The Politics of Murder - The Shooting of Gabby Giffords

Once Upon A Crime | True Crime

Esther Ludlow

True Crime, Crime, Truecrime, Criminology, History, Criminals

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🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this month’s series, “The Politics of Murder,” we’ll take a look at cases where violent acts are perpetrated upon political figures. First up, a young man begins to lose his grip on reality and fixates on a congressperson whom he targets for assassination. Jared Lee Loughner’s mass shooting at a community political event will spark debate regarding violent political rhetoric, gun control laws, and the state of mental health care in the U.S.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Tucson_shooting

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/08/arizona.shooting.suspect/

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/09/arizona.shooting.investigation/index.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/27/gabby-giffords-shooting-records/2024589/

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/15/arizona.shooting.images/index.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/08/justice/arizona-loughner-sentencing/index.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/27/gabby-giffords-shooting-records/2024589/

https://www.cnn.com/2012/08/07/us/arizona-loughner-plea/index.html

https://theweek.com/articles/488172/arizona-massacre-should-sarah-palin-share-blame

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0:00.0	Beverly Hills emergency.
0:03.0	Somebody killed my parents.
0:05.0	Pardon me?
0:06.0	I came home and I found them.
0:08.0	From the creators of Dahmer.
0:10.0	Okay, you have to shoot first so that you don't back out.
0:14.0	Okay.
0:15.0	Based on the horrific true events.
0:18.0	What are we going to do this?
0:20.0	Yeah.
0:22.0	Monsters. You're not. Monsters, the Lyle and Eric Menendez story,
0:27.0	coming September 19th, only on Netflix.
0:30.0	This podcast details true crime cases. It contains adult themes and may contain descriptions of violence.
0:37.0	It is not intended for children.
0:39.0	Listen or discretion is advised.
0:43.0	Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.
0:50.0	As I write this episode Thank you for joining me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.
0:53.7	As I write this episode, we are in the thick of campaign season in the United States,
0:58.8	and we're approaching November's hotly contested in 2024 presidential election.
1:04.0	Politics may or may not be something you pay attention to.
1:08.0	I've been a bit of a political junkie since I could first cast a ballot,
1:11.0	but not everyone follows their local or national political races.
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