Schram: We don't need to know 'why'
SEATTLE -- Let’s cut through the crap.
I'm glad he's dead.
Maybe you are too, or maybe you're simply relieved that Maurice Clemmons is dead, shot to death by a Seattle police officer who was forced to open fire on the man that every piece of evidence points to as being the killer of four Lakewood police officers.
For those who say now we'll never know why Clemmons assassinated officers Ronald Owens, Tina Griswold, Mark Renninger and Greg Richards, I say we don't need to know "why."
We don't need to try and grasp the twisted and sick reasons "why" Clemmons decided to gun down 4 people, leaving their spouses and children with an emptiness that will never go away.
We don't need to hear "why" a law enforcement badge served as a target; why every man and woman who've pledged to protect our communities now walk among us wondering if there's another Clemmons out there somewhere.
If there is a why that should be explored, it should be why the system and the courts didn't keep this career criminal behind bars.
Why were there some of his family and friends willing to hide and protect this man?
But as to the why he did what the evidence says he did: I. Don't. Care.
Whatever he would have offered in the way of explanation, died with him.
And I'm glad.
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I'm glad he's dead.
Maybe you are too, or maybe you're simply relieved that Maurice Clemmons is dead, shot to death by a Seattle police officer who was forced to open fire on the man that every piece of evidence points to as being the killer of four Lakewood police officers.
For those who say now we'll never know why Clemmons assassinated officers Ronald Owens, Tina Griswold, Mark Renninger and Greg Richards, I say we don't need to know "why."
We don't need to try and grasp the twisted and sick reasons "why" Clemmons decided to gun down 4 people, leaving their spouses and children with an emptiness that will never go away.
We don't need to hear "why" a law enforcement badge served as a target; why every man and woman who've pledged to protect our communities now walk among us wondering if there's another Clemmons out there somewhere.
If there is a why that should be explored, it should be why the system and the courts didn't keep this career criminal behind bars.
Why were there some of his family and friends willing to hide and protect this man?
But as to the why he did what the evidence says he did: I. Don't. Care.
Whatever he would have offered in the way of explanation, died with him.
And I'm glad.
Have something to say to Ken? Login or signup below to post a comment. Just be sure to read the rules and keep things civil. You can also e-mail him at kenschram@komo4news.com.