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A gunman bursts into a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington (sometimes called Parkland, Washington) which is about 40 miles south of Seattle, and opened fire on the four officers — three men and a woman — as they worked on laptops at the beginning of their morning shift. The officers killed in cold blood were identified as Sergeant Mark Renninger, Officer Ronald Owen, Officer Tina Griswold, Officer Greg Richards. The Lakewood Police Shooting has rocked the Lakewood Police Department in Pierce County, Washington as well as this close-knit community.

An aggressive manhunt is underway for “a person of interest” - a man identified as Maurice Clemmons, age 37 years old - in the Lakewood Police Shooting, also known as Parkland, Washington shooting. According to police, they suspect that the attacker may haven been injured when one of the officers struggled out the door and fired his gun at the attacker before dying. All hospitals are being checked for patients coming in with gunshot wounds.

The person of interest in this ambush, Maurice Clemmons, is currently under the state supervision of Department of Corrections with an extensive criminal past that includes a long history of violence. Michelle Malkin has a lot more on his history.

Maurice Clemmons had received a 60-year prison sentence in Arkansas in 1990 when he was 18 for burglary and theft of property. At the time of that sentencing, he was already a habitual offender serving 48 years for five felonies. And then guess what happened? Then Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas commuted his 95-year sentence in 2000, citing Clemmons’ “young age”. I wonder what Huckabee is thinking tonight? Well, to avoid a “Willie Horton” moment, we don’t have to wait long — he’s released a statement on his PAC website.

Over the years, Clemmons has had multiple felony convictions in Arkansas and Washington, but has been repeatedly released, sometimes over objections of prosecutors who put him behind bars. This time around, Clemmons had been released just six days ago from jail, where he had been held for several months on a pending charge of second-degree rape of a child and assault on a police officer.

The officers the Lakewood shooter ambushed were Sergeant Mark Renninger, and Officers Ronald Owens, Tina Griswold, and Greg Richards. They were in full uniform and wearing bulletproof vests. The officers, part of the city’s 100-member police force, had been with the department since it was organized five years ago. Here is a wee bit more about the officers who were killed:

Sergeant Mark Renninger was 39 years old and had 13 years of law enforcement experience. He is survived by his wife and three children.

Officer Ronald Owen was 37 and had 12 years of law enforcement experience. He is survived by his former wife and a daughter.

Officer Tina Griswold was 40 with 14 years of law enforcement experience. She is survived by her husband and two children.

Officer Greg Richards was 42 and had eight years of law enforcement experience. He is survived by his wife and three children.

As the first sign reads:

The Gallows

With the largest criminal jurisdiction of any federal court at that time, the Western District of Arkansas handled an extraordinary number of murder and rape cases. When a jury found defendants guilty in these capital cases, federal law mandated the death penalty. In Fort Smith, that meant an execution by hanging on a "crude and insightly" gallows.

A visitor to the city in 1893 recommended constructing a new gallows to evoke the "sacredness and majesty of the law." This was never achieved and a year after the last execution, the city of Fort Smith destroyed the gallows structure.

Another sign reads:

Executions at Fort Smith

During the twenty-four years that federal executions took place in Fort Smith, eighty-seven men died on the gallows. While Judge Isaac C. Parker sat on the bench, 160 people, including four women, were sentenced to hang.
Just over half received a reprieve from execution through pardons, commutations, reversals or acquittals on appeal, or death in jail. The men listed below were henged in Fort Smith.
George Maledon, known as the Prince of Hangmen, served as executioner at over half of the Fort Smith hangings.

(The sign lists those that were hanged - I was not one of them - phew.....)

As the song goes:

Hangman, hangman, hold it a little while
I think I see my friends coming, riding many a mile

Friends, did you get some silver, did you get a little gold
What did you bring me, my dear friends to keep me from the gallows pole
What did you bring me to keep me from the gallows pole

I couldn't get no silver, I couldn't get no gold
You know that we're too damn poor to keep you from the gallows pole

Hangman, hangman, hold it a little while
I think I see my brother coming, riding a many mile

Brother, did you get me some silver, did you get a little gold
What did you bring me, my brother, to keep me from the gallows pole

Brother, I brought you some silver, I brought a little gold
I brought a little of everything to keep you from the gallows pole
Yes, I brought you to keep you from the gallows pole

Hangman, hangman, turn your head awhile
I think I see my sister coming, riding many a mile

Sister, I implore you, take him by the hand
Take him to some shady bower, save me from the wrath of this man
Please take him, save me from the wrath of this man, man

Hangman, hangman, upon your face a smile
Pray tell me that I'm free to ride, ride for many a mile

Oh, yes, you got a fine sister, she warmed my blood from cold
She warmed my blood to boiling hot to keep you from the gallows pole

Your brother brought me silver, and your sister warmed my soul
But now I laugh and pull so hard and see you swinging on the gallows pole
But now I laugh and pull so hard and see you swinging on the gallows pole
Swinging on the gallows pole
Swinging on the gallows pole
Swinging on the gallows pole

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