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SO WE’VE BEEN ON THE ROAD.
WE SENT PRODUCERS OUT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY TO PULL TOGETHER A
REALLY IMPORTANT STORY TONIGHT
ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITH
HISTORIC IMPLICATIONS.
HISTORIC IMPLICATIONS. THE STORY HERE TONIGHT BEGINS
WITH THIS GUY.
THIS IS HARRY BLACKMAN, AND HE
WAS FROM MINNESOTA, CONSERVATIVE
LAWYER, A JUDGE FIRST APPOINTED
TO THE FEDERAL BENCH BY DWIGHT
EISENHOWER.
EISENHOWER. HE BECAME RICHARD NIXON’S SECOND
APPOINTMENT TO THE UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT.
SUPREME COURT. BUT BLACKMAN WAS NOT NIXON’S
FIRST CHOICE FOR THE JOB.
NIXON’S FIRST TWO PICKS HAD
PRO-SEGREGATION RECORDS THAT GOT
UNEARTHED OR DISSECTED DURING
THE CONFIRMATION PROCESS.
BOTH OF THEM WERE ULTIMATELY
REJECTED BY THE SENATE WHICH WAS
A BIG AND EMBARRASSING BLOW FOR
NIXON.
NIXON. SO FOR HIS THIRD TRY NIXON CHOSE
HARRY BLACKMAN BECAUSE HE WAS
SEEN AS SO UNCONTROVERSIAL HE
WOULD BE HARD FOR ANYBODY TO
VOTE AGAINST.
VOTE AGAINST. >> JUDGE BLACKMAN MADE A GOOD
FIRST IMPRESSION AND THE
SENATORS WILL VOTE TO DECIDE HIS
FATE AND BARRING THE UNEXPECTED
HIS NOMINATION SHOULD SAIL
THROUGH.
THROUGH. THUS FAR NO ONE HAS EVEN ASKED
TO TESTIFY AGAINST HIM.
BUT THE UNEXPECTED AURAL HAS
OCCURRED TWICE, SO MOST SENATORS
STILL ARE NOT COMMITTING
THEMSELVES.
THEMSELVES. >> THE FIND A SUPER
UNCONTROVERSIAL GUY STRATEGY
WORKED FOR THAT NOMINATION.
HARRY BLACKMAN’S NOMINATION TO
COURT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED
BY THE U.S. SENATE.
ON JUNE 9, 1970, HE WAS SWORN IN
TO THE SUPREME COURT.
AND HE WAS SEEN SPECIFICALLY AS
THE MOST MIDDLE OF THE ROAD
NONOFFENSIVE GUARANTEED
NONOFFENSIVE GUARANTEED NONCONTROVERSIAL GUY TO STICK IN
THAT SPOT, JUSTICE BLACKMAN
WOULD GO ON JUST A COUPLE OF
YEARS LATER TO WRITE ONE OF THE
MOST CONTROVERSIAL U.S. SUPREME
COURT OPINIONS EVER.
>> THE COURT SAID IN A 7-2
DECISION THAT IN THE FIRST THREE
MONTHS OF PREGNANCY ONLY THE
WOMAN AND HER PHYSICIAN MAY
DECIDE WHETHER SHE MAY HAVE AN
ABORTION.
ABORTION. IN THE SECOND THREE MONTHS ALL
THE STATE MAY DO IS REGULATE
ABORTION PROCEDURES.
ABORTION PROCEDURES. AND ONLY IN THE FINAL THREE
MONTHS OF PREGNANCY CAN THE
STATE FORBID ABORTION.
ALL 50 STATES ARE EFFECTIVE
WHATEVER THEIR LOSS.
>> IT WASN’T A CLOSED DECISION.
IT WAS DECIDED BY A BIG
MAJORITY, 7-2.
MAJORITY, 7-2. BUT IT WAS HARRY BLACKMAN WHO
WROTE THE OPINION FOR THE SEVEN
MEMBER MAJORITY, AND FOR THAT
REASON HARRY BLACKMAN BECAME THE
FIRST OF THAT RULING, THE FACE
OF ROE v. WADE.
FIVE YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH HIS
PAPERS WERE RELEASED AND WE
LEARNED HE SAVED EVERYTHING,
EVERYTHING IN THE 1,500 PLUS
BOXES OF DOCUMENTS HE DONATED TO
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, YOU CAN
FIND EVERYTHING FROM HOTEL
RECEIPTS TO TENNIS SCORES TO
DANCE CARDS FROM CHILDHOOD,
PRIVATE NOTES BETWEEN JUSTICE IN
THE SUPREME COURT.
