Jewell Loses Hope of Becoming Cop
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Richard Jewell, the onetime suspect in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing, said he has abandoned his dream of becoming a police officer. “I’m ruined. No police chief wants someone working for them that has had the press that I’ve had,” he said in Atlanta. Jewell, a security guard during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, was named a suspect three days after the July 27 bombing, which killed one person and injured more than 100 others. Jewell maintained his innocence and was cleared by the Justice Department in October.
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