posted 11-06-2001 04:24 PM            

William Cooper's Web site

HOTT - Hour of the Time

Background articles

May 2001: Tim McVeigh listened to militia-inspired Arizona broadcaster

Feb., 1995: Militias see threat in Arizona EAGAR - A national leader of the militia movement has been killed and an Apache County sheriff's deputy wounded in a shootout, authorities said.

William Milton Cooper, 58, of Eager, had hosted a talk show broadcast on the Worldwide Christian Radio out of Nashville, which receives it via phone from his home in St. Johns. He had millions of listeners worldwide, including Timothy McVeigh.

The deputy, whose name was being withheld by authorities, was shot twice in the head while trying to arrest Cooper, a state Department of Public Safety spokesman said today. Cooper was killed by another officer.

Several deputies were attempting to arrest Cooper, who was armed with a handgun, said Officer Steve Volden, a spokesman for the DPS, which was investigating the shooting.

He said details of the shooting would be released later today.

The deputy was in critical condition at a Phoenix hospital early today, Volden said.

Cooper was one of the most widely known prophets of the "patriot movement," railing at the federal government and talking of doomsday omens in his radio broadcast.

McVeigh, who was executed in May for the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City, listened to Cooper's broadcasts for inspiration, according to testimony by James Nichols, brother of Oklahoma bombing co-defendant Terry Nichols during a 1996 pretrial hearing.

Like some other patriot leaders, Cooper refused to get a driver's license or pay federal income taxes, saying he is willing to risk getting ticketed and has found a legal way to avoid the taxes.

posted 11-06-2001 06:31 PM            

I think the important thing now is for no one to jump to conclusions about what happened. (But I know how many assumptions are going to be made about the situation.)

Edited for inclusion of URL: http://www.azfamily.com/cgi-bin/news/news50.pl?id=loc13289.txt&action=article

posted 11-06-2001 07:25 PM            

1) Behold A Pale Horse
2) Oklahoma City: Day One

posted 11-06-2001 09:40 PM            

It's been so long since I've heard
Cooper on the radio. His sarcasm and
ridicule of his listeners annoyed me and
I felt sorry for his wife and children - who
had to suffer his tantrums. He must
have been a very troubled person, may
he rest in peace.

I received the follwoing email from a
friend - forwarded from a friend etc....

Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 7:12 PM
Subject: I-P: Cooper's death UNRELATED to warrants

Dear Folks:

It will be extremely easy for people to get worked up about this situation. But please understand that Bill Cooper's death was UNRELATED to any of the federal warrants pending for his arrest.

His own website, run by his trusted webmaster:

http://williamcooper.com

says as much. Here is the text of the current announcement:

- - - - - - - - - - -
Updated: Tuesday, November 6th, 2001, 2:20 PM

In Loving Memory

With a deep sense of loss and mourning we announce the passing of William Cooper.

It appears at this time to be totally unrelated to the disputes he had with the federal government. All we know at this time is that he was shot and killed by an Apache County Sheriff around 12:15 AM this morning while serving of an arrest warrant on a local issue. A sheriff was also wounded.

Remain Calm! This is in no way a cause for action, but all patriots should be on high alert at this time.

Do NOT listen to or spread undocumented and unconfirmed RUMORS! If it is not here it is not confirmed as fact. Updates will be posted here as they become available.

We MUST all remember his love of freedom, America, the Constitution and the values it is founded on.

We also have this report from the old man -- (whose name I cannot recall off the top of my head) -- who runs the Eagar, Arizona weekly newspaper. He publishes it out of his dining room. It is the only paper published in Eagar. I have met this man myself. Bill introduced me to him the last time I was in Arizona. The old guy is deeply patriotic and would neither make up a story, nor embellish it, nor diminish it. He just always tells things as he sees them.

Before anyone makes too big of a deal out of this incident, you might as well know what the people on the ground in Eagar are saying. Here is the small bit of info from the local news guy:

Apparently, Cooper had gone into town and was waving his gun around. He'd gone off the handle for some
reason or something and the local police figured they had to do something before he ended up hurting
someone.

This I find *completely* believable. I knew Cooper extremely well. We worked together VERY closely for several years. I saw him at his best, and I saw him at his worst. And I saw his volatility, the times when he was drunk and disorderly, the times when he behaved irresponsibly,..... all of those ugly things that make up "real life." I also saw him noble and selfless and giving.

But Bill did have a dark and uncontrollable side. No question about it. This does not mean that he was not a good patriot, or that he did not teach and help a lot of people. I'm sure he did.

But to turn this death -- which was so needless and for nothing -- into a martyrdom, or to say that the feds did it, is unrealistic and irresponsible. It is also irresponsible to even suggest that the militias "do something about it." I'm sorry, but the circumstances that can be clarified about the situation simply do not merit ANY response other than sympathy to his family. And it is irresponsible for the Sierra Times to claim that Bill's death was the result of a SWAT raid. This was simply not the case.

From all that can be known locally at the scene at this time, the situation was nothing more than Bill out of control in a public place while armed.
And if you've ever been around Bill when he is out of control, you'd call the cops, too. Believe me! You would! Bill out of control is dangerous. Bill out of control with his handgun is deadly. That's the truth. Any one who ever knew him closely will absolutely confirm this.

In this situation, we'll probably find that the police acted responsibly, and Bill, for all his good points and bad, died for nothing.

posted 11-06-2001 10:26 PM            

his bio at his site is quite a read....

posted 11-09-2001 11:09 PM            

A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL MODEL FOR THE NEWSTATES OF AMERICA, Prepared Over a 10-Year Period by the Center for Democratic Studies of Santa Barbara, California, at a Total Cost to the United States Taxpayers of Over $25 Million

posted 11-10-2001 06:57 PM            

So, since most people who posr here are convinced that Jay's an agent, and I'm an agent and the other debunkers are agents, then what does that make the late William Cooper?

posted 11-10-2001 07:55 PM            

by the way
Thermit~ why is "deb" here?

THIS IS THE BUILDING IN QATAR WHERE
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION IS MEETING
TO FURTHER CONTROL THE GLOBAL ECONOMY...

...REMIND YOU OF ANYTHING??

[Edited 3 times, lastly by mark sky on 11-10-2001]

posted 11-15-2001 12:53 PM            

His books alone were reason enough for him to be on someones 'hit list'. His temper may or may not have been drug-induced?

posted 11-19-2001 02:53 PM            

It was also made famous by the movie Jaws because the majority of the crew were eaten by sharks with very few survivors.

Anyway, the Navy failed to notice or form any rescue effort for 3 days!, so they ended up blaming the ships captain who ended up committing suicide. Seems that members of his crew and family are still trying to clear his name, which happens to be McVey!

A different spelling, but another patsy just the same as Timothy McVeigh in Oklahoma City!