AND IT TURNS OUT WHEN YOU ARE
THE GUY WHO WROTE THE ROE vs.
WADE DECISION AND YOU’RE ALSO A
GUY WHO KEEPS EVERYTHING, THAT
MEANS YOU’RE A GUY WHO HAS HELD
ONTO A PILE OF HATE MAIL AND
DEATH WISHES AND THREATS.
TEN YEARS AFTER ROE IN 1983
ACCORDING TO REPORTING BY THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE SUPREME
COURT HAD RECEIVED 45,000
LETTERS ABOUT ROE vs. WADE, MOST
OF THEM ADDRESSED TO JUSTICE
BLACKMAN.
BLACKMAN. HE SAID AT THE TIME, QUOTE, WE
STILL RECEIVE, 8, 9 TEN LETTERS
A DAY, SOME ARE SUPPORTIVE
MESSAGES BUT MOST ARE VERY A
ABUSIVE.
ABUSIVE. IGNORING THE ADVICE OF FELLOW
JUSTICE AGAINST READING SUCH
MAIL JUSTICE BLACKMAN SAYS I
WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE PEOPLE WHO
WROTE ARE THINKING.
HERE’S WHAT THEY WERE THINKING,
QUOTE, THEY HAD CALLED HIM A
MURDERER, A BUTCHER, EVEN
PONTIUS PILOT.
PONTIUS PILOT. IN 1985 A BULLET FROM A .19 MILL
METER PISTOL WAS FIRED INTO HIS
LIVING ROOM SHOWERING GLASS ON
HIS WIFE WHO HAPPENED TO BE IN
THE ROOM.
THE ROOM. IT WAS NEVER DETERMINED IF THAT
BULLET WAS TARGETING JUSTICE
BLACKMAN OR IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A
STRAY SHOT, JUST A COINCIDENCE.
BUT THE SHOT THROUGH THE WINDOW
CAME ON THE HEELS OF A SERIES OF
DEATH THREATS.
DEATH THREATS. JUSTICE BLACKMAN’S DAUGHTER SAID
HE ALWAYS TRAVELED WITH SECURITY
AFTER THAT.
AFTER THAT. >> BLACKMAN WHO USED TO GO ALONE
ON WALKS HAS BEEN UNDER
PROTECTION SINCE RECEIVING
LETTER LAST FALL AND ANOTHER
LAST WEEK THREATENING HIM WITH
DEATH.
DEATH. ANTI-ABORTION DEMONSTRATORS HAVE
SINGLED OUT BLACKMAN FOR HIS
DECISION DECRIMINALIZING
DECISION DECRIMINALIZING ABORTION.
ABORTION. >> THAT’S HOW THE MODERN DAY
ABORTION WARS HAVE BEEN FOUGHT
IN THIS COUNTRY FROM DAY ONE,
WITH VIOLENCE AND THE THREAT OF
VIOLENCE ALWAYS HANGING IN
THERE.
THERE. WHEN THE SUPREME COURT CLEARED
THE WAY FOR LEGAL ABORTION IN
EVERY STATE, CLINICS SPRANG UP
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO
ACCOMMODATE WOMEN WHO WERE
COMING OUT OF THE SHADOWS TO
ACCESS THIS NOW LEGALLY
PROTECTED PROCEDURE.
PROTECTED PROCEDURE. BUT AS QUICKLY AS ABORTION
CLINICS OPENED THEIR DOORS,
ORGANIZED OPPONENTS GATHERED
TRYING TO SHUT THEM DOWN.
>> AFTER THE SUPREME COURT
LEGALIZED ABORTION, AN ABORTION
CLINIC OPENED IN ST. LOUIS.
ANTI-ABORTION GROUPS HAVE BEEN
PICKETING EVER SINCE.
THEY ALSO GOT THE LEGISLATOR TO
THROW UP VARIOUS ROADBLOCKS TO
ABORTION.
ABORTION. >> BY THE 1980s AND ’90s THIS IS
WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE AN
ABORTION PROVIDER IN AMERICA.
>> ALREADY MANY HAVE BULLETPROOF
GLASS, AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY
THERE ARE MORE THAN 30,000
ESCORTS WHO HAVE TO USE CLOAK
AND DAGGER MEASURES TO PROTECT
DOCUMENTS, CLIENTS AND
THEMSELVES.
