Man Erroneously Accused In Olympic Bombing Dies

  • #21
An abortion clinic bombing in Atlanta (Sandy Springs) that disfigured a nurse

The clinic in Sandy Springs wounded 7 people with minor injuries. Some hearing loss, scrapes and of course they all had emotional stress. The first bomb went off in the back and didn't hurt anyone, the second one was in the front and set to go off after police arrived.

The abortion clinic where the nurse was injured and the off duty officer was killed was in Birmingham, Alabama. The officer was Robert "Sandy" Sanderson. The nurse was Emily Lyons. http://www.emilylyons.com/

I remember that day! It was so scary! The clinic was right off of University Drive, where UAB hospital and other big hospitals are. And they had bomb threats all over the city that day for hours.

I felt so sorry for Mr Jewell. He had his whole life turned upside down and his good name drug through the mud. I'm so sorry to hear of his passing.
 
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Rest in peace, Richard. How heartbreaking the hell that he went through. We were in Murphy, NC this past weekend. To hear the locals talk about Eric Rudolph, he was hiding in plain sight. I thought it was interesting to hear them talk about him.
 
  • #24
RIP Richard...that is one of those times I will never forget.

I was 7 months pregnant with my middle child when the bomb went off. We had tickets to the Olympics for just days later. I remember the fear, thinking of terrorism so close to home.

The whole thing was tragic. I can't believe anyone thought Eric Rudolph was a hero and helped hide his sorry ass.
 
  • #25
RIP Richard...that is one of those times I will never forget.

I was 7 months pregnant with my middle child when the bomb went off. We had tickets to the Olympics for just days later. I remember the fear, thinking of terrorism so close to home.

The whole thing was tragic. I can't believe anyone thought Eric Rudolph was a hero and helped hide his sorry ass.

I was 5 months' pregnant with my middle child when it happened, and live 90 miles from Atlanta....so we had something in common then!
 
  • #26
I was 5 months' pregnant with my middle child when it happened, and live 90 miles from Atlanta....so we had something in common then!

Wow! My best friend was visiting, and she was about as far along as you. Her son was born in December. We were quite a sight waddling around Centennial Olympic Park, I'll tell you!

I had a memorable pregnancy - he was also born right in the middle of a complete lunar eclipse. No wonder he marches to his own drummer!

Sorry, back to poor Mr. Jewell. I really thought his case would change the way the media treats suspects, but it doesn't seem to have affected things at all in the long term. Do you think?
 
  • #27
He was only 44--pretty young to die of Diabetes and kidney failure--poor guy
 
  • #28
I thought I remembered correctly about Lin Wood (The Ramseys attorney) being Richards defender. I had not remembered that NBC was the culprit and Tom Brokaw the one who slandered Richard on air. The settlement of $500,000.00 came from NBC.

Here is the link with more info.

http://www.cnn.com/US/9701/03/olympic.bombing/

Richard was 34 years old when this happened, can't believe it has been ten years.

Poor guy, whatta deal. Networks are more careful these days and law enforcement as well.

Richard paid the price for future condemnation of innocent people by the 'NEWS' media.

Yes may his soul rest in peace.

.
 
  • #29
I don't know too much about the way stress can affect your body but I have to wonder if him dying so young had to do with stress as well and maybe it just took a toll on him?





He was only 44--pretty young to die of Diabetes and kidney failure--poor guy
 
  • #30
Rest in Peace, Richard
 
  • #31
He also had diabetes. The article in USAToday stated that he had toes amputated due to diabetic complications. He was too young to die due to a diabetic related illness.
 
  • #32
I'm very sad to learn of Richard Jewell's untimely death. He was dealt a bad hand but stood up for himself well. I'm glad they finally awarded him as a hero as he should have been all along.

I hope his estate, probably his mom and dad etc., get what was coming to Richard from the lawsuit. I'm sure his problem was a hard thing for the family to deal with as well. Things like this don't just happen to the POI, but effects the entire family by way of association.

May Richard RIP and God Bless him.

fran
 
  • #33
I'm very sad to learn of Richard Jewell's untimely death. He was dealt a bad hand but stood up for himself well. I'm glad they finally awarded him as a hero as he should have been all along.

I hope his estate, probably his mom and dad etc., get what was coming to Richard from the lawsuit. I'm sure his problem was a hard thing for the family to deal with as well. Things like this don't just happen to the POI, but effects the entire family by way of association.

May Richard RIP and God Bless him.

fran
Dearest Fran,:blowkiss:
I cannot even imagine the hurt soul of Mr. Jewell knowing that he was innocent and having people like Leno belittle him on national television, the New York Post called him fat and bumbling. He was dragged through the media. Mr. Jewell resided with his mother when the FBI agents tore through the household contents. There was confinscated property that the FBI destroyed in the process. (family photos and other things) I am a mother and my heart truly hurts for Mr. Jewell's mother. She had to see her son go through such high anguish. Tom Brokaw is another one who broke the spirit of a man to fuel his own ego and to attempt to boost viewer ratings.
Mr. Jewell was just a man who was looking out for the safety of the public. He took his job to heart, his heart was taken. His own state newspaper started it all by reporting that the FBI was treating Mr. Jewell as a suspect. There is a lawsuit pending (Jan 2008).

All of my Respect and Love to you,
dark_shadows
 
  • #34
I may be wrong about this, and correct me if so, but didn't the FBI profiler specifically tailor his profile to "fit" Jewell?
 
  • #35
I may be wrong about this, and correct me if so, but didn't the FBI profiler specifically tailor his profile to "fit" Jewell?

