Family builds memorial to cop killer
While the most of the community expresses grief and outrage over the massacre of four Lakewood Police officers as they sat drinking coffee Sunday morning, the niece of the man accused of the crime is building a memorial to him.
Denise Hinton was seen by KOMO 4’s Joel Moreno today planting a cross near the intersection in the Rainier Valley where a Seattle police officer killed Maurice Clemmons early Tuesday.
Her dad is Rickey Hinton, Clemmons half-brother, who is now charged with aiding and abetting.
Hinton told Joel that everybody deserves to have a shrine set up and her uncle is no different. She says if people come and tear it down, it will be one more insult her family is forced to endure. She says her dad is innocent and did nothing more than behave like any brother would.
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What is wrong with his family?! Those poor children being mislead about the nature of goodness. He is worthless and not many will miss him, but children are children and these are some victimized children...and by their own family! So sad!
Good for her....although he is a criminal, he was mentally ill in all likelyhood. Not sure you can say the same about rouge cops who abuse their power and then stick together like a den of thieves. No one seems to care when an officer beats someone up or shoots someone in cold blood....so I refuse to give a damn about them getting shot. They should have chosen another profession.
........you refuse to "give a damn" until you need. them. I agree with the other writer. Sure give him a cross. BUT, let truth be known that he was a dirt bag....cop killer...rapist....molester....etc
I guess you're right, the few bad appples have spoiled the bunch and by your description of things that would mean all police officers are rotten and should find another profession. If that were the case, where would society be without police officers? Who would protect us from the likes of people like this? Maybe I'm off my rocker, but Police Officers are needed in a civilized society. Or is an uncivilized anarchy your desired intent?
accttuuaallly in a civilized society police aren't needed, in an uncivilized society they are. As of latley we are still an uncivilized society but some day maybe we will become civilized. Until then... these tragic events will continue. It is not good that we are a race of beings that need police officers... but we seem to be that way... so it sucks that were all so crazy and this stuff happens....saddening.
First off the # 1 issue are all the victims living and deceased. I am not even sure why a news station would cover this "shrine" except for sensationalism.
MC did all the terrible things he did, and in the end he got what he deserved. BUT we cannot judge an entire family. I knew this man for the last four years and you never ever would have had any idea what was coming.He was polite, kind, and helpful not scary or threatening. Nobody would ever ever have guessed until earlier this year when his mind began to totally unravel.
I am NOT excusing them but when I saw his picture on Sunday I dropped to my knees in SHOCK. I NEVER EVER would have guessed. I think some of these people may be in shock and have a very hard time reconciling who they knew and what he had done.They are humans grieving.I know that is hard to believe with everything that has been printed but it is true.
Somehow this man had at least two mortgages, and businesses without anyone knowing of his criminal past. ThereI never knew a thing nor did other friends who knew him.
I am sharing this not for him but to only hope that we will not quickly judge any/every person who grieves for him. Even though I know he did it and I did not see any other outcome, I am sad. I grieve for the kids and that loved him dearly and then were betrayed by him.I just wish that when he was considered dangerous and disturbed he could have been locked up for good.
thank you
YEP!! And it's only through the grace of God that we could even make it to Heaven.
John 3:16, Romans 3:23 FOR ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Romans 6:23 For the wages of SIN is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love towards us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ DIED FOR US.
The only one who can judge is God. Don't worry, not matter where his soul ended up, he will still be accountable for what he did.
Oh boo hoo. The whole family acts like they were victims. If they really had kind hearts and gave one crap about the guy, they would have turned him in so that a peaceful resolution could have been had. Maybe the guy's life could have been preserved if he really was crazy- if it was a family member, who wouldn't want that? But instead, they all help out...against the common enemy, the police, so eventually his life ends like this. We care so much about our precious Maurice that we leave him to roam the streets of Seattle at 2:45 am, gutshot, slowly bleeding to death, trying to steal a car to get away. That shows so much love and caring.
Instead of talking about all the bad choices their family members made, the kids these people have are just indoctrinated with the same victim mentality and that the police are people who are out to get you. How about you bring up your children to be responsible citizens and then you don't have to worry about it. Every one of these people seem to have priors and rapsheets, etc. These are not just youthful "mistakes" from the past, these are lifestyle choices
I agree....it was a no brainer to turn him in peacfully to preserve what little life this douch bag had left. This family is out in left field......this was an easy choice to make.....turn him in when he told them what he had done!!!
Yeah, I agree and any family member that supports that guy should be shot too. To bad there kids are being raised by parents like that. Now they wont know the difference between righ and wrong.
