My heading does not refer to an arrest in this senseless killing of an innocent civilian by (at best) a trigger-happy, poorly trained clown with a badge and a gun. No arrests as of 7/26. Nor does it refer to a firing. Guess who is still getting his paycheck?
Nope, instead, a couple of other pieces of information have leaked.
First, it would seem that there is an allegation that, prior to the shooting, a female slapped the police car. Perhaps that was the "loud noise" that preceded the shooting. While I am hardly convinced that this pathetic attempt of trying to pass a bit of the blame to the victim is even true, I would also note that this, if accepted as true, hardly helps the perp. If the observer (presumably one or both of the officers in the vehicle) was able to notice that the person who slapped the vehicle is a female, then so much for the theory of "loud noise + mysterious and possibly armed and dangerous figure appearing out of nowhere= panic shot, and tragic accident". Moreover, while fireworks or a number of other "loud noises" could be mistaken for a gunshot, a "slap" on the bumper of a car could not. I would also note that the act of slapping a police car is hardly grounds for a reasonable police officer to even effect an arrest, let alone a summary execution. At most, a reasonable police officer steps out the vehicle, puts on a stern visage, and asks, "Ma'am, is there something that I can help you with?"
Second, and more astonishing, it turns out that, soon after the shooting, investigating officers executed a search warrant on a residence. Not the perp's residence. The victim's residence. There could be any number of justifiable reasons for that; I can't think of a single one. Does anyone have an idea? Surely they weren't looking for some mud to throw on the victim? Surely they were trying to pre-empt the defense from accusing them of failing to leave all stones uncovered. Right? Uh huh. The initial report from the news station included the perspective of a local law professor, whose expert opinion was that the search of the victim's residence was so ridiculous that it could create an "international incident". It's not really going to create an "incident", but it sure isn't going to sit well with the Australians, absent a very, very good explanation, which has yet to be provided.
Something is beginning to stink here. If the MSM wants this to go away, the international media, not to mention the Internet, is going to disappoint the MSM. Answers need to start being delivered- soon. This isn't going to fade away.
(mods- if this needs to be moved to the political thread, please do so).
Nope, instead, a couple of other pieces of information have leaked.
First, it would seem that there is an allegation that, prior to the shooting, a female slapped the police car. Perhaps that was the "loud noise" that preceded the shooting. While I am hardly convinced that this pathetic attempt of trying to pass a bit of the blame to the victim is even true, I would also note that this, if accepted as true, hardly helps the perp. If the observer (presumably one or both of the officers in the vehicle) was able to notice that the person who slapped the vehicle is a female, then so much for the theory of "loud noise + mysterious and possibly armed and dangerous figure appearing out of nowhere= panic shot, and tragic accident". Moreover, while fireworks or a number of other "loud noises" could be mistaken for a gunshot, a "slap" on the bumper of a car could not. I would also note that the act of slapping a police car is hardly grounds for a reasonable police officer to even effect an arrest, let alone a summary execution. At most, a reasonable police officer steps out the vehicle, puts on a stern visage, and asks, "Ma'am, is there something that I can help you with?"
Second, and more astonishing, it turns out that, soon after the shooting, investigating officers executed a search warrant on a residence. Not the perp's residence. The victim's residence. There could be any number of justifiable reasons for that; I can't think of a single one. Does anyone have an idea? Surely they weren't looking for some mud to throw on the victim? Surely they were trying to pre-empt the defense from accusing them of failing to leave all stones uncovered. Right? Uh huh. The initial report from the news station included the perspective of a local law professor, whose expert opinion was that the search of the victim's residence was so ridiculous that it could create an "international incident". It's not really going to create an "incident", but it sure isn't going to sit well with the Australians, absent a very, very good explanation, which has yet to be provided.
Something is beginning to stink here. If the MSM wants this to go away, the international media, not to mention the Internet, is going to disappoint the MSM. Answers need to start being delivered- soon. This isn't going to fade away.
(mods- if this needs to be moved to the political thread, please do so).
