Pierce County

Jed Waits, Infatuated Man, Kills Teacher Outside School In Tacoma, Washington

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pierce County, Birney Elementary, Stalker, Crime, School Violence, Teacher, Stalking, Special Ed, Gun Laws, Tacoma, Washington State, Special Education, Special Ed Teacher, Jennifer Paulson, Washington, Jed Waits, Special Education Teacher, Birney Elementary School, Home News

TACOMA, Wash. — A man apparently infatuated with a special education teacher he knew from college shot and killed her as she walked into her ele...

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Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You: Trigger-Happy Cops?

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David E. Crable, Firearms, Terrorism, Washington State Cops, Gun Control, Police Selection and Training, Sgt. Nick Hausner, Tanwax Lake, Nra, Pierce County, Officer Slayings, Fire on Plane, Drug-Law Reform, Deputy Kent Mundell Jr., Gun Registration, Drug War, Domestic Violence, Bryona Crable, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Politics News
Norm Stamper

Cops can be forgiven for believing a next armed attack is inevitable. But that's foolish and fatalistic thinking: Fearful, perpetually on-edge cops are a danger to themselves, and to others.

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4 Cops Shot At Forza Coffee Shop In Parkland, Washington

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arkansas, Pierce County, Huckabee, Gregoire, Crime, Washington Police Officers Shot, Lakewood, Washington State, Police Offers Shot, Tacoma, Mike Huckabee, Parkland, Mcchord Air Force Base, Fox News, Criminals, Seattle, Forza Coffee, Cops, Politics News

A man with an extensive criminal past -- whose 95-year prison sentence was commuted in Arkansas nearly a decade ago by then-Gov. Mike Huckabee-- was b...

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