Cop killer was released by Huckabee
Four police slain in ‘targeted ambush’ near Washington air force base
Four police officers were gunned down in an execution-style ambush at a coffee shop in Washington state, triggering a manhunt for a convicted armed robber with a history of violence.
Pierce County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Ed Troyer said the victims were sitting at a table in the cafe before their shift when a lone gunman entered and started shooting at around 8:15 am (1615 GMT) local time.
“We have somebody out there who blatantly went in and opened fire on four police officers, killing all four of them,” Troyer said following the shooting near McChord Air Force base in Tacoma, south of Seattle.
Late Sunday the identities of the victims – who were all wearing uniform including bulletproof vests at the time of the attack – were released.
The Seattle Times reported that he has eight felony charges in Washington state and five felony convictions in Arkansas. He had been in jail in Pierce County for several months until recently, pending a charge of second-degree rape of a child.
Clemmons served only a fraction of a 35-year prison term in Arkansas before his sentence was controversially commuted by the state’s then Governor Mike Huckabee, who mounted an unsuccessful bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, the Times added.</em>
Hopefully this will be enough of a Willie Horton moment to keep Huckabee’s theocratic hectoring ass out of the running in 2012.
