Ken Schram: Help us honor slain Seattle officer

Summary

We need your help to turn something positive out of a low life's attempt to glorify an accused cop killer.

Story Published: Nov 20, 2009 at 8:58 AM PST

Story Updated: Dec 4, 2009 at 4:28 PM PST

Ken Schram: Help us honor slain Seattle officer
Need your help.

My commentary yesterday focused on a grotesque T-shirt created by the lead singer of a local band that I'm now told broke up a few months ago.

I'm still not naming the band because there are now new members and I don't want to given them any publicity.

The shirt glorifies the man who's charged with killing Seattle Police Officer Tim Brenton.

It features a picture of Christopher Monfort along with a Seattle police badge sitting in a pool of blood.

The heading reads: "Deliver us From Evil."

In addition to my commentary, John Carlson and I talked about this on our KOMO Newsradio show for more than two hours, during which we heard from Tim Brenton's mother-in-law.

The idea hit us just before talking with her.

We want to create a T-shirt that honors Officer Brenton and takes attention away from the one glorifying his accused killer.

That's where you come in.

Send us your design or idea for that T-shirt.

The best four or five will be posted on-line and then everyone can have a say as to which one should be made up.

The shirts will then be sold, with every penny going to the family of Timothy Brenton.

E-mail me your best T-shirt design or idea (kenschram@komo4news.com), or leave a comment below.

Let's turn something positive out of a low life's attempt to glorify an accused cop killer.

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