In 1998 maelstrom, Capitol shootings brought redemptive clarity, not just sadness
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- Officers killed in line of duty at Capitol honored there. // Jet;08/10/98, Vol. 94 Issue 11, p13
Reports that the bodies of Afro-American Capitol police officer Jacob J. Chestnut, and colleague John M. Gibson who were killed in the line of duty, were publicly viewed in the Capitol Rotunda three days after the incident. Number of persons besides these officers who bestowed the honor of...
- Slain policemen remembered. Wilson-Bunn, Carol T. // Officer;Sep98, Vol. 74 Issue 8, p58
Discusses Reserve Officers Association Jack Marcom Jr.'s eulogy for police officer Jacob Chestnut who along with officer John Gibson was slain by a gunman at the US Capitol Hill. Summary of Marcom's eulogy; Funeral procession for Chestnut.
- Remarks on departure for Norfolk, Virginia, at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. Clinton, William J. // Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents;8/3/98, Vol. 34 Issue 31, p1483
Presents the text of a speech given by the president of the United States on July 25, 1998 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, which praises the bravery of Capitol Hill police officers Officer Jacob Chestnut and Detective John Gibson for the freedom and the security they guard.
- Unknown soldiers: Compare coverage of heroes, criminals. Miller, Matthew J. // Christian Science Monitor;8/10/98, Vol. 90 Issue 179, p11
Laments that society and the media in the United States in 1998 seem to have more interest in the criminals than in the victims of criminal actions. The example of the media coverage of the deaths of Jacob Chestnut and John Gibson and the media coverage of Russell Weston Jr., who killed them;...
- The capitol grieves. Cohen, Richard E. // National Journal;8/01/98, Vol. 30 Issue 31, p1812
Focuses on the shootings of police officers Jacob J. Chestnut and John M. Gibson by Russell Eugene Weston Jr. in the United States Capitol on July 24, 1994. Effect of the shootings on Congress; Remarks from House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
- The bugler played taps. Angell, Elizabeth // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);08/10/98, Vol. 132 Issue 6, p47
Mentions that the two officers who died in a gun battle in the Capitol building were buried in Arlington cemetery in summer of 1998. Jacob J. Chestnut being the first African-American to lie in state in the Great Rotunda; John M. Gibson granted burial in Arlington although he did not serve in...
- The bugler played taps. Angell, Elizabeth // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);08/10/98, Vol. 132 Issue 6, p49
Mentions that the two officers who died in a gun battle in the Capitol building were buried in Arlington cemetery in summer of 1998. Jacob J. Chestnut being the first African-American to lie in state in the Great Rotunda; John M. Gibson granted burial in Arlington although he did not serve in...
- The bugler played taps. Angell, Elizabeth // Newsweek;8/10/1998, Vol. 132 Issue 6, p56
Mentions that the two officers who died in a gun battle in the Capitol building were buried in Arlington cemetery in summer of 1998. Jacob J. Chestnut being the first African-American to lie in state in the Great Rotunda; John M. Gibson granted burial in Arlington although he did not serve in...
- A Capitol offense. Gibbs, Nancy; Carney, Jay; McAllister, J. F. O.; Ghosh, Chandrani // Time International (South Pacific Edition);8/3/1998, Issue 31, p28
Details events surrounding the shooting incident at the United States Capitol building involving Russell Weston. Description of Capitol Hill; Actions of gunman Weston in killing two policeman, Jacob Chestnut and John Gibson; Wounds of Angela Dickerson; Federal Bureau of Investigation and Secret...
