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| States point fingers over Clemmons' release |
| By latimes.com |
| Published: 12/08/2009 |
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Washington and Arkansas officials trade blame over how the man accused in the deaths of four Seattle-area police officers came to be free. Reporting from Seattle - Officials in Washington and Arkansas have been trading charges over who was responsible for the release of Maurice Clemmons, accused of killing four Seattle-area police officers while out on bail last weekend. Clemmons had a long history of committing violent crimes, and records released this week show prosecutors and corrections officials in Washington were urgently trying to make sure he remained behind bars. But, they said, they were thwarted by Arkansas' refusal to take Clemmons back and by Washington's bail laws. "We wanted to keep him in custody, absolutely. We would have been willing to get on an airplane and fly him back to Arkansas where he belonged," Pierce County Sheriff's Det. Ed Troyer said in an interview. "But they quashed the warrant." Six months before Clemmons allegedly ambushed the Lakeland, Wash., officers while they were having their morning coffee, he had been arrested on charges of assaulting a police officer and second-degree rape of a child. Read More. |
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This is a tragdey all around. Instead of pointing fingers, why not work together so this does not happen again. I work in the state of Washington and too many time we encounter "parolees" from jurisdictions other than Washington State. As a member of Law enforcement, it is sad to say that, too many of us have been targeted in recent months by those who oppose what we have chosen as our profession. This will be the second memorial today for a total of five slain officers, in the state of Washington in the last month. This is unscceptable. The communities around the state and country should be outraged. We need to show support and unity for law enforcement. My prayers go out to the families of the officers involved. I show no sympathy to the family of Clemmons because, he chose the path for his demise. He made it clear to his "family" he was going to "kill as many police officers as he can". They decided to help him beacuse "that's what family do". What about the families of the four police officers he killed? Did they ever stop for a moment to think about them and their childern that were left behind? As for the people that assisted Clemmons, they should be punished to the fullest extent of the law.