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Scott Roeder seems to have a real need to run his mouth. He called the AP twice yesterday to complain about life in the Sedgwick County jail. He also said that he knew ‘many similar events’ are planned around the country. Apparently they won’t stop until abortion is illegal.
He also told AP that he hasn’t talked to police at or after his arrest. He told them he wanted to talk to his lawyer. It’s nice to know that he’s aware of his Miranda rights.
In other news, apparently the nasty screws at the Sedgwick County slam won’t let him have his sleep apnea machine. Here’s a free clue: lose some weight, Scott. A 51 year old man shouldn’t need a CPAP machine. He claimed he’s been denied telephone privileges, too. And it’s cold in solitary.
A factoid I missed last week is interesting. Memorial Day was not the first time Roeder had been to Tiller’s church. He was seen on several previous occasions, and left odd notes in the collection. The one cited by the Eagle-Beacon said, "Do you believe in taxes?"
Pretty clearly Roeder was stalking Tiller carefully to figure out where he could murder him. Looks to me like premeditation is a slam dunk on this one. Roeder better get used to cold prison cells.
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I’ve heard mentions that his disclosure of future events constitutes a “ticking time bomb”. Suppose any right-wingers will suggest he should be waterboarded? Of course, I don’t advocate it.
I just want him to have a fair trial. First-degree murder sounds about right.
His associates should be placed under judge-approved wiretaps and surveillance to find any further plans by these cretins. Conventional law enforcement practices are perfect for finding and arresting any plotting further violence.
It walks like terrorism, it talks like terrorism, it should be treated as such.
Time for prison officials to take away Roeder’s ability to contact AP. Shame on AP for allowing it to be a mouthpiece of a terrorist.
I find it ironic that Roeder, who sounds like he was a teabagger and was opposed to all taxes, wants “cadillac” health care when he is in prison. He should be lucky to have “Edsel-care” because clearly he is disposed to oppose any kind of care for prisoners. Why should it be any different than another case of IOKIYAR?
This a.m. I was treated to the sight of a photo of Roeder supporters in the NYT, carrying signs that say God sent the killer.
nice.
my mind reels.
Also, there was a shamefully slapped together column in yesterday’s SF Chronicle that could have been good about how Tiller’s murder could bring close scrutiny to incendiary speech. The writer threw in some quotes from ethics and journalism professors, but the end really threw me.
It equates phrases like “I wish I could BLANK him” with a protester shouting at Rumsfeld “He murdered thousands. Shame on him”. nowhere in that phrase is anyone suggested any one bring any vigilante action or harm to Rumsfeld. But somehow this passionate opinion is equated with someone’s fantasy to off someone else.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/…..181O0K.DTL
If anyone comes across a better treatment of the subject, please let us know at the Lake!
Believe it or not, BargainCountertenor, I must use a CPAP and I weigh 175. So sleep apnea is not necessarily a function of weight. I have had to use it since I was 48 and I should have been on it long before then.
They should give him a CPAP, depriving a person of it not only causes sleep deprivation, it causes one’s oxygen saturation to drop. A person is more likely to have a stroke or a heart attack without the CPAP. Sleep Apnea is a lot more serious than I thought, they hospitalized me for a week immediately after the test. On plus side, I’ve never smoked another cigarette.
what you say about sleep apnea etc is true.
I’m biting my tongue about this perp and sleep deprivation. Perhaps the new interrogation techniques ARE being applied here?
Anyway, these christofascists are all NUTS and their basic stand on any issue is “I’m nuts so I need to ‘fix’ you”.
I doubt coercive interrogation techniques are being applied to Roeder. I’m sure he’s getting fairly sympathetic treatment — his judge was endorsed by Kansans for Life.
As far as tapping Operation Rescue’s communications goes, I’d say that the AP story should provide probable cause.
I know that sleep apnea is not limited to the overweight, but I’m also aware that it is correlated with weight. His pictures make it clear that Roeder is a chunky monkey; the place for him start would be losing some weight.
I would not assume such an endorsement implies that the Judge in anyway supports or sympathizes with the self-help of church house, 1st degree murder.
The Judge in this case (Warren Wilbert) is an active Roman Catholic endorsed by Kansans for Life. Judge Wilbert thought the Kansans for Life endorsement was important enough that he put it prominently on his campaign website. I think it’s safe to say that Dr. Tiller was probably not on the judge’s Christmas card list.
I hope and expect that Judge Wilbert will apply applicable Kansas law and procedure in an impartial way to the accused in this case. I hope and expect that the Sedgwick County DA will prosecute this case conscientiously and thoroughly.
I am also quite certain that some members of Kansans for Life would be pretty satisfied if a not guilty were returned on Scott Roeder.
As a American Taliban terrorist I wonder if he would object to not being being able to sleep since his arrest due to the stress positions he was kept in?
I wonder how Roeder was able to call AP since he was not able to use the phone?
Judge Wilbert needs to recuse himself immediately
BargainCountertenor – thanks for the diaries – rec.
I don’t think Judge Wilbert needs to recuse himself.
Judge Wilbert is handling the preliminary phase of the case: does Roeder get bail set or will he be held without bail? He’ll handle the preliminary hearing (scheduled for today, Tuesday. We should expect it to be continued unless Osburn decides to handle the case himself. According to Roeder, he hasn’t met with his attorney yet. I expect that his attorney will want to meet with him ahead of the hearing, but I could be wrong about that.)
It really doesn’t matter much which judge handles this stuff: it’s pretty much cut-and-dried matters of procedure. Whether Judge Wilbert should be allowed to run the trial is a different matter, and that call is up to the PD’s office: they know Wilbert better than anyone outside the DA’s office.
I think it’s entirely possible (somewhat distasteful, but very likely) that Judge Wilbert could give Roeder a fair, impartial trial. I’d prefer judges not have an obvious axe to grind on either side of an issue.