Thursday, January 13, 2011

USA: Man arrested for death threats against MPs

Arrest in California: A few days after the assassination of Arizona taken by the police in the neighboring state of a man who allegedly threatened a U.S. lawmakers on the phone with death. Los Angeles - In California, make death threats against Democrats in an uproar: According to police, a 32-year-old man was taken in Palm Springs.

He had previously threatened in two telephone calls to the democratic parliament of the State of Washington, Jim McDermott, in vulgar language. The federal prosecutor in California said that the general statement of Palm Springs suspects had threatened in his first call to kill McDermott, his family and friends.

The second call he said he would hire someone to throw McDermott "in the trash." The attorney Jenny Durkan said it was "happy to live in a country that guarantees freedom and protects our leadership not to agree and say what you think. At the same time she made it clear: "This right is however not for death threats and violence." These would have "the goal to end discussions, not to promote them." On Saturday, the Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords in an attack in Tucson was shot through the head was severely injured.

The alleged assailant shot and killed six people Loughner Jared and injured 13 other people other than Giffords. At a memorial service in Tucson, U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday called his people to the unity of the country and a "well-dealing" on each other. It was important that "we speak together in a manner that heals, not hurt," he said.

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