Roundup: eBay Auction to Support Roeder Proceeds
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
November 2, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
Judy Thomas of the Kansas City Star reports that the eBay auction to raise money for Scott Roeder launched Sunday night despite eBay’s pledge to nix it. Roeder is charged with the murder of Dr. George Tiller in the vestibule of his church on May 31st, 2009.
Roeder’s supporters want him to hire an attorney other than his public defenders in order to use a “necessity defense,” saying that Tiller’s killing was an act of justifiable homicide. (emphasis added).
"Organizers posted items that were less contentious than those they’d originally planned to sell, and they used spellings that make searches difficult," reports Thomas.
“I really am hopeful that eBay can see that once this is up, that it is not a glorification of violence,” said auction organizer Dave Leach, an abortion opponent from Iowa. “If the auction stays up, it will only be because eBay has been shamed into recognizing the nonviolent nature of the items.”
EBay officials were not available Sunday for comment to the Star, but last week had said the proposed listings violated the company’s policy regarding offensive material.
“We do not oppose all listings that raise money for legal defense funds,” said Jack Christin Jr., eBay’s associate general counsel for government relations, in a Friday statement. “However, our policy does not permit listings that benefit someone charged with or convicted of a crime.”
Not to mention that suggesting that justifying the murder a doctor for performing a legal medical procedure for any reason will only serve to incite more violence.
The Star reports that items organizers said were being donated last week included several drawings submitted by Roeder; an Army of God manual that describes dozens of ways to shut down abortion clinics; and a prison cookbook compiled by Shelley Shannon, who shot Tiller in 1993 and is serving time for clinic arsons and bombings.
On Sunday, however, the only items listed were a document of religious instruction written by a convicted clinic bomber and a Bible that belonged to Shannon.
“It has all the pro-life passages highlighted,” Leach said of the Bible.
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So Judy Thomas reported it, but did you find the listing on ebay? Can we have a link?
I always thought ebay tried to steer clear of these controversies, but if this is really true. We should boycott ebay.
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