Olympics bombing figure Richard Jewell dies

Associated Press ^ | August 29, 2007 | Associated Press

[Westlander]

ATLANTA - Richard Jewell, the former security guard who was erroneously linked to the 1996 Olympic bombing, died Wednesday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.

Jewell, 44, was found dead in his west Georgia home, GBI spokesman John Bankhead said.

[Westlander]

In 1997, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno expressed regret over the leak regarding Jewell. “I’m very sorry it happened,” she told reporters. “I think we owe him an apology.”

Did she think of an apology for Randy Weaver?

[decimon]

If it weren’t for bad luck...

[Greg F]

I was in NYC when all that happened. The people there were brutal. They just loved having a southern security guard, redneck, trailer park guy to kick around and laugh at. What they did to him was very wrong.

[JamesP81]

Did she think of an apology for Randy Weaver?

People who refuse to do the feds work for them or are generally considered odd or outside the mainstream of society don't get apologies (unless their oddness is liberal approved, of course).

[Old Sarge]

Arkancide?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Found dead....

O---kay. Why do I have the sudden urge to PING Alamo-Girl righ t now?

[DPMD]

“...who was erroneously linked to the 1996 Olympic bombing...”

No. Who was maliciously linked, by the same media reporting his death.

Notice the use of the passive tense, in “was .. linked”. It’s as though the media is removing itself from the story of his disgraceful hounding. “We didn’t do it. It just happened, the result of one of those invisible forces.”

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The Unibubba.

[Rte66]

Not sure why these other threads on Jewell don’t show up in the sidebars - one doesn’t even show up in my history. Don’t know how that happens - couldn’t find these except by a search. Strange.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888409/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1888421/posts

[mware]

Did she think of an apology for Randy Weaver?

...or the children who were incinerated at WACO.

[TruthConquers]

Dead at 44? That is very young indeed.

[soccermom]

You can't blame Reno for Weaver....that happened before Clinton was in office. And, for the record, Jewell didn't break any laws. What happened to Weaver was a terrible excess of force -- but he wasn't an innocent bystander.

[JamesP81]

What happened to Weaver was a terrible excess of force -- but he wasn't an innocent bystander.

His murdered wife and son were.

The same could be said about the folks at Waco. They'd probably violated some minor laws. Nothing to justify APCs, SWAT teams, and burning the building down.

[soccermom]

OK -- certainly his wife was an innocent bystander, but I take issue with people who use the word "murder". I find it interesting that many of the same people who accuse the government of "murder" when it comes to "conservative" victims like gun owners, scoff and are the first to defend police officers when the families of criminals slain in confrontations accuse cops of being racist. I don't think the agents in either circumstances intend to "murder" anyone and that rhetoric is just as irresponsible when it comes from people like you as it is when it comes from people like Sharpton.

As for his son, he was innocent in the sense that he was a child. But he wasn't a bystander. He ran out with a gun. Now, I don't think there is anything wrong with a child brandishing a gun on his own property. ( I don't know what the laws are concerning that.) But anyone who would encourage his child to confront others with a gun -- regardless of whether he thinks the child is confronting an intruder or an ATF agent -- bears some responsibility when that child is killed.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Did she think of an apology for Randy Weaver?

Vicki Weaver was killed under the watchful eyes of George HW Bush and William Barr.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

No. Who was maliciously linked, by the same media reporting his death.

No, it was the FBI who leaked his name. The media just reported what the FBI said.

[MinuteGal]

Last I heard on the radio was that Jewell may have died from a cause having to do with diabetes.

Leni

[PISANO]

Did she think of an apology for Randy Weaver?......or the children who were incinerated at WACO.

Further "STARK" evidential PROOF that the Dims get by with murder [thanks to the MSM] and the GOP just cashes it in when silly accusations of non issues are made by LEFTISTS. [Goodbye Gonzales]

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

As for his son, he was innocent in the sense that he was a child. But he wasn't a bystander. He ran out with a gun. Now, I don't think there is anything wrong with a child brandishing a gun on his own property. ( I don't know what the laws are concerning that.) But anyone who would encourage his child to confront others with a gun -- regardless of whether he thinks the child is confronting an intruder or an ATF agent -- bears some responsibility when that child is killed.

What is your source for this information?

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Further "STARK" evidential PROOF that the Dims get by with murder [thanks to the MSM] and the GOP just cashes it in when silly accusations of non issues are made by LEFTISTS. [Goodbye Gonzales]

Ahem.

Who was President when Ruby Ridge occurred? (August 21, 1992)

Who was his Attorney General?