Defense attorneys presented testimony from a mental health expert on Thursday regarding the mental state of Eddie Ray Routh, who is accused of killing “American Sniper” Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield. Routh has admitted to killing the two men but has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Defense attorneys for Eddie Ray Routh, accused of killing “American Sniper” author and Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield, continued to present their case on Wednesday, calling Routh’s former girlfriend and then his sister to testify. Routh has admitted killing the two men but has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
On Tuesday, the prosecution rested its case against Eddie Ray Routh, accused of killing “American Sniper” hero Chris Kyle and another veteran named Chad Littlefield. Routh’s defense attorneys then began presenting their case, and one of the first witnesses called was Jodi Routh, Routh’s mother.
As the trial of Eddie Ray Routh, the accused killer of “American Sniper” hero Chris Kyle and Kyle’s friend Chad Littlefield, entered its second week, jurors were shown a video of Routh confessing to the fatal shootings. Kyle and Littlefield were killed on February 2, 2013. Routh, who was 25 at the time of the shootings, has confessed to the killings but has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Jason Hall, the screenwriter for Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper, revealed that a scene showing the violent death of Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle was cut from the film, at the request of Kyle’s widow, Taya.
The second day of the murder trial of Eddie Ray Routh put law enforcement officers with a vast amount of evidence on display. Testimony offered by Texas Ranger Michael Adcock revealed that American Sniper hero Chris Kyle and his friend,
A Texas Ranger testifying Thursday at the murder trial of a former Marine charged with killing famed Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend said the two victims were armed when they were shot multiple times.
An emotional Taya Kyle, widow of America’s most deadly sniper, testified in the trial of her husband’s assassin. Her testimony came in the first day of the trial, shortly after opening arguments from both the prosecution and defense. Eddie Ray Routh is on trial for the murder of Chris Kyle on February 2nd, 2013.
Shortly before he was shot to death by a troubled former Marine at a Texas gun range, legendary Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle texted a buddy, “This dude is straight-up nuts,” a defense attorney told jurors Wednesday.
On February 5 The New York Times ran a column on American Sniper pointing to Chris Kyle’s “insane behavior” at home and the way that behavior makes a good case for gun control.
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura again took to the airwaves this week to compare former Navy SEAL Sniper Chris Kyle’ to a Nazi invader.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott gathered a group of elected officials and members of the military together on Monday to sign a proclamation recognizing February 2nd as Chris Kyle Day, in honor of the native Texan and Navy SEAL who was the most lethal sniper in American military history.
In its third weekend of wide release, director Clint Eastwood’s “American Sniper” is expected to gross another $31.3 million, which breaks the record for the highest grossing film over Super Bowl weekend. What’s extraordinary about this feat is that previous
First Lady Michelle Obama spoke out against critics of American Sniper on Friday, saying the film is a “complex, emotional depiction of a veteran and his family.”
Sicko filmmaker Michael Moore recalled an incident on his Facebook page Thursday in which American Sniper director Clint Eastwood directly threatened his life at the 2005 National Board of Review awards dinner.
UPDATE: A reader points out that the AV Club went so far as to cherry-pick negative customer reviews of this guy’s restaurant to highlight and publish: While Kyle is obviously not alive to shoot Michael Moore from a distance, Brann
Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared February 2nd to be “Chris Kyle Day” to honor the Texan who became known the most lethal sniper in American history. Kyle was also recently immortalized in the blockbuster film “American Sniper.”
Writing for New York Magazine, Leftist Frank Rich chose to further spread the already debunked lie about American Sniper Chris Kyle referring to Iraqis as “savages.” In Clint Eastwood’s masterpiece biopic of Kyle’s life as well as Kyle’s own biography,
Clint Eastwood’s record-breaking Iraq War biopic American Sniper has been well received by American audiences, (aside from a few outspoken critics), but now Iraqis have had a chance to view the film — and they’re very enthusiastic about it.
On January 28, The Future of Freedom Foundation (FFF) vice president, Sheldon Richman, reacted to American Sniper by writing that Chris Kyle “was no hero” and that he really couldn’t see a difference between Kyle’s actions and those of Adam Lanza.
