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INFO ON SUSPECTED WASHINGTON COP KILLER
By Bob Walsh

PacoVilla’s Corrections blog
November 29, 2009

The police have named a "person of interest" in the murder of four Lakewood, Washington police officers this morning at a coffee shop near Tacoma.

Police are urgently seeking Maurice Clemmons, age 37. Clemmons spent some time in Arkansas as a guest of the state. At age 17 he was sentenced to 96 years in prison for robbery. His sentence was commuted by then-Governor Huckabee, citing Clemmons' age at the time of the offense. He was returned to custody once in Arkansas for violating parole.

He came to Washington State some time after his release on parole again in March of 2004. While in Washington he picked up a beef for 3rd degree assault on a peace officer and 2nd degree child rape. I have no information on the disposition of those charges.

The shooter came in to the Forza's Coffee Shop and walked up to the counter as if to place an order. The barista saw a gun under his coat and beat feet out the back door. The shooter then engaged the police officers who were at the time working with their lap tops. One of the officers grappled with the shooter and got some shots off at him. He may have been wounded.

Police are seeking Clemmons as he "may be able to provide information" in this case. The shooter is believed to be armed and extremely dangerous.

In the old days they would have issued an "extreme precaution apprehension" notice on this guy. That isn't done any more. You newbies should ask an old fart what that means if you don't know.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Here is another good example of why the Supreme Court should uphold the right of states to sentence juveniles to prison for life without possibility of parole in cases where no one was killed.

And here is another example of political correctness run amuck. “Person of Interest” my ass! Clemmons is a SUSPECT! Why can’t the police call him what he is? Heaven forbid the media from describing "a person of interest" by the color of his skin.

And finally, yup Bob, you can take it from this old fart that in the good old days of “extreme precaution apprehension” this cold blooded killer of four cops would never have lived to stand trial.