motivated the killer jared loughner. sheriff dupnik believes right wing rhetoric contributed to the murders. although he admitted to megyn kelly on sunday he has absolutely no evidence to back that up. even so he dupnik continues his campaign. it s my belief that the hard right is is deliberately fueling the fire against public officials, elected officials, government, and the administration because because they think that in some way and maybe they are right, it benefits them in the election process. bill: so why would the sheriff say that? well, one look at his resume provides the answer. when the tough illegal alien law was passed in arizona last year, here is how sheriff dupnik handled it. the pima county sheriff says he has no intention of enforcing the new immigration law. clarence dupnik calls it racist,
we ask the media to respect our privacy. there are no words to express how we feel. we wish that there were so we could make you feel better. we don t understand why this happened. it may not make any difference, but we wish it could change the heinous events of saturday. we care very deeply about the victims and their families. we are so very sorry for their loss. thank you, the loughner family. we just got this seconds ago. we are also learning more about threats that jared loughner made. before jared loughner opened fire, killing six and wounding others, there are reports he made death threats against staff members at the college and employee at local radio stations. day after the shooting, pima county sheriff clarence dupnik was asked about the threats. you are talking about the threats, which i know you don t want to give details about what the other threats
however, who are fighting for their lives. this is the same facility, don, that that 9-year-old girl was brought to. she was pronounced dead at this facility. they were unable to save her life. a lot of people out here praying, a lot of family members inside also praying and hoping for good news in the days and hours to come for their loved ones. and we are praying and many other people around the country and around the world are praying as well. thank you, ted rowlands. police named 22-year-old jared lee loughner as the suspected shooter. tonight authorities are looking for another person of interest because the sheriff says he may not have acted alone. let s go to our homeland security correspondent, jeanne meserve. jeanne, good evening. what have you found out? reporter: let me tell you that law enforcement is still very much in the investigative mode on this case. they are on the scene of the shootings, collecting evidence. they want to interview witnesses. many of them are in
learn about politics having recently joined her student council. her life uniquely american born on 9/11. the daughter of a minor league pitcher, granddaughter of dallas green where he managed the phillies, general manager of the chicago cubs. the man accused of killing them jared lee loughner at his first court appearance today his family reportedly blockading their house when the fbi tried to enter. finding behind the house a tent with a display of a replica of a human skull. an envelope found at his house naming giffords as target for assassination, his politics apparently incoherent, his distrust for government however well documented complaining about government takeover, the unconstitutionality of government, u.s. currency, and so forth. republican senator jon kyl of arizona yesterday criticizing pima county sheriff clarence dupnik for his remarks on saturday about the political
disgusting, and unnecessary. on you re side is immigration watch. i think the law is one of the worst pieces of legislation i have ever seen in 50 years. pima county sheriff clarence dupnik says he will not enforce the new immigration law. if the constitutionality of this law is held up, what do you do? do you enforce it? no. because we re going to keep doing what we have been doing all along. we don t need this law. bill: so who is we, sheriff? certainly not the arizona legislature which passed the law. certainly not the people of arizona, 70% of whom support the law. i guess we, sheriff dupnik, is you and your liberal pals. so here s the clue. as a sworn officer of the law, you have a duty to uphold it by saying you would not, you have violated your oath. talking points is not in business to put sheriff dupnik out of business.