail to see what other type of responses you really were expecting? Everyone to say "now now, let's just relax and wait for the details?" There is not much to do but speculate one way or the other.

And it seems to me that some on the left have been just as defensive about the subject as those who are suggesting it may be politically motivated. I'm not necessarily inclined to think this man was politically motivated.. but even if he was, I personally wouldn't see it as any kind of useful political tool, and I think it's wrong to make it into one.
 
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I grew up in Owosso and witnessed the early years of Pouillon's nuttiness. He would make a poor martyr for the anti-abortion crowd, because of other aspects of his life that will probably become news if this gets any more attention.
 
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