MSNBC’s “The Last Word” host Lawrence O’Donnell declared “I don’t actually believe” some of the material in the movie or book editions of “American Sniper” on Thursday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports.” “This is always the lesson of movies are not history
On January 28, Jesse Ventura described American Sniper as being about as real as Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry films in the 1970s.
On Thursday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, NBC News correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin revealed his very critical view of Chris Kyle, the former Navy SEAL upon which the movie “American Sniper” is based. According to Mohyeldin, the film was not historically accurate
On “Morning Joe” Thursday, Ayman Mohyeldin, a NBC News foreign correspondent, lied about and defamed American Sniper Chris Kyle as a “racist” who went on “killing sprees.” — — Kudos to NBC’s Willie Geist for pushing back with the truth.
In the media’s ongoing and hysterically desperate effort to defame Chris Kyle and “American Sniper,” the film about his life, a dishonest narrative is increasingly being built around Kyle’s repeated use of the word “savages.” Kyle described only terrorists as
Iraq War veteran and fmr. US Army sniper Garett Reppenhagen argued that the film “American Sniper is “from a very particular point of view” on Wednesday’s “The Last Word” on MSNBC. “I think the major thing that we have to
Former DNC Chairman Howard Dean appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews on Tuesday, where he issued a faux apology for describing people who go to see American Sniper as “angry.”
Wyoming, Michigan restaurant owner Tommy Brann–owner of Brann’s Sizzling Steaks and Sports Bar–has officially placed a sign on his business’s marquée which says, “Michael Moore and Seth Rogen are NOT allowed in my place.”
On January 23 Russell Brand said Americans were motivated by a “fear” that caused them to want guns and to “embrace heroic figures like Chris Kyle.”
While watching Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper on January 26, it occurred to the author that while the movie is primarily a film that honors the life of American hero Chris Kyle–and rightfully so–it is also a film that tells a story about the good uses of a gun — a story about a good guy with a gun stopping bad guys.
Actor Gary Sinise, who has an extensive history as an advocate for veterans’ rights, has a few choice words for Howard Dean regarding a statement the former DNC Chairman made Friday about the film American Sniper.
Jason Redman, a former Navy SEAL and personal friend of Chris Kyle dubbed “American Sniper” critics Michael Moore, Seth Rogan, Howard Dean, and Bill Maher “pompous egomaniacs” on Monday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel. Redman
Monday on Fox News Channel, during a debate over the controversial remarks made by many about the “American Sniper” movie, left-leaning Fox News contributor Alan Colmes called into question a sniper’s “mindset.” Colmes said, “I don’t believe a sniper a coward.
Over the course of about 5 years between 2004 – 2009, Hollywood produced no fewer than 18 anti-War On Terror box office bombs that defamed our country, our troops, and the righteous cause of the war against Islamic extremism. Every
In its first weekend of wide release “American Sniper” more than doubled its most optimistic projections with an incredible $89 million 3-day haul. That was an extraordinary achievement, no question, but one surpassed in weekend two when director Clint Eastwood’s
One of the foundational principles of the Bush Doctrine was and is the oft-repeated dictum, “You are either with us or against us.” Little did President Bush know that the American Muslim community was…against us.
According to the BBC, Chris Kyle shot “victims” not evil barbaric terrorists determined to take the lives of American Marines and/or innocent Iraqi civilians. In an irresponsible piece of reporting that details no facts about the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
Sicko filmmaker Michael Moore has never been one to quit while behind. Saturday he again took to Twitter to attack snipers in a series of tweets seemingly aimed at both the late American hero Chris Kyle and the film American Sniper.
On Saturday, Judge Jeanine Pirro, host of the Fox News Channel’s “Justice with Judge Jeanine” criticized President Obama and Michael Moore during a monologue on Chris Kyle. Pirro initially criticized Michael Moore and discussed the impact of “American Sniper” “Leftist
NAVY Seal sniper Chris Kyle’s widow Taya Kyle was left speechless after receiving a check for the proceeds from a raffle of a replica of Kyle’s sniper rifle on Friday.