Dearest Shopper,:blowkiss:
The profile was "fit" for Mr. Jewell after this;

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In the immediate aftermath of the explosion, news coverage tracked closely the information investigators were gathering and the theory of the case they were developing. It was quickly reported, for example, that the FBI believed the blast was probably an act of domestic, not foreign, terrorism. And the early attention investigators paid to an extremist militia organization in Alabama was reported promptly.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Jewell was interviewed by the Secret Service, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the FBI on July 27, the day of the explosion, and again on July 28. In those interviews, investigators considered him a witness, not a suspect. That began to shift during the afternoon of July 28, when, according to the Justice Department, the president of Piedmont College, Ray Cleere, called the FBI in Atlanta after seeing Jewell interviewed on television.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Cleere raised the possibility that Jewell could have been involved in planting the bomb, basing the suggestion on problems in Jewell’s earlier record as a policeman at the school. On the strength of this information, the FBI decided to run a background check on Jewell. Agents recalled a case in Southern California not long before in which a voluntary firefighter had apparently set a series of fires to that he could extinguish them and become a hero.[/FONT]

By the next morning, July 29, FBI headquarters was advised that the profiling unit agents "concurred with Atlanta’s assessment that Jewell fit the profile of a person who might create an incident so he could emerge as a hero."


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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Up to this point, investigators had managed to maintain the confidentiality of their changing view of Jewell, but time was running out. Sometime during the day on July 29, Kathy Scruggs, the Journal-Constitution reporter who covered the Atlanta Police Department, began to pick up hints from police sources that the bombing probe might have taken a new turn. Scruggs, a xx-year-old xxxxx, had been at the Journal Constitution for xx years, most of it xxxxxx. Trying to pin it down, she met with a source after work. The source told her investigators were beginning to look at the security guard in a new light, as a possible suspect. According to one of Scruggs’ bosses, assistant managing editor for Olympics Thomas M. Oliver, the source told Scruggs that Jewell fit a pattern—Oliver did not recall whether the word used was a "profile"—of a wannabe cop with troubled experience in law enforcement. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Whether from this source or not, Scruggs also had heard by this time that Jewell’s former employer had called law enforcement officials to, as she termed it later, "turn him in."[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The source extracted a promise from Scruggs that she would do nothing with the information without his permission; premature disclosure might ruin the investigation, he said. Scruggs says she agreed but added a qualifier of her own: She would no longer honor the commitment and hold back the information if she got independent corroboration. She says the source agreed.[/FONT]


Eric Robert Rudolph was against abortion, homosexuals,he was the FBI's most wanted, he was a murder, a racist, a militant, involved in an anti-Semitic organization, ect.

This "profile" was way off from being accused of "creating a hero image".
 
  • #36
Thank you darkshadows for the info. That's pretty much what I remember now that I've read this.

I hope everyone who played a part in his public smearing have trouble sleeping at night for the rest of their lives and are racked with guilt. That may sound harsh but it's nothing compared to the last 10 years of Mr. Jewell's life. I hope he's at peace now.
 
  • #37
Thank you darkshadows for the info. That's pretty much what I remember now that I've read this.

I hope everyone who played a part in his public smearing have trouble sleeping at night for the rest of their lives and are racked with guilt. That may sound harsh but it's nothing compared to the last 10 years of Mr. Jewell's life. I hope he's at peace now.
To my dearest Shopper,:blowkiss:
Thank-you so much for your post. I appreciate it.

All of my Love and Respect to you,
dark_shadows
 
  • #38
To my dearest Shopper,:blowkiss:
Thank-you so much for your post. I appreciate it.

All of my Love and Respect to you,
dark_shadows

Love and respect to you as well, darkshadows. You are one of, if not the most, kindest posters on the internet.

:blowkiss:
 
  • #39
:( Geeez, sorry to hear this sad news. I hope the last few years were enjoyable ones for him.
 
  • #40
lawsuit link


IN THE STATE COURT OF FULTON COUNTY

STATE OF GEORGIA





RICHARD JEWELL,



Plaintiff,



v.



COX ENTERPRISES, INC., doing business as THE ATLANTA

CONSTITUTION, THE ATLANTA JOURNAL and THE ATLANTA

JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, KATHY SCRUGGS, RON MARTZ,

KENT E.WALKER, CHRISTY OGLESBY, MARIA ELENA

FERNANDEZ, CHRISTINA HEADRICK, MACON MOREHOUSE,

DAVE KINDRED, JOHN WALTER, JOHN or JANE DOE I, JOHN or

JANE DOE II, JOHN or JANE DOE III, PIEDMONT COLLEGE, W.

RAY CLEERE, and SCOTT RAWLES,



Defendants.



COMPLAINT FOR DEFAMATION

The rest is on the link.



Jewell was interviewed by the Secret Service, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the FBI on July 27, the day of the explosion, and again on July 28. In those interviews, investigators considered him a witness, not a suspect. That began to shift during the afternoon of July 28, when, according to the Justice Department, the president of Piedmont College, Ray Cleere, called the FBI in Atlanta after seeing Jewell interviewed on television.
Cleere raised the possibility that Jewell could have been involved in planting the bomb, basing the suggestion on problems in Jewell’s earlier record as a policeman at the school. On the strength of this information, the FBI decided to run a background check on Jewell. Agents recalled a case in Southern California not long before in which a voluntary firefighter had apparently set a series of fires to that he could extinguish them and become a hero.

By the next morning, July 29, FBI headquarters was advised that the profiling unit agents "concurred with Atlanta’s assessment that Jewell fit the profile of a person who might create an incident so he could emerge as a hero."

Link;
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Respectfully,
dark_shadows
 

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