Blame For the Horrible Murder of Dr. Tiller Goes Beyond Gunman

Posted By:  Michael Sweeney

June 5, 2009

I didn’t write about this at first, because – of course – coverage of it was all over the place, everywhere you might look. I didn’t write about this at first because it seemed both so stunning and so "oh, yeah…" expected, as if these sorts of things did – or at least COULD – happen everyday in this country. I didn’t write about this at first because it made me so mad…and not confronting that anger, even for 750, a thousand, twelve-hundred words, might help me keep things controlled and bottled up and keep me from flying off the handle about a subject that has no right or wrong answer, no side with only white hats opposing only the evil black hats.

This is tough – but…a day or two didn’t calm it down in me. And I doubt it a week or two or a year or two won’t…

So…the murder of Dr. George Tiller is a clear case of domestic terrorism…and anyone connected – by deeds or words, by money or encouragement – to apprehended and accused gunman Scott Roeder’s cowardly act of killing the Kansas doctor should also be arrested and prosecuted for the cold-blooded execution.