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Should deceased Santa Maria officer Alberto Covarrubias Jr. have received a police funeral?

What happened to innocent until proven guilty?
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The following article was posted on July 2nd, 2009, in the New Times - Volume 23, Issue 48 [ Submit a Story ]
The following articles were printed from New Times [newtimesslo.com] - Volume 23, Issue 48

Targeting Sotomayor

Cambria

D. Duane Wall II

Senate Republicans just announced they are going to  contest U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor on gun- rights issues. The United States just had doctor George Tiller assassinated in his place of worship, allegedly by a gun-rights fanatic. Guard Stephen Johns was gunned down at the Holocaust Museum by a gun-rights fanatic, and a respected football coach, Ed Thomas, was gunned down by an apparent gun-rights fanatic. No wonder the rest of the civilized world calls us a nation of gun nuts, as thousands are mowed down each year. 
 
And now America has loaded gun-rights fanatics drinking while packing in our National Parks: utter lunacy, Republicans.
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