THEMSELVES. >> A WAVE OF CLINIC BOMBINGS
THAT PEAKED IN THE 1980s WAS
FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF
ASSASSINATIONS IN THE 1990s.
>> AN ABORTION FACILITY WAS HIT
BY A BOMB BLAST.
>> A BOMB BLAST AT THREE
ABORTION CLINIC.
ABORTION CLINIC. >> A PROPANE GAS BOMB ECPLODED
LAST NIGHT.
LAST NIGHT. SO FAR THIS YEAR 28 ABORTION
CLINICS AND INFORMATION CENTERS
HAVE BEEN BOMBED OR SET AFIRE.
>> DR. DAVID WAS SHOT.
>> DR. TILLER WHO PERFORMS THIRD
TRIMESTER ABORTIONS HAD BEEN
SHOT TWICE OUTSIDE HIS CLINIC.
>> THE GUNMAN SHOT FOUR PEOPLE
BEFORE ESCAPING HERE.
ONE WOMAN A CLINIC WORKER DIED
AT THE SCENE.
>> DR. JOHN BRITAIN AND JAMES
BARRETT WERE CUT DOWN WITH SHOT
GONE BLASTS.
GONE BLASTS. >> WELL-KNOWN TO ANTI-ABORTION
PROTESTERS WAS SHOT DOWN BY A
SNIPER LAST NIGHT WHILE AT HOME
WITH HIS WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN.
>> YOU COULD NOT FIND AN
ABORTION PROVIDER IN THE ’80s
AND ’90s WHO WOULD SAY THEY FELT
IMMUNE FROM THE THREAT OF
TERRORISTIC VIOLENCE.
TERRORISTIC VIOLENCE. EVERYONE INVOLVED IN ABORTION
WAS VULNERABLE.
WAS VULNERABLE. BUT PERHAPS NO ONE WAS TARGETED
AS RELENTLESSEE AS ONE SPECIFIC
DOCTOR IN WICHITA, KANSAS.
>> FOR TWO MONTHS ANTI-ABORTION
PROTESTERS LAID SIEGED BUT THEIR
MAIN TARGET WAS NOT THE CLINIC,
IT WAS A DOCTOR.
DR. GEORGE TILLER.
THEY CALLED HIM TILLER THE
KILLER.
KILLER. TILLER STILL PERFORMS ABORTIONS,
BUT HUNDREDS OF OTHER DOCTORS
HAVE STOPPED BECAUSE OF SCENES
LIKE THIS AND THIS.
>> ANTI-ABORTION FORCES TARGETED
DR. TILLER IN EVERY WAY
IMAGINABLE.
IMAGINABLE. IN 1986 HIS CLINIC WAS BOMBED.
TILLER HUNG A SIGN OUTSIDE THE
BOMB OUT BUILDING HELL NO, WE
WON’T GO.
WON’T GO. HE REOPENED THE NEXT DAY AT A
SECRET LOCATION.
SECRET LOCATION. >> WE HAVE HAD A MAJOR $100,000
BOMBING HERE IN OUR
ORGANIZATION, AND ONE DAY LATER
WE’RE IN BUSINESS.
>> IN 1991 THE RADICAL
ANTI-ABORTION GROUP, OPERATION
RESCUE, CALLED ON THOUSANDS OF
ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVISTS FROM
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO CONVERGE
ON WICHITA TO PHYSICALLY
SHUTDOWN GEORGE TILLER’S CLINIC.
>> WICHITA IS NOT USED TO
GUERILLA TACKS BUT IT’S
LEARNING.
LEARNING. HARASSING PATIENTS, USING
CHILDREN AS HUMAN SHIELDS.
>> EVENTUALLY THE RADICAL FRINGE
OF THE ANTI-ABORTION MOVEMENT
TURNED TO A CHILLING NEW TACTIC
TO ISOLATE AND TARGET DOCTORS.
WANTED POSTERS THAT CAST
ABORTION DOCTORS AS MURDERERS
AND GAVE ANYONE WHO MIGHT WISH
THEM HARM LITERAL INSTRUCTIONS
ON HOW TO FIND THOSE DOCTORS.
THERE WAS A WANTED POSTER
TARGETING DR. DAVID GUNN BEFORE
HE WAS MYRED.
IT SHOWED HIS PHOTO, THE MAKE
AND MODEL AND LICENSE PLATE
NUMBER ON HIS CAR, IT SHOWED THE
ADDRESSES OF EACH OF HIS
OFFICES.
OFFICES. THERE WAS A WANTED POSTER
TARGETING DR. JOHN BRITAIN
BEFORE HE WAS MURDERED.
