U.S. District Judge John Roll faced death threats in 2009

[LynneSin]

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/01/08/20110108giffords-roll-backgrounder-on.html

U.S. District Judge John Roll faced death threats in 2009

The killing of U.S. District Judge John M. Roll comes two years after he received death threats while he presided over a $32 million civil-rights lawsuit filed by illegal immigrants against an Arizona rancher.

When Roll ruled the case could go forward, U.S. Marshal David Gonzales said in 2009 that talk-radio shows cranked up the controversy and spurred audiences into making threats.

In one afternoon, Roll logged more than 200 phone calls. Callers threatened the judge and his family. They posted personal information about Roll online.


"They said, 'We should kill him. He should be dead,'" Gonzales said.

In an interview with The Arizona Republic in mid-2009, Roll, who was the chief federal judge in Arizona, said both he and his wife were given a protection detail for about a month.


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Once again it was talk radio that lead the call for death threats



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[valerief]

1. Rush radio killed him. nt

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Any particular radio talk show host, say, like J.D. Hayworth?

Just askin' . . . .