Four More Washington Officers Ambushed and Murdered

Such a sad and angry day.

We lost four more good ones this morning. Lakewood Police Officers Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39; and Officers Ronald Owens, 37; Tina Griswold, 40; and Greg Richards, 42, all ambushed and murdered as they drank coffee and wrote reports at a local coffee shop. Just days after Seattle Police Officers Timothy Brenton and Britt Sweeney were ambushed.

The suspect, as usual, is a violent repeat offender with a long criminal history. He once had a lengthy prison sentence for armed robbery which was commuted by none other than Mike Huckabee, who, as far as I can tell, has refused to explain why. It's not surprising then that Huckabee's email account at Fox News is currently closed and his own site isn't accepting email and comments after posting this pathetic statement. What a typically worthless and cowardly politician.

Mike Huckabee doesn't bear all of the burden for this one, but he has long since lost any chance whatever at being POTUS.

After even more violent crimes, including those against a child, this piece of garbage was paroled or released on bail to hurt even more people. When are we going to learn? There is no more worthless a human being than someone who would harm a child and no more dangerous a human being than one who would attack an armed and well-trained police officer, yet this piece of shit was still out walking around. Why?

The Army and FBI refused to confront an obvious terrorist in our midst because he is Muslim and they didn't want to offend anyone. And now that more than a dozen are dead, they are trying to cover up their utter disregard for the safety of our soldiers. Navy SEALs rough up a terrorist that they should have killed and - instead of being hailed as heroes - are brought up on criminal charges. Four Oakland police officers were murdered by a convicted felon that should never have been among civilized people, and we lost four more today because judges and politicians refuse to do their jobs properly.

And with budget cuts on the horizon for virtually every city and county, you can bet that this problem will worsen. Fewer cops on the street, early release for convicts, legalized drugs by the Liberals, unemployment rising, the economy about to crash, a clueless president and worthless AG, a DHS Sec that thinks vets are terrorists and actual terrorists aren't, Liberals out to take your guns so you can't defend yourself... what is happening with our society?

Who will protect us if these people cannot or simply will not? Our police officers and military personnel are protecting us but who is protecting them? The answer is simple: nobody. And I'm fucking sick of it. And yes, I just broke my own rule about not allowing profanity on my site. So sue me.

Comments

[Flag Gazer]

You said it well and profane is appropriate right now...

FURIOUS...

[Jim]

Love your blog. Check it out often. Son is a cop for the Manchester NH PD.
The cops and military can't protect us from the evil that exist internally and externally. They are only tools to be used by politicians.
Our cops, correction officers, military see that the pols and judges are making rules to protect criminals more than they are to protect innocents. They will act accordingly.
We as a country need to vote people into office with the intestinal fortitude to say enough is enough! Death to those who do harm to others! Some humans are no different than mad dogs and need to be put down.
To Hell with the ACLU and every other politically correct organization that has neutered our politicians! Where are the real men that can stand up to such nonsense. We as a country have to stop voting for fence sitting pols or weak minded self centered ball less scum.
God Bless those who serve! And God Bless the families of the fallen!

[Renee]

As I was following this story, I thought about the officer's families and how much their grief must be increased by the knowledge that this was done by someone with such a violent, unstable background and obviously a threat. That this could have been prevented is little solace. I would hope that politicians and lawmakers would learn a lesson from this, but that hope is slim looking at the past, as you said so succintly.

[thebronze]

Concur 100%