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Jeanne Assam’s story
Jay Tea at Wizbang says it so much better than I did or could: I’m an agnostic, but I’m not a hard-core religion-hating athiest, and even I have to admit that the argument here for “the hand of God” is a tough one to refute in this case. The story of Jeanne Assam is the kind of schlock I’m used to hearing from the incredibly-annoying hard-ass born-again Jesus freak evangelicals — but it’s all one-hundred-percent grade-A real. The only thing it’s missing is a history of alcoholism or drug abuse that pushed her into her fall in Minneapolis, an addiction that God helped her overcome prior to her absolutely incredible heroism this last Sunday. I can’t imagine a police department in the country that would not want her on their force now. … Read entire article »
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More About Our Hero, Jeanne Assam
Here’s why she left the Minneapolis PD. Doesn’t seem like the worst thing a cop could do. Even Presidents do it, right, Bill? Rapid City Journal Assam is a former police officer who worked in Minneapolis during the 1990s. She grew up in Sioux Falls, went to Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn., and graduated with a criminal justice degree, her twin sister, Jennifer, of Sioux Falls told the Rocky Mountain News. Assam works full time for Messenger International, a local Christian ministry. Minneapolis police officials said Tuesday that Assam was fired from her job as a Minneapolis police officer in the 1990s for lying. Sgt. Jesse Garcia, a Minneapolis police spokesman, said Assam worked at the department from March 1993 to November 1997, when she was fired for lying during an internal investigation. Sgt. John … Read entire article »
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Jeanne Assam, Hero for Our Time
Jeanne Assam went to church this past Sunday like many other Sundays. What happened next probably changed her life, and many of those around her in that church. Denver Post The guard who saved untold lives at New Life Church gives credit to God for giving her cover, and boosting her firepower as she shot a heavily-armed gunman. “I give credit to God. I say that very humbly,” said Jeanne Assam. “God was with me, the whole time … Read entire article »
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Why A Hero For Our Time?
December 11th, 2007 | 2 Comments
My first post about Jeanne Assam called her a hero for our time. Jeanne Assam is someone who was in the right place at the right time and acted in the right manner. Her past is not important. Neither is her future. She did the correct thing when it needed to be done. I’ve speculated here and on other blogs about why so few Medals of Honor have been awarded. I cite the Tillman and Lynch affairs. The military is so afraid of the media at this point, and so afraid that someone they name an honest-to-God hero will not be perfect that the awards are being held up for intense investigations. Jeanne Assam was forced off the Minneapolis PD for a BS reason. She lied during an investigation about whether or not … Read entire article »
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