[ Breaking News ] Arizona shooter may be JT Ready

[pappy]

According to reports at TPM the white supremacist JT Ready may be the killer in the Arizona murder suicide today.

From TPM:

Quote:Updated: May 2, 2012, 9:23 PM

Longtime white supremacist and border vigilante JT Ready saw himself as part of a war that few others would fight. He amassed weapons. He donned a uniform. He formed his own brigade of volunteers to walk alongside him as he hunted what he described as “narco terrorists” flowing across the Arizona-Mexico border.

On Wednesday, reports out of Arizona said Ready died, not at the hands of drug runners, but with his own gun during a mad rampage inside a suburban home just east of Phoenix. Along the way, the reports said, he took the lives of four other people, including a toddler.

It was unclear immediately who the victims were, but Ready still somehow managed to use the event to blame immigrants even after his death. A posting on his Facebook page appeared hours after the massacre took place.

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[SeattleGirl]

I was just reading this on Facebook.

F***ing coward! If he wanted to off himself, fine. But why did he had to take others with him?

We just had a similar thing happen here in Washington state. This doomsday anti-government guy killed his wife and his daughter, then went to his underground bunker (yes, for real) and shot and killed himself.

[pappy]

(05-02-2012 08:04 PM)SeattleGirl Wrote:  I was just reading this on Facebook.

F***ing coward! If he wanted to off himself, fine. But why did he had to take others with him?

We just had a similar thing happen here in Washington state. This doomsday anti-government guy killed his wife and his daughter, then went to his underground bunker (yes, for real) and shot and killed himself.

Just to prove that nutcases come in all shapes and ideologies, five anarchists were just arrested by the FBI in Cleveland for trying to blow up a bridge. These guys are self proclaimed anarchists who tried to recruit at an Occupy event in Cleveland last year.

[Blue_Roses]

(05-02-2012 08:04 PM)SeattleGirl Wrote:  I was just reading this on Facebook.

F***ing coward! If he wanted to off himself, fine. But why did he had to take others with him?

We just had a similar thing happen here in Washington state. This doomsday anti-government guy killed his wife and his daughter, then went to his underground bunker (yes, for real) and shot and killed himself.

I read that story and saw the pictures of the bunker. It was creepy and gave a lot of insight into just how far out there this guy was. Why did he kill his wife and daughter? Didn't he kill his two pets also?

[jaxx]

What is it with them killing others before they kill themselves? I read about the guy in WA state, but not familiar with the Ready guy.

[azmouse]

Why am I not surprised that he had a connection of some kind to Russell Pearce. Waaaay too many nutbags in this state.

Quote:Ready, a prospective candidate for Pinal County Sheriff, was founder of U.S. Border Guard and a member of the Minuteman Project, both nationally prominent anti-illegal immigration organizations. At one time, he also belonged to the National Socialist Movement, which espouses White-supremacist theories.

On Wednesday afternoon, someone posted a message on Ready's Facebook page: "Reports are unconfirmed that a cartel assassination squad murdered J.T. Ready and several of his friends and family. ... This page's admin will keep you updated of the situation as soon as possible."

A message on the U.S. Border Guard website said members were "extremely saddened by the untimely loss of our founder" and expressed sympathy to the victims.

Ready, 39, has advocated deadly force to stop smugglers and immigrants from entering the United States illegally. He became a significant figure in Arizona politics recently because of his purported neo-Nazi views and his association with former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, who was recalled last fall.

Pearce did not respond Wednesday to requests for comment. However, Pearce has in recent years disavowed his association with Ready.

In 2008, Ready became a Republican precinct committeeman in Legislative District 18. Because of his extreme views, several GOP congressman in Arizona sent a letter to Maricopa County Republican Party leaders asking that Ready be removed from that position.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups nationally, characterized Ready as a racist and "an outright neo-Nazi" who once declared, "I firmly believe in having a minefield across the border. This is 100 percent effective."


Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbe...z1tohpEiut

[Born_A_Truman]

It notes that Ready apparently got his start in politics as president of the Mesa Community College Republican Club and became increasingly involved in local issues in the early 2000s.

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Another College Republican!!

[pappy]

(05-03-2012 09:36 AM)Born_A_Truman Wrote:  It notes that Ready apparently got his start in politics as president of the Mesa Community College Republican Club and became increasingly involved in local issues in the early 2000s.

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Another College Republican!!

Elitist snob!

[janedrake]

It's amazing to me that it's actually legal to call yourself the "U.S. Border Guard" and walk around armed to the teeth for the purpose of hunting people. How is that legal?

But in any case, this is a horrific end for all involved. Ready was clearly a disturbed person from early on in his life (two court-martials) -- but with guns now being our nation's "sacred cow" I have no doubt there will be so many, many more of these types of incidents to come.