Suspect In Cop Murders Slain

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  coeurgenx on December 01 at 8:39 a.m.

  That police officer is a hero and sounds lucky to be around to tell about it. This is such a better outcome then having this skumbag is a jail cell!

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  kamm on December 01 at 9:32 a.m.

  I’m hoping that the officer felt in danger or at risk of losing the suspect.
  To kill another is awful at best and something that will haunt him when all the hullabaloo is over.
  If his intentions were pure ( as pure as they can be in that type of unimaginable situation ) and with help of a professional, he’ll be OK. I’ll pray for him anyway.

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  scootermom on December 01 at 10:14 a.m.

  I guess I’m left wondering why this guy shot 4 police officers. And, why these 4.

  Now, we will never know.

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  Sisyphus on December 01 at 10:25 a.m.

  That question is absolutely frightening to me. I had little doubt as to how this would end given the crime. Four cops killed and the cops engage in manhunt for guy suspected of the killing. But from the account I heard this morning the cop saw someone suspected to be Clemmons who was suspected to be the killer who failed to stop when ordered to do so and was shot, presumably in the back.

  Appropriate ending my butt. Foregone conclusion, but justice? Too many unanswered questions for that. And maybe its cause I re-watched LA Confidential last night, but I guarantee that any facts gleaned from this matter will fit the conclusion suggested by Dave’s question unless someone bucks the system with the truth.

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  Digger on December 01 at 10:30 a.m.

  Why couldn’t they have shot Joseph Duncan when they apprehended him? That would have been an appropriate ending to that situation too.

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  Digger on December 01 at 10:31 a.m.

  Oh, Sis, for what its worth - Federal Agents shot the innocent Samuel Weaver in the back during the standoff at Ruby Ridge.

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  Tony on December 01 at 10:58 a.m.

  This person was a “Suspect”. So now we are OK with shooting anyone named as “Suspect”? Way over the line, IMHO

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  idawa on December 01 at 11:06 a.m.

  I’m not surprised by the shooting (nor was I surprised by the shooting of the other suspect who shot a police officer in Seattle last month), but the shooting seems justified.

  According to the Times, the officer was alone writing a report on a stolen car he found when he noticed a man coming up behind his car on the driver side. The officer recognized it was Clemmons so he exited his vehicle and order Clemmons to stop. Clemmons retreated, circling counter-clockwise around the vehicle. It was a reasonable assumption by the officer given the crime Clemmons is suspected of to believe he was posed a threat (seeking cover from which to fire) and he acted defensively.

  I too, like Sis, would have preferred the system to merit out justice, but I don’t see anything sinister in the officer’s actions.

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  Sisyphus on December 01 at 12:21 p.m.

  Agreed idawa, but this still smells bad. The crowning jewel for the cops was the gun they found on him. But for me that just raises more questions. If he was fleeing the coffee house with one cop shooting at him, how did he have time to get a cop’s gun? Was it the gun from the cop he shot outside the building? That would mean the injured felon shot the cop after the gun battle inside and instead of continuing to flee, he turned around and retrieved the weapon. To what end?

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  Cis on December 01 at 3:13 p.m.

  When I watched this on Channel 4 this morning my thoughts were like Sis’s first paragraph…..
  They said the police officer went to investage a car that was sitting, running, and was thought to be stolen… as he approached the car, he saw behind him … some one who he THOUGHT looked like Clemmons. Clemmons started to run, the police officer yelled at him to stop and started to pursue Clemmons who did not stop… and he shot him. AFTER he was shot dead, they found out it was in fact Clemmons. And found one of the slain officers gun. That is what the news reporter said.

  What I thought, was first, I didn’t not see any report since the first shooting stating that there was a missing gun from the officers. So I agree with Sis, on when did this man get the gun? As he supposely shot and ran.

  Second was, Clemmons was shot as he ran away from the officer. Meaning he was not a direct threat to the officer. So he could have shot his legs or etc.
  So was he shot in the back? That isn’t going to go well with the public.

  I can understand any officer who would come across Clemmons and his thoughts… but I forsee a lawsuit by family, if in fact there was no slain officer’s gun… that it was planted there… (family who helped him, would know if he in fact had a gun) and if he was shot in the back. Considering the family already has said, that he wasn’t right in the head… they probably figure he is in a better place, but… lawsuits and money mean a lot too..

  Also Good Morning American said…. shows how out of whack they get things too… that Clemons was cornered by several police officers by a fence and was fired on and killed.

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  spokelooneh on December 01 at 3:36 p.m.

  “So he could have shot his legs or etc. “
  -Cis

  I’m pretty sure that law enforcement officers are trained to aim smack dab in the middle of the body of the person they’ve decided to use lethal force upon.

  There is no “winging”, not on purpose anyway.

  The only other consideration I could imagine would be that the cop has make a judgment about whether firing his weapon at that exact moment and direction would endanger innocent bystanders.

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  Stickman on December 01 at 4:45 p.m.

  Sorry Sis, justice was definitely served in this case. Again, put yourself in his shoes. The rest is bull___!

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  Stickman on December 01 at 4:47 p.m.

  Sis, If the appropriate ending bothers your butt, I feel for ya’.

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