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Signs of grief
Stuck at a stoplight on Steilacoom Blvd and South Tacoma Way today, I couldn’t help but notice a half dozen businessmen putting up a very large sign. They secured it to trees that line the busy...
View ArticleDon’t blame McCarthy and Felnagle for lack of clairvoyance on Clemmons
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. It’s hard to sustain outrage against a dead man. Maurice Clemmons is beyond the reach of public anger, so the anger has to go looking for someone...
View ArticleA day to honor four officers – and all officers
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. May 15 might be the most important national commemoration almost no one has ever heard of. Peace Officers Memorial Day, as it’s called, is...
View ArticleDeputy is domestic violence’s collateral damage
This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s print edition. It was the kind of call that law enforcement officers dread, but it is sadly all too common: a domestic. One family member is hurting or...
View ArticleOne Clemmons is enough; fix that compact
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. In attempting to deal with cop-killer Maurice Clemmons, Washington state got shamelessly played by Arkansas. When Arkansas officials shipped...
View ArticleMaurice Clemmons and the mystery bullet
For me, an abiding mystery of the Maurice Clemmons case is how he managed to keep moving for two days after shooting four Lakewood police officers last November. Greg Richards, one of the victims, shot...
View ArticleUPDATED: Say it ain’t so, Lakewood police survivors
UPDATE: At least three of the families have now decided to abandon their claims for damages against Pierce County due to the public outcry. Never in the history of the South Sound, perhaps, have so few...
View ArticleOfficers’ families hurt their own cause
This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s print edition. The South Sound has showered the families of four slain Lakewood police officers with love, support and money. But the community’s generosity is...
View ArticleBail amendment a measured response to massacre
This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s print edition. This year’s general election ballot would most certainly be one question shorter had Maurice Clemmons not killed four Lakewood police officers in...
View ArticleCops reacted with honor to killings of their peers
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. A year after the slaughter of four Lakewood officers in a Parkland coffee shop, the law has seen some big improvements. The Legislature and...
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