Court rules anti-abortion extremist who sent a Kansas doctor a threatening letter will stand trial

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Court rules anti-abortion extremist who sent a Kansas doctor a threatening letter will stand trial

Angel Dillard is going to trial after successfully harassing and intimidating a doctor who planned to provide abortion services in Kansas:

Dillard is a notorious anti-choice radical with ties to Scott Roeder, the confessed murderer of Dr. George Tiller. In 2011, after Tiller’s murder, Dillard sent a letter to Means. At the time Dillard sent the letter, Means was preparing to start offering abortion services at the clinic of the late abortion provider. In the letter to Means, Dillard presented a “vision” of what Means’ life would look like should she start providing abortions in Wichita, Kansas. In that letter, Dillard explained how thousands of people from across the country were already scrutinizing Means’ background. Soon, Dillard promised, they would know “your habits and routines. They know where you shop, who your friends are, what you drive, where you live,” Dillard wrote. “You will be checking under your car every day—because maybe today is the day someone places an explosive under it.”

Dillard somehow successfully argued in 2014 that her letter was free speech. This week the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed:

In a 2-1 ruling, the appeals panel said a jury could reasonably find that the letter conveyed a true threat of violence.

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Dillard, a Christian songwriter, told the Associated Press in July 2009 that she developed a friendship with Roeder when he was imprisoned awaiting trial.

"With one move, (Roeder) was able... to accomplish what we had not been able to do," Dillard said. "So he followed his convictions, and I admire that."

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/...

That quote didn't help her case:

The appeals court panel wrote that reading the AP story did nothing to allay Dr. Means’ concerns: “She believed that Defendant’s admiration of Mr. Roeder suggested a likelihood that she too would go ‘from protester to murderer,’ ...

You can get glimpse into the crazy that is Angel Dillard in the documentary film, "What's the Matter with Kansas?"
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The group behind the latest anti-PP vid holds the same views as this terrorist, yet the self-proclaimed 'security against terrorists' party attacks the victim instead of the threat. This is what 'pro-life' means?