Holder Dispatches US Marshalls to Protect Clinics & Doctors

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Holder Dispatches US Marshalls to Protect Clinics & Doctors
by askew
Sun May 31, 2009 at 05:51:08 PM PDT

Attorney General Eric Holder has released a statement on Dr. Tiller's murder.

The murder of Doctor George Tiller is an abhorrent act of violence, and his family is in our thoughts and prayers at this tragic moment. Federal law enforcement is coordinating with local law enforcement officials in Kansas on the investigation of this crime, and I have directed the United States Marshals Service to offer protection to other appropriate people and facilities around the nation. The Department of Justice will work to bring the perpetrator of this crime to justice. As a precautionary measure, we will also take appropriate steps to help prevent any related acts of violence from occurring.

Per TPM

This is a relief. There is little chance that Dr. Tiller's death is a one-time event. Fox News and others on the right have used extreme language that can only lead to more right wing violence.

I hope the first person to get full-time protection is Dr. Hern.

Hours after the Sunday morning shooting death of late-term abortion doctor George Tiller in Wichita, Kan., a Boulder physician — who says he could be the only doctor in the world still performing the procedure — said Tiller’s assassination was the "absolutely inevitable consequence" of decades of anti-abortion fanaticism.

"I’m profoundly sad and I’m furious and I think the American people need to understand that we have a fascist movement in this country," Dr. Warren Hern told The Colorado Independent on Sunday. "We don’t have to invade Iraq to find terrorists. They’re right here killing abortion doctors."

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/31/737358/-Holder-Dispatches-US-Marshalls-to-Protect-ClinicsDoctors