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John Frederick Parker is the most Infamous policeman to wear blue and few to no one knows who he is today...
Parker... https://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln61.html
John Frederick Parker was born May 19, 1830, in Winchester, Virginia. His father was a butcher who later became a police officer. As time passed John moved to Washington, D.C. and became a carpenter. He married Mary America Maus on July 16, 1855, became the father of three children named Cora, Sallie, and Kate, and lived at 570 L Street N., Washington, D.C. When the Metropolitan Police Force was organized in 1861, he became one of its first 150 officers.
Parkers police history... https://findery.com/Chung123/notes/bar-saw-both-assassin-bodyguard-drinking-before-lincoln-shot
Lincoln's bodyguard John Parker remains faceless in history (his grave unmarked).
Before guarding the President Apr 14, 1865, he had been cited many times for being drunk and sleeping on the job, as well as using brothels while on duty over 4 years.
Snip...https://www.policeone.com/patrol-is...n-Parker-at-fault-for-Abraham-Lincolns-death/
Parker lived all his life internalizing the undeniable truth expressed by William H. Cook, Lincoln’s most trusted guard. Officer Cook observed, “Had [Parker] done his duty, I believe President Lincoln would not have been murdered by Booth.”
Officer John Parker died in 1890 — probably hoping that the failure he could never forget would be forgotten by history. He left behind neither photographs of himself nor a personal account of his actions on that tragic night. Even more, telling is the fact that he arranged to be buried in an unmarked grave.
Parker... https://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln61.html
John Frederick Parker was born May 19, 1830, in Winchester, Virginia. His father was a butcher who later became a police officer. As time passed John moved to Washington, D.C. and became a carpenter. He married Mary America Maus on July 16, 1855, became the father of three children named Cora, Sallie, and Kate, and lived at 570 L Street N., Washington, D.C. When the Metropolitan Police Force was organized in 1861, he became one of its first 150 officers.
Parkers police history... https://findery.com/Chung123/notes/bar-saw-both-assassin-bodyguard-drinking-before-lincoln-shot
Lincoln's bodyguard John Parker remains faceless in history (his grave unmarked).
Before guarding the President Apr 14, 1865, he had been cited many times for being drunk and sleeping on the job, as well as using brothels while on duty over 4 years.
Snip...https://www.policeone.com/patrol-is...n-Parker-at-fault-for-Abraham-Lincolns-death/
Parker lived all his life internalizing the undeniable truth expressed by William H. Cook, Lincoln’s most trusted guard. Officer Cook observed, “Had [Parker] done his duty, I believe President Lincoln would not have been murdered by Booth.”
Officer John Parker died in 1890 — probably hoping that the failure he could never forget would be forgotten by history. He left behind neither photographs of himself nor a personal account of his actions on that tragic night. Even more, telling is the fact that he arranged to be buried in an unmarked grave.