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Profile of suspect Jared Loughner: ‘I can't trust the current government’
MSNBC ^ | Jan. 8, 2011

Posted on 01/09/2011 5:57:51 PM PST by Colofornian

"I can't trust the current government," and "I'm a sleepwalker," Jared Lee Loughner proclaimed in an Internet video before the shooting of a federal judge, congresswoman and others...

His rambling videos had already caused him trouble at school, scaring his community college into suspending him in September.

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Pima Community College...issued a statement identifying Loughner as the suspect. It said he was...suspended Sept. 29 for conduct violations. It said he agreed to withdrew from the college on Oct. 4.

...Loughner had five contacts with college police for disrupting classrooms and the library. It said he was prohibited from returning to the college.

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And The Republic reports that in mid-December, about the same time as the videos were posted, Loughner posted:

"WOW! I’m glad i didn’t kill myself. I’ll see you on National T.v.! This is foreshadow .... why doesn’t anyone talk to me?.."

and

"I don’t feel good: I’m ready to kill a police officer! I can say it."

In a profile online, he listed his favorite books: "Animal Farm," "Brave New World,"..."The Communist Manifesto," "Siddhartha," "The Old Man and the Sea," "Gulliver's Travels," "Mein Kampf,"...

A 22-year-old woman in Arizona, Caitie Parker, claimed on her Twitter feed that she went to high school and college with the gunman, and was in a band with him. She described his politics in the past as "left wing, quite liberal, & oddly obsessed with the 2012 prophecy." She also described him as having a lot of friends "until he got alcohol poisoning in '06" and dropped out of school. "Mainly loner very philosophical."

Parker described the gunman meeting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords previously: "He was a political radical & met Giffords once before in '07, asked her a question & he told me she was 'stupid & unintelligent.'"

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: giffords; loughner; profile; reichstagfire; shooter; suspect
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2012 prophecy, would that blame go to Coast to Coast AM? The MSM is relentless.


21 posted on 01/09/2011 8:28:58 PM PST by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: Colofornian

‘I can’t trust the current government’ That would be barack HUSSEIN obama Folks. This shooting tradegy is the fault of the HUSSEIN regime!


22 posted on 01/09/2011 8:31:39 PM PST by STD (** Obama: “They Bring a Knife…We Bring a Gun”)
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To: Colofornian

‘I can’t trust the current government’ That would be barack HUSSEIN obama Folks. This shooting tradegy is the fault of the HUSSEIN regime!


23 posted on 01/09/2011 8:31:39 PM PST by STD (** Obama: “They Bring a Knife…We Bring a Gun”)
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To: Pelham

He was a heavy pot user too. Possible the schizophrenia was brought on by the Marijuana use.


24 posted on 01/09/2011 8:48:43 PM PST by anymouse (God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Another of the hundreds of threads on this shooting quoted neighbors as saying the entire family kept to themselves, never talked to their neighbors, basically they only saw the father in the morning when he was out watering his garden. Another thread said the mother worked for the county or state in its natural resources agency.

As a parent myself I cannot imagine receiving news that my child had committed such a horrific crime, even if I knew he had mental issues.


25 posted on 01/09/2011 9:35:20 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: anymouse

“Possible the schizophrenia was brought on by the Marijuana use.”

There is some evidence that that can happen:

http://www.schizophrenia.com/prevention/streetdrugs.html


26 posted on 01/10/2011 5:29:39 PM PST by Pelham (Islam, the mortal enemy of the free world)
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To: Pelham

That’s why I posted it. Thanks for posting the link for those not familiar with the connection.


27 posted on 01/10/2011 5:56:17 PM PST by anymouse (God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
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