George Wallace's Shooter to Be Released

[devilgrrl]

George Wallace's Shooter to Be Released
By BEN NUCKOLS (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press
August 23, 2007 9:00 AM EST



BALTIMORE - The man who shot Alabama Gov. George Wallace during a 1972 presidential campaign stop, leaving him paralyzed, will be released from prison this year, an official said Thursday.

Arthur Bremer, 57, is scheduled for release Dec. 16 but likely will be out earlier as he continues to accumulate credits for good behavior and for working as a prison clerk, said Rae Sheeley, a case management specialist at the Maryland Correctional Institute-Hagerstown.

Bremer was sentenced to 53 years in prison for shooting Wallace and three bystanders at the campaign stop in Laurel, Md., on May 15, 1972. He has served 35 years of that sentence.

A bullet lodged in Wallace's spine, leaving his legs paralyzed, and he was forced to abandon his presidential bid. Wallace was elected to two more terms as Alabama's governor before his death in 1998.

Bremer was incarcerated at a Baltimore prison before being transferred to the medium-security Hagerstown institution in 1979. He has kept a low profile behind bars. "I shy away from publicity," he said during a 1996 parole hearing, according to a transcript.

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[Wiregrass Willie]

1. Say what you will about Wallace ...

He had a lot of populist leanings. Which is a philosophy sadly lacking today.

Wallace made one statement that has stuck with me over the years and I believe his supporters of the 1960s should be reminded. When asked by a Northern reporter why he spoke so much about segregation, Wallace replied -- "You have to keep the brush cut down so the monkeys can see". Which was not a flattering assessment of the voters he sought.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Interesting that the Wallace family has forgiven him

but that Bremer is unrepentant for what he did. George Wallace did apologize for his segregationist stances before his death.

[yardwork]

3. Why are their millions of people behind bars in the U.S.

and we're letting out an unrepentant political murderer?

[benEzra]

12. Because growing non-approved herbs for personal use is a much more serious crime

than attempted murder...

:eyes:

[entanglement]

4. He certainly taught Wallace the lesson of his life, didn't he?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. No

He was a fucking coward...

I'd hardly call gun versus unarmed man a fair fight...

[entanglement]

8. Wallace Jr. says it had a purifying effect on his father

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. I Had To Read It Twice

I'd like to see him elaborate...

[CatWoman]

9. I was going to post a variation of that thought..........

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. I Rather Reform Racists Than Shoot Em

The only difference betwwen a sinner and a saint...


Is one man's saved...The other ain't...


PEACE

DSB

[angrycarpenter]

6. born and raised in Ala

There he is both hero and monster depending who you talk to but when it comes right down to it he was just another dixie-crat who used the racism inherent in the white population for his own political purpose.

[WinkyDink]

7. NO political assassin, successful OR failed, should EVER be free! He attacked DEMOCRACY, not just a

man.

Will Squeaky Fromme be next?