| 词条 | Tom Clements (public official) |
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Early lifeClements was born in St. Louis, Missouri.[2] He married Lisa Smith in 1984 and had two daughters.[2] Before moving to Colorado to lead the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC), Clements had worked in a similar position in Missouri. Clements was known as a progressive leader who cared about the mental health of his prisoners and worked to ensure their transition into society once released. "Tom Clements was someone who worked in a cold, dark world with a remarkably open and generous heart," said Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper the day after Clements was killed.[3] MurderTom Clements was shot dead at his home in Monument, Colorado after answering the door on March 19, 2013.[1] His assassination drew international attention as it came hours before Governor John Hickenlooper signed new gun control laws.[4] SuspectsThe substantial evidence in the case indicates that the assassin was Evan Spencer Ebel, a 28-year-old white supremacist and follower of Asatru.[5][6] Ebel was killed during a high-speed chase with Texas law enforcement two days after Clements' death. Ebel had driven to Wise County, Texas. A Texas sheriff's deputy recognized that the car Ebel was driving matched the car suspected in the Clements killing in Colorado—an older black Cadillac sedan, with mismatched license plates. That Texas deputy who first pulled over Ebel's vehicle (James Boyd) was shot in the head by Ebel but survived. The shooting was captured on the deputy's cruiser's video. After a wild chase, and after engaging law enforcement with gunfire, he collided with a semi-truck carrying a large payload of gravel, and died from his injuries without regaining consciousness. Police also found items that they concluded were stolen from another recently murdered Colorado man, Nathan Leon: a pizza delivery shirt and an insulated pizza delivery container. Leon was forced to make a rambling recorded audio statement before he was murdered.[7] Police believe that Ebel killed Leon to get the pizza delivery "props" that Ebel subsequently used to feign a pizza delivery to the Clements home. The gun found in the stolen Cadillac matched the ballistics of the gun used in the killings of Clements and Leon. Since Ebel could not legally purchase a pistol, he had his friend Stevie Vigil, a straw buyer, purchase the murder weapon. She was sentenced to more than two years in prison for supplying the murder weapon.[8] Ironically, Evan Ebel's father Jack Ebel is an old friend of Colorado governor John Hickenlooper, the man who hired Tom Clements.[9] When Governor Hickenlooper originally interviewed Tom Clements for his position the governor claims to have had a conversation about the son of a friend in administrative segregation, but that he never mentioned Ebel by name.[10] MotivesEvan Ebel had spent much of his time in prison in solitary confinement.[11] Tom Clements' successor, Rick Raemisch, has said "Whatever solitary confinement did to that former inmate and murderer, it was not for the better."[12] Suspicion has also fallen on members of the 211 Crew, a white supremacist gang formed in Colorado's prisons in the mid-1990s.[13] The only formal suspect authorities have named in his death, Ebel, is thought to have had connections with the 211 Crew. On April 5, 2013, it was confirmed by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office that James Lohr, 47, had been arrested by the Colorado Springs Police Department, and that Thomas Guoly, aka Thomas Guolee, 31, was also wanted for questioning.[14] Memorial serviceA public memorial service was held for Clements at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, CO, on March 25, 2013. Mourners at the memorial service included Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, state leaders, family members, friends, and former inmates. Hickenlooper called Clements a great man who led a "quiet crusade" to reform the state's correctional system. "It was a belief he had at the core of his person, that anyone could be redeemed," Hickenlooper told mourners. "He was, without question, one of the most remarkable people I've ever known in my life."[15] Clements worked in corrections in Missouri for three decades before he accepted an offer from Hickenlooper—in 2010—to head Colorado's prisons. See also
References1. ^1 https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/us/director-of-colorado-prisons-fatally-shot-at-home.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Clements, Tom}}2. ^1 Obituary Denver Post, March 24, 2013. 3. ^Friends of Colorado Shooting Suspect Evan Ebel Remember a Dark, Scary Kid. The Daily Beast, March 22, 2013. 4. ^Matt Ferner, "Tom Clements Case: Was Slaying Of Colorado Prisons Chief A White Supremacist 'Hit' Job?" The Huffington Post March 22, 2013 5. ^http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/05/02/clements-murder-suspect-practiced-controversial-religion-in-prison/ 6. ^http://wildhunt.org/tag/asatru-alliance 7. ^Evan Ebel force Pizza Driver to Make Recording, AP, Sadie Gurman, 10 February 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014. 8. ^Woman sentenced in prison's director slaying case, AP, 3 March 2014, Sadie Gurman. Retrieved 5 March 2014. 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.9news.com/news/article/325681/339/Hickenlooper-calls-Ebels-father-old-friend |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-04-04 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130628090014/http://www.9news.com/news/article/325681/339/Hickenlooper-calls-Ebels-father-old-friend |archivedate=2013-06-28 |df= }} 10. ^http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_22851627/clements-update-hickenlooper-was-friends-father-white-supremacist 11. ^http://www.cpr.org/news/story/clements-murder-investigation-continues-do-his-prison-reforms 12. ^https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/21/opinion/my-night-in-solitary.html 13. ^New details emerge three years after murder of Colorado prisons chief http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29647670/new-details-emerge-three-years-after-murder-colorado 14. ^http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/05/17615175-alleged-white-supremacist-arrested-in-connection-with-colorado-prison-chiefs-death?lite 15. ^Tom Clements' widow: Family will pray for forgiveness for gunman http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_22864820/public-memorial-slain-corrections-chief-set-monday 8 : 1954 births|2013 deaths|2013 murders in the United States|Assassinated American people|Deaths by firearm in Colorado|State cabinet secretaries of Colorado|People from Monument, Colorado|People murdered in Colorado |
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