Mau­rice Clem­mons, the thug that exe­cuted four Lake­wood, Wash­ing­ton offi­cers, has been shot and killed by Seat­tle police.  As a Chris­t­ian, I regret the fact that Clem­mons’ soul is more than likely lost and he’s in hell right now.  (As an aside, I refuse to post pic­tures of thugs and ter­ror­ists on my blog.  If you want to see what these degen­er­ates look like, go to the news sites.  I will post pic­tures of the vic­tims, though, as I did yes­ter­day - out of respect and remem­brance of the lives they led.)

How­ever, from a “judi­cial” stand­point, I only have two words:  Good riddance.

If you want to read more on the story, go here.

For more on the police offi­cers that lost their lives in the line of duty, go here.  I am con­tin­u­ing to pray for the fam­i­lies dur­ing this time of loss and mourn­ing.  May God pour out His bless­ings on you and give you peace.

In trib­ute to the fallen offi­cers, here’s a poem from Alfred, Lord Tennyson:

Sun­set and evening star,
  And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moan­ing of the bar,
  When I put out to sea,

But such a tide as mov­ing seems asleep,
  Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the bound­less deep
  Turns again home.

Twi­light and evening bell,
  And after that the dark!
And may there be no sad­ness of farewell,
  When I embark;

For though from out our bourne of Time and Place
  The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
  When I have crossed the bar.

UPDATE (9:45 a.m.):  Pierce County Sheriff’s Office says that the sus­pect was not in the home they surrounded…More as the story develops.

Four police offi­cers from the Seat­tle sub­urb of Lake­wood were slain Sun­day when they were attacked unpro­voked at a local cof­fee shop.  The four offi­cers are:

Sergeant Mark Ren­ninger, 39, with 13 years of law enforce­ment expe­ri­ence.  He is sur­vived by a wife and three children.

 

 

 

 

Offi­cer Ronald Owens, 37, with 12 years of law enforce­ment expe­ri­ence.  He is sur­vived by a for­mer wife and a daughter.

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Offi­cer Greg Richards, 42, with 8 years of law enforce­ment expe­ri­ence.  He is sur­vived by a wife and three children.

 

 

 

 

Michelle Malkin has been cov­er­ing this story exten­sively, and so has The Other McCain.  My prayers are with these families. 

Nine chil­dren were ren­dered par­ent­less by a soul-less thug in less than five min­utes.  The police have sur­rounded a house in Seat­tle with the cop killer inside — word is he’s wounded and pos­si­bly dead.  I hope it’s the for­mer and not the lat­ter.   This guy — Mau­rice Clem­mons - deserves to suf­fer tremen­dously for what he’s done.

But then again, if he’s dead, he’s already burning.

Clem­mons has a long, long rap sheet — one that goes back all the way to Arkansas when Mike Huck­abee was gov­er­nor.  MM has the whole back­story on this guy, as well as Huck’s unnec­es­sary com­mu­ta­tions and clemen­cies that resulted in Clem­mons being set free…If his 95-year sen­tence had not been com­muted, it’s very pos­si­ble this shoot­ing would never have taken place.

Pic­ture source:  City of Lakewood