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Pro-Life Advocate Murdered Outside Michigan School While Protesting Abortion

Owosso, MI (LifeNews.com) -- Local officials and state police are confirming that a pro-life advocate was shot and killed outside a high school in this Michigan town. The person, who is described as well-known but whose identity has not been released, was shot multiple times while protesting abortion outside Owosso High School. LifeNews.com has learned that the pro-life advocate is James Pouillon and the local Argus Press newspaper in Owosso has confirmed that to be the case. He was reportedly shot multiple times. In the spot where the Pouillon stood, a portable oxygen tank lay next to a sign with a picture of an unborn child and the word "Life." Officials say the shooting occurred at 7:30 a.m. Local time and most students were inside the school building at the time of the incident. The shooting did not take place on school property but officials locked down the school and taped off most of the front portions of the school grounds. State police have confirmed they apprehended a suspect about 8:15 a.m. At the suspect's home in this small community northeast of Lansing. Sara Edwards, the chief assistant prosecutor for Shiawassee County, has confirmed that Pouillon's pro-life stance was the reason he was targeted and said the suspect officials have in custody disapproved of his abortion protests outside the schools. "There was some displeasure with how open he was," she said. "He tended to carry big signs with very graphic pictures of fetuses." Ref. Source 1

Protesting School Michigan Murdered

This happened a week ago, on September 11. Has anyone seen the outrage from President Obama? Wasn't he the one who was outraged when the late-term abortion doctor was murdered? What is the difference?

Has anyone read anything about it in the mainstream media? I haven't heard a word about it, other than in conservative talk radio and on conservative websites.

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I did not know anything about this until I read about it here. I swear I get more news here than on all the news sources.

I think it is sad that someone can not even protest something they believe in without worrying if they are going to get shot or not.

Protesting School Michigan Murdered

President Obama Waits Two Days to Release Statement on Shooting of Pro-Lifer

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- President Barack Obama waited over 48 hours before finally releasing a very short statement condemning the Friday shooting of pro-life advocate James Pouillon. Within hours of the shooting of late-term abortion practitioner George Tiller, Obama had a statement, but he dragged his feet on this incident. As LifeNews.com reported, Pouillon, 63, was shot Friday morning as he protested abortion outside a local high school in Owosso, Michigan. Local officials have detained 33-year-old Harlan Drake, who told police he killed Jim Pouillon because he didn't like how he would protest abortion in front of the school. Obama's brief statement is just half the size of his statement after the Tiller shooting and makes no mention of Pouillon's pro-life stance or that he was shot because he opposed abortion. "The shooting last week in Michigan was deplorable. Whichever side of a public debate you're on, violence is never the right answer," Obama said. While Obama was slow to finally condemn the shooting of the pro-life advocate, some pro-abortion groups like Planned Parenthood and Emily's List have made no public comment on the killing of Pouillon despite aggressively attacking pro-life advocates after Tiller's death. Ref. Source 7