THE PHOTO EVEN SHOWS HIM WEARING
A BULLETPROOF VEST AND LISTS
INFORMATION ABILITY HIS CAR AND
INCLUDES HIS HOME ADDRESS.
HERE’S A POSTER OF DR. GEORGE
TILLER WE BELIEVED CIRCULATED IN
THE EARLY ’90s.
IT COMPARES HIM TO ADOLPH
HITLER.
HITLER. IT SHOWS HIS PHOTO, THE CITY
WHERE HIS LIVES AND EXACT OFFICE
ADDRESS.
ADDRESS. AN ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVIST WALKED
UP TO DR. GEORGE TILLER AT THE
PARKING LOT AT THE ADDRESS ON
THAT POSTER AND SHE SHOT HIM.
>> FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR
AN ABORTION DOCTOR HAS BEEN SHOT
APPARENTLY BY AN ANTI-ABORTION
ACTIVIST.
ACTIVIST. THIS TIME THE DOCTOR SURVIVED
THE ATTACK.
THE ATTACK. >> DR. TILLER WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL AND TREATED.
HE RETURNED TO HIS CLINIC TO
WORK THE NEXT DAY.
>> YOU KNOW, I’M JUST TELLING MY
PATIENTS, YOU KNOW, LAST NIGHT I
GOT SHOT AND I WAS SCARED, BUT
THERE WAS SOMEBODY THERE TO TAKE
CARE OF ME.
>> SHELLY SHANNON SHOOTING HIM
DID NOT STOP DR. GEORGE TILLER.
>> WHAT DID YOU WANT TO DO WHEN
YOU SHOT HIM?
>> STOP HIM FROM KILLING BABIES.
>> BUT GETTING CAUGHT AND
CONVICTED AND SENTENCED AND
THROWN IN PRISON DID NOT STOP
SHELLY SHANNON FROM BELIEVING
THAT SHE DID THE RIGHT THING AND
THAT SHE WAS AND COULD CONTINUE
TO BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF A
MOVEMENT THAT EMBRACES VIOLENCE
AS A MEANS TO END ABORTION IN
AMERICA.
AMERICA. THERE IS A PRO-VIOLENCE WING OF
THE ANTI-ABORTION MOVEMENT.
THESE PEOPLE SEE THEMSELVES AS
SOLDIERS IN AN ACTUAL WAR.
THEY CALL THEMSELVES THE ARMY OF
GOD.
GOD. ASSASSINATING ABORTION DOCTORS
IN THEIR VIEW IS JUSTIFIABLE
HOMICIDE.
HOMICIDE. GOING TO JAIL FOR MURDERING AN
ABORTION DOCTOR IS SEEN AS A
NOBLE SACRIFICE.
NOBLE SACRIFICE. BEFORE SHE SHOT DR. TILLER,
SHELLY SHANNON WROTE WARM
APPROVING LETTERS TO THE MAN WHO
KILLED DR. DAVID GUNN IN
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA. SHE WROTE TO HIM IN JAIL AS HE
AWAITED TRIAL.
AWAITED TRIAL. WHEN SHE WENT ONTO COMMIT HER
OWN ACT OF VIOLENCE, THAT BEGAN
THE NEXT CHAPTER OF HER LIFE AS
A HERO SOLDIER IN THE ARMY OF
GOD.
GOD. HER PRISON TERM WOULD STOP HER
FROM PERSONALLY CARRYING OUT ANY
FURTHER VIOLENCE.
FURTHER VIOLENCE. BUT IT COULDN’T STOP HER FROM
INSPIRING THE NEXT WOULD-BE
ASSASSIN.
ASSASSIN. MEANWHILE IN WICHITA DR. TILLER
KEPT ON WITH HIS WORK.
>> YOU SIMPLY CANNOT RETREAT
WHEN YOU’RE COMMITTED.
THERE IS NO WAY THAT WE ARE
GOING TO BE FORCED OUT OF THIS
PARTICULAR MORAL, CORRECT, LEGAL
HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCE.
>> OUTSIDE OF THE ARMY OF GOD
MANIFESTOES FROM DARK CORNERS OF
THE INTERNET, SOME OF THE MOST
RADICAL LANGUAGE USED AGAINST
GEORGE TILLER WAS PIPED INTO
MILLIONS OF HOMES ON A REGULAR
BASIS.
BASIS. THANKS TO A TELEVISION HOST ON
THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL.
