Pima County Shuts Up Sheriff Dumb***

About time:

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has suddenly turned off the flow of information in the January 8th mass shootings in Tucson. Shortly after noon Tuesday Sheriff’s PIO Jason Ogan released this terse, one-line statement:

“Until further notice, due to a controversy between the Sheriff’s Department and the County Attorney’s office, no further information reference the January 8, 2011 shooting will be released.”

The statement put an end to an interview that Sheriff’s Bureau Chief Richard Kastigar had been scheduled to give just 45 minutes later, at 1:00 PM. Kastigar had agreed to come to KGUN9′s newsroom to discuss security videos recorded in the Safeway parking lot the morning a deranged gunman opened fire, killing 6 people and wounding or injuring 14 others, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. CNN had booked a satellite interview with Kastigar, to be conducted by journalist Wolf Blitzer.

This Sheriff has done everything he can to undermine the case against the Arizona shooter. He's tried to blame Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, various other entities such as the Tea Party, and has been a first-class media whore. His words will come back to haunt the prosecutors as the case goes on and the defense uses them to frame an excuse for the shooting.