They say time heals all, but perhaps it shouldn’t.
During the Manatee County Law Enforcement Memorial Service May 14 in front of the Manatee County Courthouse, Sheriff Rick Wells told the assembled crowd that these aren’t “just names” on the 10 plaques that grace the Law Enforcement Memorial.
Anyone who could see Karen Clark, the husband of Deputy Douglas Clark, who died Aug. 25, 2021 in the line of duty, understood Wells’ comment. Clark quietly sobbed as various officers from different law enforcement agencies that serve the county carried a single rose to each plaque…