Re: Cops: Suspect in Officer Executions May Be Dead

Metspitzer wrote:
On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:46:56 -0500, "bella"
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"Poe" <haunted@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:7ni5k1F3lmpfrU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
kerilotion wrote:
On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:33:09 -0500, Poe <haunted@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

By the time I post this it might be over..


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,577765,00.html

Cops: Suspect in Officer Executions May Be Dead

SEATTLE — A suspect in the slaying of four police officers who were gunned down in a suburban coffee shop was surrounded by police at a Seattle house early Monday, wounded and possibly dead, police said.

Negotiators were trying to communicate with Maurice Clemmons, 37, using loudspeakers, explosions and even a robot to try to prod him from hiding. At one point, gunshots rang through the neighborhood, about 30 miles from the original crime scene.

"We have determined that in fact he has been shot," said Ed Troyer, a spokesman for the Pierce County Sheriff. "He may be deceased from his gunshot wound."

Clemmons, who has a long criminal history — including a long prison sentence commuted by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee nearly a decade ago — became the prime target Sunday in the search for the killer of Lakewood police Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39, and Officers Ronald Owens, 37, Tina Griswold, 40, and Greg Richards, 42.

So, is that the end of Mike's run for the White House?

This won't help. Damn, such a double-edge sword to decide who gets a pardon and who doesn't. Still, right now the main thing is, 4 cops are dead. There will be plenty of time later to lay blame, and IMO it falls squarely on the shooter.

It would help if one didn't pardon *violent* criminals with long rap sheets, IMO.

That makes too much sense.


It sounds like the pardon was at the beginning of Clemmons' criminal career. I don't know the details of the original crime in 1989 to speak to the violence of that. Also, according to Huckabee's public statement on the matter, the pardon was to allow Clemmons to seek parole, which he did, and it was granted by a parole board: http://www.huckpac.com/?Fuseaction=Blogs.View&Blog_id=2907

No idea if that's true, but the details will come out. Regardless of whether it seemed like a good call at the time, in hindsight it obviously wasn't, and he'll suffer for it.
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    ... SEATTLE —  A suspect in the slaying of four police officers who were ... Seattle house early Monday, wounded and possibly dead, police said. ... Negotiators were trying to communicate with Maurice Clemmons, 37, using ... Lakewood police Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39, and Officers Ronald Owens, 37, ...
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  • Re: Cops: Suspect in Officer Executions May Be Dead
    ... SEATTLE —  A suspect in the slaying of four police officers who were ... Seattle house early Monday, wounded and possibly dead, police said. ... Negotiators were trying to communicate with Maurice Clemmons, 37, using ... Lakewood police Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39, and Officers Ronald Owens, 37, ...
    (alt.true-crime)
  • Re: Cops: Suspect in Officer Executions May Be Dead
    ... A suspect in the slaying of four police officers who were ... Seattle house early Monday, wounded and possibly dead, police said. ... Lakewood police Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39, and Officers Ronald Owens, 37, ...
    (alt.true-crime)
  • Re: Cops: Suspect in Officer Executions May Be Dead
    ... A suspect in the slaying of four police officers who were ... Seattle house early Monday, wounded and possibly dead, police said. ... Lakewood police Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39, and Officers Ronald Owens, 37, ...
    (alt.true-crime)