DA: Man threatened to kill Sotomayor and Obama

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Source: Newsday.com

A Manhattan man is accused of threatening to blow up Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to help his girlfriend avoid going to federal prison, prosecutors said.

John Zaubler, 48, was charged Friday with a count of making terroristic threats. According to a criminal complaint, Zaubler also said "he wanted to kill President Obama by blowing him up," but it does not specify his reasons.

Zaubler was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court by Judge James Gibbons, via videoconference from the courtroom at Bellevue Hospital where he was being held.

Around 10:39 p.m. on May 30, Zaubler called 911 from an apartment on West 72nd Street and told an operator, "I'm going to kill Judge Sotomayor by blowing her up. I'm going to blow her up. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it because my girlfriend is not going to federal prison," according to assistant district attorney Sharon Applebaum.


Read more: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nysoto0612848620jun05,0,2856123.story

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Another Rush/Savage/Hannity listener?

[bluestateguy]

1. This is getting out of hand

These radio talk show loudmouths are pushing fragile people over the edge.

[Quantess]

2. How would that prevent his girlfriend from going to prison?

That makes no sense at all.

[santamargarita]

3. Somehow, it makes sense to right-wing assholes

:crazy: :freak:

[Ex Lurker]

12. it sounds like he was too unhinged to have much of a

grasp of politics. Obama and Sotomayor just happened to be two figures in the news, so he picked them.

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4. yep, that's the simple beauty of it

Freepers never have to say they're sorry! They never even need to make sense!

[No Elephants]

17. Hence, Bellevue.

[struggle4progress]

5. ... A police source said he was considered emotionally disturbed ... It was unclear to whom Zaubler

was referring as his girlfriend ...

http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/longisland/ny-nysoto0612848620jun05,0,7458625.story

[sellitman]

6. Another poster drops from the rolls of FP

They are dropping likr flies.

[47of74]

7. Computer says yes.

[New Dawn]

8. Conservative terrorists have killed more people than any other domestic terror group.

Their threats should not be taken lightly. However, the "anti-terror experts" have little to say about conservative terrorism. Despite the fact that Timothy McVeigh, the KKK, and right-wing company gunmen have killed vastly more people than any nominally "left" group ever has. Meanwhile, the corporate propaganda media just drones on about Bill Ayers...

[Left Coast2020]

9. Don't forget there is another wacko on the lose who threatened

the President. FBI, and Secret Service are looking for some dude from Utah who wanted to bring harm to Obama. They need to get this dude off the streets. I can't (acording to CNN story) believe he told a bank teller that he wanted to shoot prez. Now that should be a clear indication he has a screw loose. Hopefully they'll find him quickly.

[heliarc]

11. More than the CIA? I consider them a domestic terrorist group. nt

[Kablooie]

16. These people should be classified as 'terrorists' legally and prosecuted same as jihadists.

[MrMickeysMom]

10. Well, they have him in the right place...

Bellevue should be able to observe and assess his baseline nuttiness.

Seriously, we need to check the water, too.

[TomClash]

13. Bellevue has

the primary psychiatric care unit for public hospitals in NYC.

[JI7]

14. Sotomayor needs to get bodyguards

i have been thinking this for a while but didn't want to say anything about it. but with everything that is going on. many of these people are already angry over a black man being President and this black man now nominating a Latina to a top position just makes them more angry.

[Kablooie]

15. So bizarre. We had the worst president in history and nobody talked about killing him.

We have probably the best in history and potential killers are all over the place.

[No Elephants]

18. After only a few months, you've decided Obama is probably better than

Washington, Lincoln, FDR and Truman?


BTW, who said nobody ever talked about killing Dummya?

[Kablooie]

19. Admittedly it remains to be seen where exactly Obama will stand --

once his term(s) are over. There's a good chance he will rank highly, he's certainly an amazingly capable leader, but what his final accomplishments are we won't know for quite awhile.


But I don't remember anyone being arrested for conspiring to assassinate Bush.
Sure we would have liked to but I don't remember anyone who tried.

Except for that pretzel.

[Doctor_J]

20. This is becoming a daily update.

HOw much are we going to let hate radio and the Limbeciles get away with before fighting back?