Who is Maurice Clemmons? Criminal History of Cop Killer

I am inclined to agree.  That was harsh,  and this is probably a state-damaged person.  This is all too tragic and I had hoped it would be more political,  not so sad. 

This guy was a monster BEFORE he went to jail.  He is not a creation of it.  He committed felonies to get to prison, not because he was there.  I won't pretend he learned to play Candyland and hopscotch in prison, but Clemmons was a very bad man before he ever went to meet his new roomies at the Graybar Hotel.

Are we so short on good people that we can't let go of a bad one just because we *hope* he'll reform?  I'm all for compassion but only to a point.  Sometimes we have to recognize a bad penny.  This guy should never have had the chance to offend again.

In Canada, former Justice Minister Alain Rock (really--that's his name) instituted two concurrent 'reforms' of the Canadian legal system: the Federal gun licensing and registration programme and 'conditional sentencing'. Our country has embraced 'multiculturalism' and 'diversity', with a liberalised (over 250,000 immigrants per year) immigration policy. The result has been a disaster, which you Americans seem willing to repeat.CDN$2B disappeared down the Gun Registry hole (porkbarrel contracts and make-work hirings), which never solved a crime and is now going to be dismantled. However, crime increased. StatsCan tried to cover this up, by not including some offenses (e.g., drugs) in the statistics it collected. In Mayerthorpe, Alberta, a violent sex-offender (raped teenage boys) and marijuana grower slaughtered four Mounties, with an illegally-acquired weapon. (He had beeb parolled numerous times.) Mass immigration has brought a torrent of violent criminals, such as the very politically incorrectly-named Fresh Off the Boat Killers. We now have a South (Sikh, Tamil) and East Asian (Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean), Caribbean (Jamaican and Haitian), African (Somali, Eritrean, Ethiopian and Sudanese), Latin American (MS-13) and Arab (largely Lebanese) 'multicultural' gang problem. Hitherto unknown activities, like doda and khat drug dealing, are now common. Here in Calgary, a Brazilian tourist was blinded in a shootoutbetween immigrant drug-gangs. In Toronto, a young girl was killed by gunplay between 'disadvantaged' Jamaican gangsters, who fled the scene in BMWs. (Toronto's putz of a chief, Bill Blair, has avoided going after these Criminals of Colour, choosing instead to conduct warrantless searches of elderly gun owners, who've let their licenses lapse.)My point is that Americans should not make the mistakes we did: softening the justice system, imposing pointless (and costly) gun control measures and 'embracing diversity'.

Excellent summation of how Canada has gone down the toilet. Once a country with honest and upright people: now with urban hell holes populated by gang bangers and welfare queens. Immigrations in the past two decades HAS not worked.

My only queston is this: Do they suspect the right person? I find it diffcult to believe that police work can solve a case and focus on a single suspect that quickly. We have seen too many cases where persons have been quickly targeted as suspects only to find that the police were way off base. I hope they get the right man, not merely creating a false case using a suspect that is politically expedient

The problem that I have with this, as a police officer, is that this man should have have been given a million dollar bond when he was announced as a suspect in the rape of a little girl; a little girl that knew and trusted him.  The thought of this man being given a $15,000 bond for what he did, quite frankly makes me sick to my stomach.  The media will have you believe that this all falls on the shoulders of quite possibly the best potential president that this country could ever have, M H.  Mike released him after he served 11 years for a robbery.  Someone got hurt in that case I'm sure, but he was 17 and eleven years under the right supervision should have changed him, or at least helped him.  Furthermore, he was released in 2004, and it is now 2009.  Since he was released he moved and committed the rape charge. This should have been what opened the eyes for the judges and told them that this guy does not belong on the streets.  Everyone that puts this on the shoulders of M H,  should really do their homework and learn what is going on this date and how the justice system is dealing with it.  Nevertheless, we should not focus as much on this as we should on the lives that have been changed or even taken as a result of this individual's actions.  I hope the very best for the families of the Officers and that little girl who's life has been changed and I'm sure will never be the same...

HEY  N.O., Your right, don't put them in JAIL for a long time,,, they should have NO right's, we should put them in front of a firing squad and let the BULLET do the rest............never seen a dead man commit repeat crime's...this kid should have been sentenced to death at 17.....Then there wouldn't be 4 officer's dead and their families going through HELL right now....it's people like you,  why our stupid ass system won't work...get a life ya bleeding heart............maybe one of your family member's is next....think about that..He is still at large.........