Seriously! It amazes me that someone could put up a post saying the family knew nothing about what he had done when he had a half-brother who was in jail with him and others who helped him get away after he did such a horrific thing. If the family had any common sense and weren't all idiots like him then they should have turned him in right away as opposed to helping a murderer get away.
i know it's your family member but god doesnt agree with what he did as you shouldn't either..he is a worthless human being that killed the people who protect us..so if u agree with that than u should rot in hell with him
I FAR FROM SUPPORT MURDERERS IN ANY FORM (those killed in uniform or otherwise). The misfortune is that, his (the murderers family) lost someone too, whether that individual can be recognized as good or bad is solely up to a higher power). Down here, he took the lives of four cops, mom, dads, wife, husbands; for that there is no good words to say, missed and mourned by many. For that loser's family, there is a brother, uncle, son missing from the get-togethers, minimal compared to the tragic struggle that the community of Lakewood has ahead of them.
God's prayer to the families of Lakewood. Lost but NOT/NEVER forgotten.
I totally agree. I would love to go tear it down myself. If they want to have a memorial they can have it at their home. The members of this piece of trash's family has no regard for the families of the people he murdered or for the law. People that treat cops like this do not belong on the street. It's hard to believe a whole family can be this stupid. They all fell out of the ignorant tree and hit every branch on the way down.
i totally agree! cop killers dont deserve memorials... i understand his family wanting to have one for him but honestly do they really think that no one will mess with it? come on people! atleast save your family the grief of haveing to repair it all the time just call it quits and have one for him at your own house! family is family no matter what you have done im not argueing on that but to have it out in the public when he committed such a hateful crime is just ridiculous!!!!
I don't know of ANY sibling that would help another evade capture for killing ANYONE in cold blood. All involved in helping this man should be charged with accessorie after the fact, and his former cell mate should also be charged with 4 counts of 1st degree murder.
I agree! I thought about this myself on what I would of done if I was my brother? #1 and most of all this was a unthinkable crime that was done to the people that everyday they go to work and protect us everyday they go to work This was not like a hit and run and a person was injured or he beat up someone in a fight, this was cold blooded murder! Every family member should be ashamed that helped him and will also have to answer to a higher. I pray for the family members of the fallen officers. He does not need to have a shrine or even deserve one that is for the public to see. If the family wants to have their own that is fine, he was the brother, son, uncle, father, BUT PLEASE DO IT IN PRIVATE.
Shrine - a building or other shelter, often of a stately or sumptuous character, enclosing the remains or relics of a saint or other holy person and forming an object of religious veneration and pilgrimage.
I'm sure that a shrine is not the appropriate route to go here. Respect should dictate a private memorial with prayers for his soul.
God Bless the Lakewood Officers and their families.
As bad as him, I think not. Angry, upset, and scared is more likely. The people here pouring out their emotions, even spewing hatred, are not as bad as the man who gunned down these officers. To suggest that they are is simply, an insult.
Insult or not, the truth is the truth. You are no better than a killer if you want to see others killed....no matter what they have done. So quick to judge, I would just love to see the skeletons in your closet. Ever notice that the ones who scream the loudest have the most to hide?
Yes, I am sorry you don't believe it, but there IS a hell and we will all have to face judgment. Luckily for us there is also a heaven and we do have a Savior. All we have to do is admit we are sinners and ask forgiveness. When we do and we accept Jesus Christ as our personal savior, we will be forgiven and granted eternal life with the father and creator who loves us all even though we fall short of worthiness. For those of you who would deny the truth, I pray you will one day see the light and open your hearts and that you will ask Jesus in. God bless the families, loved ones and co-workers of the fallen police officers. May God hold you in his arms and comfort you and give you the peace that surpasses all understanding. Though this has been a terrible tragedy, God can use it to bring glory to himself and to bring people to accept his gift of salvation. Those left to deal with the aftermath can one day be a blessing to others by the shaping God will have done in their lives. I pray that God will help all move on and forgive, even though that may be the last thing some are thinking of right now. God bless everyone.
You're quite right about heaven....but, that same God who loves us will not let someone burn forever and ever. You mean to tell me, that your own family could be burning in hell, while you are in paradise without a care in the world? Or, God would just not tell you, and then smile at you knowing one of your loved ones was in excruciating pain.
No wonder people don't want to believe in a God like that. Shame on the church for teaching such an ignorant thing.
The church doesn't teach this "ignorant" thing. God Himself teaches this very enlightening fact. That same God who loves you will indeed allow you to spend eternity apart from Him, just as He said He would.
To think that there are no eternal consequences for your decisions made during this life is ignorant, and highly dangerous.
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