Colorado Shooting.. Tea Party Member Falsely Accused by Media

[Leanne King]

One must wonder WHY the media would rush to such a judgement. Are they looking for a way to further smear our moment? Are they so controlled by the Liberals and the evil agenda that they are willingly to totally destroy any credibility that they may have left? Are they involved in sending out "False Flags" to create chaos and unrest before the elections?

One must wonder how ABC, A NEWS ORGANIZATION would not accept responsibility for their reporting but try to shift the blame to the "Social Media". What? They do not ensure the integrity of their words anymore?

You decide and be aware of what we face.

Accused by ABC
Breitbart News spoke to James Michael Holmes, the Tea Party member falsely identified this morning by ABC News' Brian Ross and George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America as the possible suspect in the mass shooting early this morning at a screening of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. He is a 52-year-old Hispanic conservative who joined the Tea Party after becoming disillusioned with the Republican party.
"It was freaky," said Holmes, describing his reaction when ABC News speculated that he was the culprit who entered a crowded theater and opened fire on dozens of innocent men, women, and children. He disconnected his telephone and says that he is worried about members of his family who might be contacted by the media.
ABC News has since corrected its initial report, but tried to share the blame with "social media" and "members of the public" at first:
An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. Several other local residents with similar names were also contacted via social media by members of the public who mistook them for the suspect.
Now the correction has been updated, with ABC News and Brian Ross taking full responsibility, and apologizing:
An earlier ABC News broadcast report suggested that a Jim Holmes of a Colorado Tea Party organization might be the suspect, but that report was incorrect. ABC News and Brian Ross apologize for the mistake, and for disseminating that information before it was properly vetted.
Holmes reached out to Breitbart News to explain that he is not the suspect initially identified by ABC News, nor is he the James Holmes mentioned in a separate article by Breitbart News.
He is a conservative activist who has worked in law enforcement, and who used to work at the county courthouse in Aurora near the theater where the shootings took place.
He described his recent decision to join the Tea Party Patriots:
I felt a general dissatisfaction with what I guess I like to characterize as the establishment Republicans. I had been to Republican conventions to try to get involved, to see who I could join or get aligned with. I wanted to be effective in changing the outcome for my country. I wouldn't say I was stonewalled, nobody answered me in the Republican Party--not a soul would contact me. I even paid to get involved with the Colorado Hispanic Republicans and nothing happened. The only people that would really be open and honest and invite me to participate were the Tea Party Patriots. I had offers to come to this lecture and that lecture, and offers to come to trainings, so it was something that felt like it was politically active.
Photo credit: Colorado Independent

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[Bob Honiker]

"The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid stories of gun crime routinely do. But few saw the Third Reich coming until it was too late. The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed — where the government refuses to stand for reelection and silences those who protest; where courts have lost the courage to oppose, or can find no one to enforce their decrees. However improbable these contingencies may seem today, facing them unprepared is a mistake a free people get to make only once."

Judge Alex Kozinski

[amanda choate]

Nukes don't kill people, people kill people.

[amanda choate]

24000 Afhghans and 3000 coalition troops have died. Ken you are right in that more people die on the roads of America. So we try to make cars and roads safer. Why not guns? Okay the second amendment. No one argues that RPGs are a bad idea for me to buy, but why. A small nuclear device woul serve as even a larger deterent, give me two. The Constitution says there can be NO limits, right?

[Lizzie]

I have been thinking about this tragedy and all the different points of view.  There is something that keeps bothering me, so I thought I would mention it and see what you think...

The people who have spoken about being in the theater that night have reportedly said (and I paraphrase) when the shooter entered they thought it was part of the movie - special effects or something like that...  How has it come to pass in our lives that someone dressed in tactical gear with guns and gas mask would be met with that thought?  How could any of those moments felt "okay" with the audience... Is that what entertainment has become in our world?   I am just thinking here, but it keeps bothering me.  The whole thing makes me sad, but that nonchalant (spelling?) thought of "oh, look, that guy has a gun, and a mask, and is standing infront of us, and oh, must be special effects.."  just freaks me out.   Thanks for listening..

[Bob Honiker]

http://www.examiner.com/article/more-signs-point-to-james-e-holmes-...

[Bob Honiker]

Amanda less than 1/10 of 1% of guns in the hands of American citizens are ever used for criminal purposes. No one knows how many deaths would result if Americans were not able to defend themselves, you can't measure the deterrent effect. We do know that in areas where decent people are disarmed the violent crime rate is higher.

[Lizzie]

I am not sure my drunk driver was the best analogy - but I still think it is the drunk, who made the decision to go into the bar and drink is at fault.. but yes, I know bar owners hold some responsiblity.. it is complicated.   But I get your point, Ken.    

[Lew Walker]

Great conversation! Keep it going. I love to here the quotes from the Patriots of the present and the past.
The opposition has whitewashed Marxism and Socialism so that most of our fellow citizens do not recognize what is being done. If they are not all sensitized to this fact by November it may very well mean drastic measures by all Patriots! Let's hope and pray that the efforts of Conservatives are effective and eye opening? Lew

[William Korach]

I am sure you all know by now that Amanda is a ringer for the left. She puts her faith in the UN.

[Lizzie]

 Thanks everyone. 

Ken, I understand your point, and agree to some extent, but in my heart, when I ask myself who is to blame, it is going to be the shooter guy... just like who is to blame for hitting the car, it was the drunk driver, not the beer manufacturer... I know that is a silly comparison, but for me, this one is an emotional response... evil shooter is to blame.