"Ol' Clark Has A Run-In With The Law": A Fantasy Piece

[Bailey Guns]

Read the column HERE: (http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20170630/ol-clark-has-run-in-with-law)

Read the Sheriff's reply and see the video HERE: (https://www.boonecountymo.org/sheriff/clark-rebuttal.aspx)

Bill Clark is an opinion columnist for the Columbia Tribune. A bad one. A lying one. He gets stopped for not signalling. A female deputy, recently returned from an Iraq deployment, and her training officer are the epitome of professionalism during the stop. Clark is a low-grade asshole during the stop. It's what happens after the stop that makes this interesting.

Clark writes a piece describing how he's lucky he didn't get shot, how he now knows how mistreated minorities feel, claims the deputy lectured him, blah, blah, blah. The sheriff sees it. The sheriff reviews the dashcam video of the stop. The dashcam video completely and utterly refutes the fantasy tale told by Clark. The Columbia Tribune apparently gets bombarded by angry, negative commentary, phone calls, emails, etc... regarding the douche-bag that is their columnist, Clark. Editor writes an apology of sorts and indefinitely suspends the liar.

It's refreshing to see such an overwhelming defense of officers who just did their job with professionalism and patience with a guy who turned out to be a lying, flaming leftist.

[sroz]

Nice! Thanks for posting. Great see the overwhelming support for the officers.

[GilpinGuy]

Ha! A liberal douche caught in the act of his dochebaggery red handed. I love it.

Edit: I just noticed the guy on a bike using hand signals to change lanes while d-bag was pulled over. I find this hilarious. [LOL]

[ray1970]

I guess in this world where pretty much everything is caught on some sort of camera there's almost always going to be documentation of what really happened during any given event.

Perhaps we will see more of the fairy tale writers who call themselves journalists exposed for the fiction writers that they are.

[Great-Kazoo]

]What happened to integrity[/B], as I am afraid it is becoming a thing of the past? Unfortunately, there is a small vocal minority that dictates how our society operates, because they want to be and are willing to be heard. The larger silent majority group goes about their busy lives and never speaks up or stands up for what is or should be right, because it doesn't affect them. Don't you think at some point a line needs to be drawn and we have to say, "We are simply not going to let people say whatever they want and not hold them accountable"? As you can tell by now, I reached that point today.

[Hummer]

Good story thanks to the integrity of the sheriff and his deputies. 'Ol Cluck got a richly deserved comeuppance.

[driver]

Get your tickets now for the August Muleskinners meeting.

[BlasterBob]

I guess in this world where pretty much everything is caught on some sort of camera there's almost always going to be documentation of what really happened during any given event.

Perhaps we will see more of the fairy tale writers who call themselves journalists exposed for the fiction writers that they are.

Would it have been proper for the reporter to have contacted the office of the Sheriff for authenticity prior to having the "story" going to print?[blaster]

[cstone]

And from the editor's response http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20170706/tribune-editor-responds-to-bill-clark-column (http://[URL="http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20170706/tribune-editor-responds-to-bill-clark-column")

"When meeting with Clark today, he acknowledged he’d made a mistake in taking out his frustrations in his column, and for blowing certain aspects out of proportion. He’s not apologetic for how he felt at the time or the way he perceived certain things. He intends to write an apology that will publish in Saturday’s print edition. Clark came to the decision on his own, and I’m thankful he did. Everyone makes mistakes in this life, but too few own up to them."

[Hummer]

Regardless of any apology, he should still be fired.

[theGinsue]

Regardless of any apology, he should still be fired.

Agreed. Clark used his podium to inaccurately publiclly besmirch the actions and attitudes of that Sheriffs Department and its deputies. His intent was clearly nothing more than retribution for those deputies holding him accountable to the law. His actions only served to help perpetuate the anger and hostility too many in the public have towards law enforcement which is putting them at greater risk of harm. I applaud the Sheriff for investigating what occured and, when evidence showed his deputies were nothing less than professional, publiclly standing by them and showing the public the truth.

[Bailey Guns]

Pretty chickenshit apology if you ask me. Sounds like it's more of a "I'm sorry not all of you can see my point on what I meant" policy. Still a douchebag.

http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20170707/clarks-response-i-made-a-lousy-call

[Gman]

Pretty chickenshit apology if you ask me. Sounds like it's more of a "I'm sorry not all of you can see my point on what I meant" policy. Still a douchebag.
...and I'm not surprised. There's no integrity and accountability in the media or on the left (same thing).

I'm also not surprised that he again plays the victim by the end of the "apology".

If he's not fired from the Tribune, any subscribers that don't agree should contact the Tribune to cancel their subscription. That's the only action the Tribune and its management will understand.

[OctopusHighball]

A couple of observations:

1) This has reinforced my preconceived notion of folks who have their cars adorned as Ol' Clark does.

2) Ol' Clark's non-apology apology shows he still doesn't accept responsibility for his role in this encounter, and you can bet he tells others in friendly conversation that he wrote the apology because he felt coerced.

Great read, thanks for posting!

[Gman]

2) Ol' Clark's non-apology apology shows he still doesn't accept responsibility for his role in this encounter, and you can bet he tells others in friendly conversation that he wrote the apology because he felt coerced.
He probably tells about how he was tortured and forced to apologize, and now he can identify how the prisoners in Gitmo feel.