Sherrif Dupnik Incriminates.....Himself

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It was clear to anyone listening to Sheriff Dupnik's initial interviews with the press that he seemed quite knowing about Jared Loughner. What we found out in time was that Loughner had been arrested a couple of times on drug charges for which he was sentenced to a "diversion" class. But the good Sheriff revealed something a bit more, something that doesn't quite fit with his theory that political rhetoric caused this horrific shooting rampage. ---(NPR) In the wake of Saturday’s shooting rampage in Arizona, a more detailed picture is emerging of Jared Lee Loughner, the man police have accused of opening fire. Loughner, 22, who is in law enforcement custody, lives near the scene of the shooting, which killed six people and injured at least a dozen others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said there’s reason to believe Loughner has “a mental issue” and described him as “unhinged.” Dupnik said he believed Giffords was the target of the attack. “As we understand it, there have been law enforcement contacts with the individual where he made threats to kill,” Dupnik said during a press conference Saturday evening. But he wouldn’t say who those threats were aimed at.--- ---Arizona Daily Star (Dupnik) said the gunman was a subject of, “some police interest in the recent past,” and he has made death threats in the past, but not toward Giffords. --- Now the following is not verified as of yet but it comes from a local who claims that the Sheriff's Department had received many calls from different parties reporting that Loughner had made telephoned threats against them. ---Jared Loughner, pronounced by the Sheriff as Lock-ner, saying it was the Polish pronunciation. Of course he meant Scott or Irish but that isn’t the point. The point is he and his office have had previous contact with the alleged assailant in the past and that is how he knows how to pronounce the name. Jared Loughner has been making death threats by phone to many people in Pima County including staff of Pima Community College, radio personalities and local bloggers. When Pima County Sheriff’s Office was informed, his deputies assured the victims that he was being well managed by the mental health system. It was also suggested that further pressing of charges would be unnecessary and probably cause more problems than it solved as Jared Loughner has a family member that works for Pima County. Amy Loughner is a Natural Resource specialist for the Pima County Parks and Recreation. --- http://thechollajumps.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/jared-loughner-is-a-product-of-sheriff-dupniks-office/ We can verify that the suspect was known to local police and that his mother worked for the county as it is specified in a DHS memo: * suspect’s mother works for the Pima County Board of Supervisors * the suspect has multiple arrests … But no criminal record? Intervention by someone? http://theothermccain.com/2011/01/09/text-of-memo-from-the-department-of-homeland-security-on-arizona-shooting/ If any or all of this information is correct ( and the Sheriff's own words tell us that some of it is) could Dupnik's accusations against talk radio and political rhetoric as the inspiration behind Loughner's actions simply be a way to deflect any questioning of the inaction of his office regarding someone they already had evidence was a danger to the community?