Suspect in Custody

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The AP has now reported the name of the man in custody on suspicion of murdering George Tiller: 51 year old Scott Roeder. Hunter at Dailykos and others have done some initial googling. And it seems there’s a good deal of information already out there about Roeder’s past — sort of a all purpose rightwing nut. “Sovereign citizen”, tax protester, longtime Operation Rescue guy, did an earlier stint in the slammer for having bomb components in his car trunk.

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