One 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 ArticleA criminal gang merits criminal conspiracy charges
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. There’s never been a spectacle quite like it in a state court. Thirty-two accused criminal conspirators – alleged members of the Hilltop Crips –...
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 ArticleBadge, gun, accountability
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. It doesn’t happen often, but police are sometimes too quick to pull the trigger. Every use of lethal force demands hard scrutiny. The scrutiny...
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 ArticleA court’s baffling suppression of police reports
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. Huh? That’s how we reacted a few weeks ago to a judge’s order to block the release of law enforcement reports about the shooting of four Lakewood...
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 ArticleVoters’ message: No taxes, no bail, no privatization
This editorial will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. Washington voters are an independent lot. There’s no way to put a party label on the way they voted on Tuesday’s ballot measures. As they’ve...
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...
View ArticleThe unbelievable crime of Skeeter Manos
This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s print edition. Imagine a briefcase full of cash on the sidewalk with the owner’s name on it. It’s open. People are walking by. What are the chances someone...
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