Crime Man shot churchgoers over liberal views

[The Helper]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An unemployed man accused of opening fire with a shotgun and killing two people at a Unitarian church apparently targeted the congregation out of hatred for its liberal social policies, police said Monday.

Knoxville Police Chief Sterling Owen IV said a letter had been been recovered from the SUV of Jim D. Adkisson, 58, by investigators seeking clues about the motive behind the attack. Authorities said he was an apparent stranger to the Tennessee church where gunfire punctuated a children's performance based on the musical "Annie." Two people were killed and seven wounded Sunday.

"It appears that what brought him to this horrible event was his lack of being able to obtain a job, his frustration over that and his stated hatred of the liberal movement," Owen said at a news conference.

More of the story here.

 

[ShadowTek]

Before the news of his motivations came out, there were a number of local message board posters who proclaimed how "inappropriate" and "irresponsible" it was that news organizations were speculating that the gunman's acts may have been a hate crime against gays, due to the fact the this church is know for being accepting of gays and lesbians in a fiercely conservative state. They demanded that the reason for the attack was purely an act of violence against the Christian community.

But now that the letter recovered from his vehicle clearly describes his motivations, these same posters are mysteriously silent.

Why could that be? Perhaps because these hateful bigots can't stand the idea that supporters of gays a lesbians would receive any form of sympathy for an act of hatred against them?

:thdown:

 

[duyen]

http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showthread.php?t=100097

 

[The Helper]

Looks like I double posted it.