So what exactly is that? Why would the random murder of 4 cops differ from the random murder of 4 non-cops?
Or is this a case of apartheid punishment? Maybe a want to punish those further because they cannot exact further punishment on the killer? Since he's dead...
Seems to me if this was a crime where 4 Average Joes were murdered, I doubt they would find It "special", this type of "punishment" only seems to be handed out when state agents/actors or the victims.
The article does not say what made the crimes worse than normal, you are only assuming that it is because the victims were cops.
Perhaps it was because there were four murders?
It's because use of a firearm was involved in the commission of their crimes making their abetting more serious. Nothing to do with race as you insinuate, nothing to do with LEO vs citizen. Recall the prosecution of the two BP agents and what prosecutors said warranted their punishment to be more harsh? It was the firearm.
You’re right. Murder is murder and all murders are very serious crimes. This one seems particularly heinous, however. Clemmons set out to kill cops. He didn’t pick out particular cops....any one would do. So he goes to the coffee shop where he KNOWS cops go to and just slaughters them. It’s a cold reminder to every officer out there that their lives can be cut down in a second.
It takes a special person to hold a job where he or she puts his or her life on the line every day. We must respect them and support them any way we can. We’d be in a world of hurt without them.
Until then I think you and Al Sharpton will be the only ones crying for leniency for this group of model citizens.