Justice served.  Compare this with the coming saga of th

I agree with N.O.; sentencing a 17 year old kid to that kind of time is outrageous. Also, I should note that if you live in Pierce County and are charged with Assault 3 on a police officer, it is usually because you were beaten and brutalized by that officer. Clemmons committed an egregious crime by executing four innocent human beings. However, the law enforcement community should heed this warning. Victims of police brutality are tired of being victims.

JustMe12: Oh. My. God. Let's see... you are implying that Clemmons was a victim of police brutality and that's why he turned into a cop-killing nutjob? That poor, poor 17 year old Clemmons shouldn't have been sentenced to decades in the joint so it's okay that his sentence was commuted so he could kill again? That the law enforcement community should consider these cold-blooded murders a "warning?" I can only surmise that you've had your problems with Pierce County law enforcement. What exactly IS your point??

Here is some info on Clemmons: Clemmons was 17 years old when he was sentenced to 95 years for aggravated robbery. His only prior offence was for bringing a gun to school. The maximum sentence for aggravated robbery (which is a class “A” felony) is life in prison. However, the max term (9 or more points) is 14.6 years, plus 5 years for a weapons enhancement (if that was the case). That would mean that Clemmons was sentence to 75 more years than the standard sentencing grid allows. After serving 11 years in prison (age 17-28), his sentence was vacated and he was paroled. He then violated his parole, in 2001 for robbery (again) and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was again paroled in 2004 and he then moved to Washington State. It wasn’t until May 9th of 2009, that Clemmons had a run in with the law in Washington State. At that time he was charged with 2 counts of assault 3 and 6 counts of malicious mischief. The police stated that he had punched one of them. Note: I do not believe that Clemmons punched or assaulted the police. I know the system here and had Clemmons actually assaulted a police officer, his charges would have been more severe. I think that this was the reason why Clemmons was so upset with the police.

JustMe12 where did you get your info regarding Clemmons record? Also, when MH commuted his sentence, it was reduced to 45 years. Is that correct?  Has it been 45 years since 2001 or is my math in error.  Thanks for the info.

basically your all right you see things your way i see things my way so clemmons can see things his way man goes thrue all that previouse shit to end up in washington about to go thru some even worse shit but who does he see as the perpertraters of this mess obvously its who ever is about to deliver what ever blow they can deliver basically how much of this shit can you take personnely i think a mother fucker makin 30 or 40 thousand dollars a year should be more carefull about how they treat people they dont no anything about clemmons until they meet  him but to a rich white police he just another nigga paycheck black people know all about assalt on a police officer you know just like i do it keeps you from getting a job ask how many bro's in washington get this charge the year of ther 18 th birthday shit if you aint playing fair why should any body else. 

it is amazing that we can spend billions of dollars on bailouts, and wars, and cures for diseases, but we cant determine potentially violent former offenders, or fix a penal system that is the worst in the free world...

it seems that in his mind,  he had to get even.   maybe some good cops died for the actions of some bad cops.  we know there are plenty of them around.  so maybe some cops should feel somewhat responible.

while i'm at it, let me say more.  tho i am not a black man, i have have seen many things about cops as well as hundreds of stories each year in the news.  many of these cops get into the business because of the power it gives them.  they get a gun, a vest, a radio, a taser, a shotgun, a partner, a gang,  and a big excuse to use it all.   The average cop has a 100 IQ so they are all not exactly genious.  many of them are raised in homes with all kinds of predjudices.  many of them like to abuse others .  take that uniform off and they are just a guy or gal like everbody else.  I've met some good ones, ....but that was because they were not arresting me.  so i don't know them really.  all this shouting i'm doing is because of all the crying and head hanging they are doing over this, when i know them better.   The first thing i thought was 'what did they do to that guy'?   And funny they knew who to look for right off.   well listen cops,  you maybe made that guy into a monster,  but you made me like him better than you. 

Maurice was good to me and my son ive been dealing with him for almost 7 years . He took me and my kid in when we had no where else to go. He actually stopped my suicide thoughts he was always telling me what to do, he thought ahead and gave me good advice all the time little did i know he was crying out for help and i couldnt see it until it was to late. He didnt do any drugs or drink. He was tired . Ive watched him help so many people all at once with my own two eyes.I also watched people dilibertly hurt him,mostly jealousy all his so called homies.I got to see the better side of him now where once stood a life saver unbelieveably took some. Now my kid who also saw him lying dead and bound arms behind his back will hunt us for the rest of our lives