>> KILLING BABE AEDSIES IN AMERI
THAT’S THE SUBJECT OF THIS
EVENING’S TALKING POINTS MEMO.
FOR $5,000 TILLER WILL PERFORM A
LATE-TERM ABORTION FOR JUST
ABOUT ANY REASON.
THIS MAN KNOWN AS TILLER THE
BABY KILLER IS PERFORMING
LATE-TERM ABORTIONS WITHOUT THE
FINDING SPECIFIC MEDICAL REASONS
WHY.
WHY. >> IN 2002 AN ANTI-ABORTION
STATE LEGISLATOR NAMED FILL
CLINE WEZ ELECTED ATTORNEY
GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF KANSAS.
>> I WANT TO FIRST TELL YOU WHO
DOES NOT ENDORSE ATTORNEY
GENERAL FILL CLINE, ABORTIONIST
DR. TILLER DOES NOT ENDORSE PHIL
CLINE.
CLINE. >> IN 2011 A PRODUCER FROM THIS
SHOW ASKED FOR HIS THOUGHTS ON
ABORTION.
ABORTION. >> DO YOU BELIEVE YOURSELF
ABORTION SHOULD BE MADE ILLEGAL?
>> DO I MYSELF, YES.
I WANTED TO MAKE ONE OTHER
COMMENT ABOUT THAT.
I’M ALSO ANTI-MURDER AND I PUT A
LOT OF MURDERERS AWAY, TOO.
I FOLLOW THE LAW.
>> ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AS TAKING
OFFICE AS KANSAS STATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL PHIL CLINE STARTED A
SECRET INVESTIGATION INTO GEORGE
TILLER.
TILLER. HE USED SUBPOENA POWER TO GET
DOZENS OF PATIENT MEDICAL
RECORDS.
RECORDS. IN DEFIANCE OF JUDGES ORDER
KEEPING THE PATIENTS IDENTITY
SECRET THEY STAKED OUT HIS
PARKING LOT, FOLLOWED PATIENTS,
TOOK DOWN LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS
AND SUBPOENAED A NEARBY HOTEL
FOR RECORDS THAT HELPED THEM
UNREDACT THESE PATIENTS MEDICAL
RECORDS TO GET THESE PATIENTS
NAMES.
NAMES. ALL OF THIS WAS IN PURSUIT FOR
SOMETHING TO USE AGAINST GEORGE
TILLER.
TILLER. BUT IT ALSO SENT A MESSAGE TO
WOMEN AND GIRLS IN KANSAS.
IF YOU TRIED TO GET AN ABORTION
HERE, YOU COULD BE THE SUBJECT
OF AN INVESTIGATION BY THE STATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
ATTORNEY GENERAL. THIS GUY WILL GET HIS HANDS ON
YOUR PERSONAL MEDICAL RECORDS,
ALL OF THEM.
CLINE ULTIMATELY GOT HIS LICENSE
TO PRACTICE LAW YANKED BY THE
STATE OF KANSAS IN HIS PURSUIT
OF DR. TILLER.
ALL OF HIS EFFORTS AGAINST
TILLER ULTIMATELY YIELDED A
MISDEMEANOR CASE FOR HOW TILLER
REFERRED PATIENTS FOR A STATE
MANDATED SECOND OPINION FOR
ABORTION.
ABORTION. IN 2009 FOLLOWING YEARS OF
INVESTIGATIONS, AFTER FOUR DAYS
OF TESTIMONY IT TOOK JURORS ALL
OF 45 MINUTES TO CLEAR GEORGE
TILLER OF ALL CHARGES.
BUT TWO MONTHS LATER DR. TILLER
WAS DEAD.
WAS DEAD. TILLER’S MURDERER HAD BEEN
SITTING IN THAT COURTROOM
WATCHING THAT TRIAL, WATCHING
THE JUSTICE SYSTEM EXONERATE
GEORGE TILLER.
GEORGE TILLER. YOU CAN SEE HIM HERE SITTING
NEXT TO THE PRESIDENT OF
OPERATION RESCUE.
OPERATION RESCUE. TWO MONTHS LATER HE WOULD WALK
INTO THE CHURCH GEORGE TILLER
ATTENDED, HE WALKED IN ON A
SUNDAY MORNING, HE HELD UP A GUN
TO TILLER’S HEAD AND HE EXECUTED
HIM AT POINT-BLANK RANGE.
ACCORDING TO THE KILLER, SCOTT
ROADER, HE’D BEEN THINKING ABOUT
KILLING GEORGE TILLER FOR YEARS.
