Not—Repeat Not—Terrorism
He didn’t yell “allahu akhbar”, didn’t carry a business card with the motto “Soldier of Allah”, didn’t try to convert anybody (that we know of), didn’t have pen pals in Al Qaeda—but he did kill four cops.
The man wanted in the fatal shooting of four police officers was shot and killed Tuesday in south Seattle after he challenged police who approached him, authorities said.
The Seattle police department confirmed to the Pierce County sheriff’s office that Maurice Clemmons was killed in the shooting, sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said.
The shooting took place about 2 a.m. It ended a two-day manhunt for Clemmons, 37, that began Sunday after an ambush-style killing of four police officers from Lakewood, about 40 miles south of Seattle.
They would have preferred an uneventful surrender, but Clemmons apparently was determined to go out in a blaze of hatred and insanity. And so he did.
This is your garden variety insane mass murderer (who was once pardoned by Mike Huckabee). Not terrorism. Just so we’re clear.
DavidD said,
December 1, 2009 @ 8:22 pm
He was not pardoned by Huckabee. Huckabee commuted his sentence from 108 years total (for multiple convictions) to 47 years, and he was subsequently paroled.
http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2009/11/maurice_clemmons_record.aspx
There were plenty of missed opportunities after that to have kept him locked up.
Carol said,
December 1, 2009 @ 9:08 pm
David D is right: I hope someone does something to fix Pierce County’s completely insane practice of bailing out people who haven’t been booked yet on low bail.
I hope the counties involved throw several books at the pieces of garbage who aided Clemmons’ escape.
And I especially hope there is a very special place in hell for some of Clemmons’ relatives: the family of the girls he molested helped fund his bail.
Bloodthirsty Liberal said,
December 2, 2009 @ 5:28 am
Thanks for the clarification, David.
Carol, Hell is too good for them.