Indiana official" 'Use live ammunition' against protes

Indiana official tweets 'Use live ammunition' against protesters

Jeff Cox, deputy attorney general for the state of Indiana, suggested via Twitter that riot police "use live ammunition" against demonstrators outside Wisconsin's capitol building on Saturday night, reports "Mother Jones."

Tweeting as JCCentCom, Cox was responding to a report tweeted by staffers of the political magazine regarding riot police possibly called to sweep out demonstrators (they weren't).

Taking issue with this response, "Mother Jones" staffer Adam Weinstein called out JCCentCom from his own Twitter account:

I confronted the user, JCCentCom. He tweeted back that the demonstrators were "political enemies" and "thugs" who were "physically threatening legally elected officials." In response to such behavior, he said, "You're damned right I advocate deadly force." He later called me a "typical leftist," adding, "liberals hate police." Only later did we realize that JCCentCom was a deputy attorney general for the state of Indiana.

According to Weinstein, "Mother Jones" sent an e-mail to Cox's work address to confirm whether Cox was the author of the tweets as well as the blogger behind Pro Cynic (now disabled), where he "evinces contempt for political opponents," and asked if Cox wished to provide context. Cox, who is one of 144 attorneys in that office, responded shortly after from a personal email address: "For 'context?' Or to silence me? All my comments on twitter & my blog are my own and no one else's. And I can defend them all."

Responding to msnbc.com's inquiry regarding the the "Mother Jones" piece, Bryan Corbin, spokesperson for Indiana Attorney General's office, provided this statement via e-mail:

An immediate review of this personnel matter is now under way to determine whether the assertions made in the "Mother Jones" article about an employee are accurate. When that review is complete, appropriate personnel action will be taken.

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Indiana Official 'No Longer Employed' After Reportedly Urging Wisconsin Police To Shoot Protesters

NDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana deputy attorney general "is no longer employed" by the state after Mother Jones magazine reported he tweeted that police should to use live ammunition against Wisconsin labor protesters, the attorney general's office said Wednesday.

The magazine reported Wednesday that Jeffrey Cox responded "Use live ammunition" to a Saturday night posting on its Twitter account that said riot police could sweep protesters out of the Wisconsin capitol, where thousands have been protesting a bill that would strip public employees of collective bargaining rights.

Cox also referred to the protesters as "thugs physically threatening legally-elected state legislators & governor" and said "You're damn right I advocate deadly force," according to the magazine. He later told an Indianapolis television station the comments were intended to be satirical.

The Indiana attorney general's office said it conducted "a thorough and expeditious review" after the report.

"We respect individuals' First Amendment right to express their personal views on private online forums, but as public servants we are held by the public to a higher standard, and we should strive for civility," the office said in a statement.

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Must be another one of those "kinder, gentler" "compassionate conservatives."

Oooooh!!! It's okay for you Liberals to take the law and twist it around and as Archer put it, the End justifies the Means, overtly bypass the Constitution as Obama is doing. Liberal Judges try to change laws for their Liberal agenda, but IDIOTS like you come up with your FAUX OUTRAGE of the Day from MotherJones. You are pathetic LJ and always will be!!!!!

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Then you agree that they should be using live ammunition? Wow.....I mean, really, is killing a few protestors on the same level as liberals passing a bill or two?

You two get to go stand over by the wall with BearMtnHIB and Baileyboy, who think it really is OK to kill liberals for what they believe.,

What he should have said is lets hire Gaddaffi to sort it out.

Archer:

If you and your Liberal Agenda keep pushing this country towards this destruction we won't be standing in a corner. You can take that one to the bank.

Hey, NmNuts, why don't you take "Liberal Agenda" and shove it up your a$$...

archer wrote: Then you agree that they should be using live ammunition? Wow.....I mean, really, is killing a few protestors on the same level as liberals passing a bill or two?

You two get to go stand over by the wall with BearMtnHIB and Baileyboy, who think it really is OK to kill liberals for what they believe.