Posted by Jim Miller at November 06, 2009 03:17 PM | Email ThisJust after a memorial service for slain Seattle police Officer Tim Brenton concluded Friday afternoon, officers shot and arrested a man described as a person of interest in his killing.
Tukwila police spokesman Mike Murphy said officers were serving a search warrant at an apartment complex when the man flashed a gun.
But then, we know your concern is not for the victim as much as for the perp.
Posted by: hinton on November 6, 2009 07:02 PMPolice officers deserve to be treated better.
This is not a partisan issue.
Posted by: FB on November 6, 2009 10:09 PMMY concern for the perp is PRECISELY the same as HIS concern for his victim. That requires no interpretation of any kind. Dumbo's ilk?
Not so much.
Rest assured, however, that if I ever have need for someone to put words into my mouth, I will certainly give you a call. I suggest, however, that you not hold your breath.
Posted by: hinton on November 6, 2009 10:31 PMAnd I don't require idiots like you to parse what *I* say. Wishing that the suspect is in "extreme pain", though? Barbaric. Unless you support abolishing trials whatsoever, we don't punish people until we convict them.
@4: What is wrong with you leftists who constantly side with the bad guys?
You're pathetic as usual. If asking that the Sixth Amendment be followed is too much for you to handle, why don't you move to some type of dictatorship that matches your style better?
Posted by: demo kid on November 6, 2009 11:16 PMHmmm, Demo child again siding with those who've shown little or no remorse for the innocent.Typical. A wise King Co. prosecutor once had a memorable quote pasted on their door to keep themselves motivated in a sea of naive people like demochild in seattle.
"when a society becomes soft and tender, it tends to take sides with those who harm it" ~ Friedrich Nietszche
I couldn't agree more.
Posted by: Rick D. on November 7, 2009 03:21 AMThe Oct. 23, 2003, edition of a Highline publication, The Thunderword, describes how Monfort ran for the school's student senate and spoke at a candidates' forum.
"Too often, too many of us walk around with our head in the clouds," Monfort said at the forum, according to the article.
The article said Monfort "believes he is unique, because he is upset about our current state of government and actually wants to do something about it. ... The student body has been cheated and lied to by the Bush Administration, said Monfort. He plans on putting together a petition to bring our soldiers home."
However I would hope that conservatives show a little class and not leap to link this to left-wing politics in general.
Recall that many liberal pundits tried to connect conservatives, and in particular conservative talk radio to the OKC bombing, in fact they still routinely make that connection. But both McVeigh and the alledged murderer of the SPD officer were nutjobs. Their actions say nothing about right or left wing politics respectively.
We know that if the alledged murderer here had happened to be an NRA member or somesuch thing, lefty blogs would have never shut up about it. Hopefully righty blogs & talk shows are above that sort of thing..
Posted by: travis t on November 7, 2009 05:58 AMMonfort's case at first seems to be a more baffling example of domestic terrorism than was Hasan's.
But a careful reading of the article reveals that Monfort was a scholar on police mis-treatment of minorities, and that he stated to his fellows at school that "he wanted to make a difference".
He couldn't get a job in the justice system, but it sure was easy for him to get the cover of the Seattle Times.
He made a difference.
Posted by: bart cannon on November 7, 2009 06:34 AMSimple fact is that lower income folks are more likely to be Democrat, period. If you can point to anything that shows that being in prison is positive predictor aside from that, then you have a case.
If you can't... then you're just an idiot. And don't blather about how "everybody knows" something. Unless you can provide proof, I have a good mind to treat you like the liar you are.
@12: Hmmm, Demo child again siding with those who've shown little or no remorse for the innocent. Typical.
You're the one not showing remorse for the innocent. Only jury trials in cases like this can find guilt. If he is found guilty, then lock him away for life. Before then, anything done to him out of revenge or justice makes a mockery of our system of government.
@13: But a careful reading of the article reveals that Monfort was a scholar on police mis-treatment of minorities, and that he stated to his fellows at school that "he wanted to make a difference".
