By Matt for the TIB Network:
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press release I missed from last week that I thought you might find interesting:
Chuck Canterbury, national president of the Fraternal Order of Police, welcomed news that the scheduled release of convicted cop-killer Veronza L. Bowers, Jr. today was blocked at the last minute by order of the U.S. Parole Commission -- thanks in part to the efforts of the Grand Lodge.
"The Grand Lodge learned that the widow of U.S. Park Ranger Kenneth C. Patrick, the officer murdered by Bower, was never notified of the parole hearing which granted him release," Canterbury explained. "This killer was scheduled to be released on Feb. 21, but because this date falls on a Federal holiday, Federal rules require him to be released on the previous Friday, so we had to act very quickly to intervene with the U.S. Parole Commission."
The Washington, D.C. staff and U.S. Park Ranger Greg Johnston, president of Virginia Lodge No. 60, contacted Patrick's widow, who sent a letter to the Commission.
"As a victim, she has the right to tell the Commission what she knows about her husband's murderer," he explained, "and his parole was blocked so that the Commission will have a chance to hear from her and other members of Patrick's family."
Bowers was poaching deer with two other men in August 1973 when he was confronted by U.S. Park Ranger Ken Patrick. Bowers shot Patrick three times with his 9 mm handgun, killing him. His body was not discovered until the next morning. Bowers, a member of the Black Panthers who was developing his own cell of "warriors against fascist America," characterizes himself as a "political prisoner." Far from being a model prisoner, he was shot and recaptured during an escape attempt, and has been implicated in the murder of two fellow inmates.
"Ken Patrick left behind a wife and three children," Canterbury said. "Their lives were irrevocably changed on the night of his murder. Bowers was sentenced to life in prison -- and life in prison is what he should serve."
The Fraternal Order of Police is the largest law enforcement labor organization in the United States, with more than 318,000 members.
This guy belongs behind bars not roaming our streets looking for his next victim.
Islamofascism Delenda Est!
