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Justice Department To Investigate Shootings 
Posted by FoM on September 05, 2001 at 10:36:25 PT
By The Associated Press
Source: Detroit Free Press
The U.S. Justice Department will investigate the shootings of two men killed by authorities during a standoff at a campground. An FBI agent shot Rainbow Farm owner Tom Crosslin on Monday after Crosslin authorities say he pointed a gun at the agent, one of several law-enforcement officers surrounding the Cass County campground. Police said Crosslin's roommate, Rolland Rohm, was shot Tuesday as he left a burning building on the property and aimed at gun at a Michigan State Police officer. 
The second shooting ended the standoff, which started Friday after Crosslin missed a bond hearing and was reported to be burning buildings at the campground. Rainbow Farm hosted two annual pro-marijuana festivals called HempAid and RoachRoast, according to its Web site. A court order issued in June prohibited Crosslin from having festival gatherings at the farm. Police allege he violated the order by holding a festival Aug. 17-18, which prompted a bond hearing that was scheduled for Friday. Crosslin was charged with felony possession of a firearm, growing marijuana and maintaining a drug house. Mark Courtade, head of the criminal division of the U.S attorney's office in Grand Rapids, said the Justice Department's review centers on a second shot allegedly fired at Crosslin by an FBI special agent. The agent was extensively questioned by FBI officials, The Detroit News reported Wednesday. FBI Special Agent Dawn Clenney, spokeswoman for the bureau in Detroit, said Tuesday night that a special team of FBI agents from Washington also was investigating. The bureau withheld the names of agents involved in the shootings, but said the agents will continue working during the review. Complete Title: Justice Department To Investigate Shootings at Vandalia CampgroundSource: Detroit Free Press (MI)Published: September 5, 2001Copyright: 2001 Detroit Free PressWebsite: http://www.freep.com/Contact: letters freepress.comRelated Articles & Web Sites: U.S. Department of Justicehttp://www.usdoj.gov/Rainbow Farm Campgroundhttp://www.rainbowfarmcampground.com/ Crosslin's Passions Led To Downfallhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread10828.shtmlCannabisNews Articles - Crosslinhttp://cannabisnews.com/thcgi/search.pl?K=Crosslin 
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Comment #9 posted by jAHn on September 06, 2001 at 14:30:06 PT
Justice Departments' Conclusion........
......((how much money would they ACTUALly spend?))They'd find out that business is goin good on sales of bullets. Broken guns used from the waco-esque stand-off will be sent off to gunsmiths.....cha----ching$ $ $How many hidden pages of documents are gonna be kept away???When you say this countrygone way of the zaNi ((read Nazi)) simply one can only agreeNoone's Free  who would wannabe???
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Comment #8 posted by xxdr_zombiexx on September 05, 2001 at 16:54:27 PT:
The Ashcroft Awards for Excllence in Assassination
The justice department will investigate? HA!Anybody have anything to say before John Ashcroft says it was justifed and gives the shooters medals?We can call it the Ashcroft Awards.
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Comment #7 posted by tdm on September 05, 2001 at 14:21:37 PT
DARE
MDG, I love your bumper sticker idea. If you really get them made, let us all know. I'll certainly buy a few.
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Comment #6 posted by Rock-N-Roller on September 05, 2001 at 14:14:16 PT
Get up, Stand up, Stand up for your right.
In order to bring more media attention to this tragedy we need to make a lot of noise. We need the likes of Gary Johnson, Jessie Ventura, and Normal to attend the funerals and deliver the eulogies. We need to have thousands of, even more people, attend the services, so many people it overcomes the place, just like the police and firemen do. If this could happen the media cannot completley ignore this. If we get more media attention it can possibly help to educate the ones who need it. E-Mail Gary Johnson's office, and Normal, lets try to get them there. I will make several posts of this comment. Do not be angry or surprised if you see this again. I will post it in other places to get more attention. Get up, Stand up, Stand up for your right.
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Comment #5 posted by Assa on September 05, 2001 at 13:29:00 PT
Justice Dept. Will Whitewash Shootings
would have been a better headline.
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Comment #4 posted by MDG on September 05, 2001 at 12:44:00 PT
Don't EVER vote for Republicrats!
Visit this site for ending the two-party duopoly in Amerika, and restoring our Constitutional rights.I'm thinking of printing bumperstickers (with "classic" red script) saying:DARE to obey the Constitution. 
Real Campaign Reform.
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Comment #3 posted by Lehder on September 05, 2001 at 12:18:44 PT
Libertarians
The Libertarian Party seeks to disband the FBI and the DEA. Hate organizations like these have no place in American life. But I'm getting very impatient, we have waited too long, too many have been killed, too many lives have been ruined by violent ignoramuses.I might be satisfied for now with a new presidential election and debates in which all parties on the ballots were allowed to participate. Fat chance.
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Comment #2 posted by New Mexican on September 05, 2001 at 11:51:20 PT
Nothing more to say, lets' act!
Everything you state is true, so now what? Wait for the 'just us' dept. to exonerate the FBI. I can't wait!And just like we knew what the outcome would be, before they were shot, we know what the outcome will be in this 'investigation'. Can anyone save the world from Amerikkka? We are being led to the slaughter and like the sheeple we have become, we get what we deserve. Stand up now or forever hold your 'peice'.
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Comment #1 posted by schmeff on September 05, 2001 at 11:29:12 PT
Justice Dept., FBI teams investigate
Oh Boy! NOW we'll get some answers.C'mon folks, you know how this works. Remember the Gulf War? The war that was too dangerous to allow reporters to cover. So every afternoon, the "media" would gather in a tent and the generals would TELL them what was happening.Here we have the allegation that shots were fired at aircraft. This conveniently justifies the intervention of the feebs while at the same time providing a pretext for securing the area as "too dangerous". No pesky witnesses on the ground or in the air. All those trigger-happy LEOs, who have spent the last 48 hours training and target-practicing at those neighboring farm buildings can quit shooting at airplanes and get busy gunning down those damned dopers.Which they promptly do. These highly-trained marksmen are "surprised" to discover aforementioned damned dopers out taking a stroll, and PRAISE GOD, are miraculously able to squeeze off a quick round right to the doper forehead before they themselves are murdered by a doper bullet through their Kevlar body-armor.Then the demonization process begins as the feebs hurry to secure (clear up any evidence of wrondoing) the crime scene. Rumors of bombs and booby-traps are fabricated. Weapons will be found. And cash. Always cash. Locals will be interviewed who will offer bigoted comments about the dopers, and mourn their passing not at all. The impact of their deaths on the town? "Zero." There may be small news leaks concerning the giving of Christmas gifts to local kids, but louder, more heavily financed propaganda will drown it out.And then the Justice Department and the FBI will conduct an investigation, paid for with our tax dollars, that will show in no uncertain terms that Amerika is safer, stronger and more free without these damned dopers.
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