BUT THESE GUYS ARE NEVER BONHOEFFERS:

Scott Roeder: The Tiller Murder Suspect (Laura Fitzpatrick, Jun. 02, 2009, TIME)

• In April 1996, a 38-year-old Scott Roeder—thought to be the same man—was arrested in Topeka after Shawnee County police stopped him for not having a proper license plate. Officers said they found bomb-making supplies in the car: ammunition, a blasting cap, a fuse cord, a one-pound can of gunpowder and two 9-volt batteries.

• At that time, police said Roeder was part of the antigovernment Freemen group, which engaged in a three-month standoff with the FBI from a remote Montana farmhouse in 1996.

• Roeder was sentenced to 24 months of probation. The conviction was overturned on appeal the next year when a higher court said the police search of his car had been illegal.

Where was Janet Reno when we needed her?

Posted by Orrin Judd at June 2, 2009 8:05 AM