4 police officers killed, a major failure of the criminal justice system

There are a lot of things I like about Huckabee, mostly from a fiscal conservative POV. If this is accurate and I'm assuming it is I have two thoughts, 1. He should carry a significant amount of the responsibility for what that POS has done since he pardoned him 2. He should NOT run for any public office in the future. 3. He should contribute a large amount of $$$ to the fallen officers family.

My hearfelt thoughts go out to the families, friends and co-workers of the fallen officers.

Thanks for sharing this info.

He wasn't released by Huckabee.  His sentence was commuted (on the reccomendation of the parole board to Huckabee), which made him eligible for parole.  He then had to convince a parole board he was not a danger to get paroled.  He violated the parole, and was taken back to jail, but was not prosecuted on the charges that would have kept him there, so he was once again released.

While I think Huckabee will end up bearing the brunt of this, I think this is more a failure at multiple levels than something to pin on one person alone.

The deaths of the officers in Washington is tragic, and I hope that justice will finally be served upon Clemmons, if he is the shooter responsible ( and it certainly appears that way at this time ).

I find this story just terrifying.  My husband became a full time officer this year.....it's so scary to think he could be targeted just because of the uniform he wears.

I remember not long ago I was driving through town and saw that he had someone pulled over.  Just as I was passing, I noticed that he put his hand on the back of the person's car before he approached the driver.  I asked him later why he did this and his response was that in the academy, they teach them to put their fingerprints on the car to prove that they had contact with the vehicle in case anything happened to them.  (as in a shooting, for example)

I know that the likeyhood is low, but that fact that it's there bothers me still.  I hope I can get more used to it as time goes on.

My thoughts to those families that were affected by this.

After hearing more details of what Huckabee did and events between then and now I don't feel Huck is as much responsibility as I first thought or stated. It does appear that a lot of opportunites to confine this POS were missed or miss managed.

I think the world is a better place this evening than it was last night.

To all of the Law enforcement personell and their famalies, thanks and be safe.