BUT IT WAS THE RESULT OF THAT
TRIAL, GEORGE TILLER’S ACQUITTAL
OF ALL THOSE MISDEMEANOR CHARGES
THAT MOTIVATED HIM TO ACTUALLY
GO THROUGH WITH IT, TO ACTUALLY
DO IT.
DO IT. >> IT SEEMED LIKE THAT WAS THE
LAST ATTEMPT BY THE STATE OF
KANSAS TO FIND IF THERE WAS
ANYTHING AT ALL GOING ON
ILLEGALLY IN GEORGE TILLER’S
CLINIC.
CLINIC. AND IT SEEMED AS THOUGH THAT WAS
THE LAST STEP AND NOW HE WAS
ACQUITTED.
ACQUITTED. FOUND NOT GUILTY.
>> DID YOU DECIDE IT WAS
INCUMBENT UPON YOU TO DO
SOMETHING?
SOMETHING? >> THERE WAS NOTHING BEING DONE,
AND THE LEGAL PROCESS HAD BEEN
EXHAUSTED, AND THESE BABIES WERE
DYING EVERY DAY.
AND I FELT THAT IF SOMEONE DID
NOT DO SOMETHING HE WAS GOING TO
CONTINUE ABORTING CHILDREN.
AND SO I FELT THAT I NEEDED TO
ACT AND QUICKLY FOR THOSE
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. >> SCOTT ROADER DID NOT GET TO
THIS POINT OF RADICALIZATION
OVERNIGHT.
OVERNIGHT. ACCORDING TO HIS EX-WIFE HE
PROTESTED AT CLINICS INCLUDING
DR. TILLERS.
DR. TILLERS. HE TRIED TO SUPER BLOW THE LOCKS
SHUT ON ANOTHER CANDIDATE AND
ALSO VISITED SHELLY SHANNON IN
PRISON.
PRISON. >> GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES.
>> ON THE DAY HE MURDERED DR.
TILLER WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED THAT
DAY AFTER THE SHOOTING, A SCRAP
OF PAPER WAS FOUND IN HIS GET
AWAY CAR.
AWAY CAR. ON THAT SCRAP OF PAPER WAS
WRITTEN THE PHONE NUMBER OF A
TOP OPERATION RESCUE OFFICIAL.
ROADER TESTIFIED AT HIS MURDER
TRIAL HE LEARNED ABOUT DR.
TILLER’S SECURITY PROTOCOLS FROM
OPERATION RESCUE.
OPERATION RESCUE. SCOTT ROADER THE MURDERER OF DR.
GEORGE TILLER WAS NOT A LONE
WOLF.
WOLF. HE WAS THE PRODUCT OF A VIOLENT,
RADICAL ANTI-ABORTION NETWORK.
>> LOOK, WHEN I WAS IN THE
PRO-LIFE MOVEMENT WE KNEW WHO
WAS GLUING DOORS SHUT.
WE KNEW WHO WAS VANDALIZING
PROPERTY.
PROPERTY. WE KNEW OF PEOPLE WHO HAD THROWN
FIRE BOMBS.
FIRE BOMBS. WE KNEW OF PEOPLE WHO WERE IN
JAIL.
JAIL. MOST OF THESE PRO-RIGHT GROUPS
HAVE PEOPLE ALWAYS ON THE FRINGE
HANGING AROUND MORE EXTREME THAN
OTHERS THEY KNOW HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED IN ACTS OF VANDALISM,
PETTY THEFT.
PETTY THEFT. IT’S TIME TO BLOW THE WHISTLE ON
THESE GUYS.
THESE GUYS. HAD THAT HAPPENED WITH SCOTT
ROADER, DR. TILLER WOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN MURDERED.
>> IT TOOK A JURY ALL OF 37
MINUTES TO DECIDE THEY WOULD
CONVICT SCOTT ROADER.
AND WITH THAT, THE TRIAL WAS
OVER.
OVER. THE NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION
FADED.
FADED. AND WICHITA WAS LEFT TO GRAPPLE
WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THIS ACT
OF TERRORISM.
OF TERRORISM. WITHOUT GEORGE TILLER THERE WAS
NO ABORTION PROVIDER LEFT IN
THIS CITY.
THIS CITY. AND THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IT, BUT
TILLERS FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND
SUPPORTERS DECIDED THAT THEY
WOULD DO WHAT THEY HAD SEEN
GEORGE TILLER DO TIME AND AGAIN.
THEY WOULD OVERCOME THE FEAR AND