Justice finally served!!!
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Pensacola Police officer Stephen Taylor was just 26 years old when he was shot and killed in the line of duty in 1982.Now, some 23 years later the news that his killer, Clarence Hill, will finally be executed brings peace of mind to his fellow officers."I just think it's time for the sentence to be carried out," said Pensacola Police Chief John Mathis.Mathis went to the academy with Taylor.Taylor had just gotten married and been on the force for three years when he was gunned down."It's kind of one of those things you never forget what you were doing and where you were at when it happened you know and we heard a bunch of running and people getting out of the buildings taking off," said Mathis.They were taking off to 201 North Palafox Street, where at the time, Liberty Bank, had just been robbed and two officers were shot."The one individual, Clarence Hill, had already exited the bank out of another entrance and they were out the front entrance on the Palafox Street side and the second individual came out they took him down, had him down on the ground you know holding the guns on him, when Clarence Hill, who this is the part that really gets me, he was already gone and escaped but he came back and walked up behind Steve Taylor and stuck the gun up underneath his rib cage from behind and shot him where the vest didn't cover and Steve of course immediately fell and Larry Bailly he also shot Larry a couple of times in the neck as well."Officer Larry Bailly who recently retired didn't want to comment on camera, but says he's glad the final chapter in the tragic story is coming to an end.Bailly was invited to attend Hill's January 24th execution, but declined the offer.He and the rest of the police force want to move on, but will never forget what happened."It's tough, it really is. It's something you think about every day you're concerned about the health of the officers everyday," said Mathis.
I have seen first hand the quick response and self sacrifice law enforcement makes trying to stop a bank robbery...justice WAS served!!
Pensacola Police officer Stephen Taylor was just 26 years old when he was shot and killed in the line of duty in 1982.Now, some 23 years later the news that his killer, Clarence Hill, will finally be executed brings peace of mind to his fellow officers."I just think it's time for the sentence to be carried out," said Pensacola Police Chief John Mathis.Mathis went to the academy with Taylor.Taylor had just gotten married and been on the force for three years when he was gunned down."It's kind of one of those things you never forget what you were doing and where you were at when it happened you know and we heard a bunch of running and people getting out of the buildings taking off," said Mathis.They were taking off to 201 North Palafox Street, where at the time, Liberty Bank, had just been robbed and two officers were shot."The one individual, Clarence Hill, had already exited the bank out of another entrance and they were out the front entrance on the Palafox Street side and the second individual came out they took him down, had him down on the ground you know holding the guns on him, when Clarence Hill, who this is the part that really gets me, he was already gone and escaped but he came back and walked up behind Steve Taylor and stuck the gun up underneath his rib cage from behind and shot him where the vest didn't cover and Steve of course immediately fell and Larry Bailly he also shot Larry a couple of times in the neck as well."Officer Larry Bailly who recently retired didn't want to comment on camera, but says he's glad the final chapter in the tragic story is coming to an end.Bailly was invited to attend Hill's January 24th execution, but declined the offer.He and the rest of the police force want to move on, but will never forget what happened."It's tough, it really is. It's something you think about every day you're concerned about the health of the officers everyday," said Mathis.
I have seen first hand the quick response and self sacrifice law enforcement makes trying to stop a bank robbery...justice WAS served!!
posted by KT at 12/02/2005 03:18:00 PM
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