Relevance of your "careful reading"?
Posted by: demo kid on November 7, 2009 07:15 AMDoes anyone know if they confirmed that the car under the cover at the apartment complex was the same color and model as the suspect car? I haven't seen any report on that aspect of it.
Posted by: pbj on November 7, 2009 07:54 AMLower income folks like George Soros and Rahm Emanuel and Al Gore cash in on that anomaly to gratify their greed for power and lust for ever more wealth and control. Their media poodles in the Times call it 'making a difference', but only when the difference shoves the political spectrum leftward.
Posted by: Insufficiently Sensitive on November 7, 2009 08:21 AMPointing out the fact, that Liberals fill our prisons is strong proof that Liberals have a Strong proclivity to be the ones involved in any Criminal activity.
And Republicans, realizing this class division between Democrats (looking out for the working guy) and Republicans (looking out for the folks making money off the working guy), have introduced religion as a means of trying to make up the difference and make the rich even richer.
@19: In this case, what precisely does his political affiliation have to do with anything? If you're ascribing a purely political motivation to it, I'm more than happy to provide examples of conservatives / libertarians that have assaulted or killed police officers. Being a deranged psychopath crosses party lines, really.
But you haven't supported your assertion with facts, or addressed my question! Typical of your idiotic rantings, it seems. How sad.
Posted by: demo kid on November 7, 2009 08:41 AMYour so-called question was just empty comeback Blather and Yes, please do provide proof and examples of Conservatives having assaulted or killed police officers. Also, provide proof that you work 14 hours a day behind a desk. A claim that you have made on SP. What Liar you are. What a Laugh you are.
Yeah, they look out for the working guy by running the biggest unemployment in 28 years, bogarting the 'stimulus' money to buy votes in the 2010 elections. Meanwhile, George Soros and Rahm Emanuel and Al Gore get filthy rich from their investments. The populist nobility, cashing in while the workers starve, and spewing carbon all around the world.
Posted by: Insufficiently Sensitive on November 7, 2009 09:51 AMI'm beginning to think that you don't even know what the term "liberal" means. You've pretty much demonstrated through your schizophrenic tantrums that the only requirement to be a "liberal" in your mind is to express a dissenting viewpoint.
please do provide proof and examples of Conservatives having assaulted or killed police officers
Also, provide proof that you work 14 hours a day behind a desk.
I have no intention of giving out any personal information that would be proof enough for that. I'm quite content with keeping crazy nutjobs like you away from my personal and professional life.
What Liar you are. What a Laugh you are.
Prove your statements, or admit that you know nothing. So far you've done a great job of trying to slander me, you pathetic piece of crap, but you've hardly proven that I'm a "liar".
Posted by: demo kid on November 7, 2009 09:58 AMUnemployment that was just delayed by any means necessary by the Bush administration. This was an inherited recession, NOT one caused exclusively by Democrats.
Meanwhile, George Soros and Rahm Emanuel and Al Gore get filthy rich from their investments.
And Republican backers don't get rich from theirs? Ha ha! At least the Democrats can make some claims that they're helping the American worker.
The populist nobility, cashing in while the workers starve, and spewing carbon all around the world.
Sounds like the perfect description of the Republicans to me.
Posted by: demo kid on November 7, 2009 10:03 AMWe have no solid information as yet that Monfort was responsible for the Brenton murder, but the facts as reported certainly show reasonable grounds for suspicion.
I hope more conclusive evidence comes to light though before they close the books on this case.
Posted by: deadwood on November 7, 2009 01:38 PMInnocent? Since when did you care about remorse for the innocent as an avid Pro abortionist. That's laughable. Besides, he raised a gun at police which is why he's lying with a bullet in his head in Harborview. Is that the actions of an innocent man? You have your moral compass all screwed up Demo Kid. Time to reevaluate your life, son.
Posted by: Rick D. on November 7, 2009 02:00 PM