Richard Jewell--A Hero is Dead

Richard Jewell, 44, the heroic portly rent-a-cop, is dead from complications of diabetes and abuse from the feeding frenzy of the Media Mob and the gentle ministrations of the FBI to con him into a confession of setting off the bomb that blew away one woman and wounded 111 people in Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, July 27, 1996, Summer Games.

The Media Mob, the cops and FBI just could not imagine that a portly, lives with his mom, rentacop could be so cool, so together, so on top of a life or death situation that he could within seconds-of finding the bomb, OODA the situation, warn the police, clear the bomb blast area of potential victims without having prearranged a set up to make himself look like a true blue All American Hero. The day may come when the Three Horsemen of Cynicism will be accused of many things but lack of imagination is not one them.

Convinced by their cynicism they were onto the perpetrator, the FBI then tried to con Jewell into admitting guilt. When that trick did not work a leak was prearranged by the FBI. This leak was blood on the water for the piranha feeding frenzy that followed Jewell. NYT

“The tragedy was that his sense of duty and diligence made him a suspect,” said John R. Martin, one of Mr. Jewell’s lawyers. “He really prided himself on being a professional police officer, and the irony is that he became the poster child for the wrongly accused.NYT

In 2005, Eric R. Rudolph, a serial bomber, was sentenced to the slammer for life for the Atlanta bombing.

Rest in Peace Richard Jewell-An All American Hero.