Posted on 08/30/2007 6:43:37 AM PDT by Roccus
Richard Jewell has passed away.
He was rather young, wasn’t he?
It was posted long ago. Check out the other thread before you post.
Sorry, here’s the link
Drudge had this up yesterday.
And tens of thousands of stonings, murders, beheading, and suicide bombings by Islamic extremists.
yet the press compares the two, and thinks THEY are finding a “truth” against Christians.
What the FBI did to this man is a disgrace.
The fact nobody was held accountable for it is even worse.
Today the FBI remains the single most dangerous government entity to ‘we the people’.
This is what happens when you only allow lawyers and accountants to apply for the job in the first place.
Death-by-media-smear...
It was news to me...glad it was posted.
Heard this am on radio it was likely due to a severe condition of Diabetes, and his health has drastically gone bad over the last 6 months or so.
>>What the FBI did to this man is a disgrace.<<
So typical of the Janet Reno years.
I wish it could be blamed on Reno, and the previous administration, but it can’t be.
I had some experiences with the FBI’s so called ‘special agents’ in the late 1980’s and very early 1990’s.
Arrogant beyond all belief, and incapable of considering any viewpoint that didn’t originate at the FBI.
Recipe for disaster, which was demonstrated at Ruby Ridge, and with the persecution of Richard Jewell.
Condolences to family and friends of Richard Jewell. America's finest.
Further proof that, “No good deed goes unpunished.”
But exposing him and trumpeting him immediately as their “guilty perp” - just because he was obvious and Reno (and the Atlanta PD!) needed a victim (er, criminal) - was dead wrong.
‘I do admit however, that the “profile” of Jewell as a POTENTIAL bomber (police interest, exposure, availability, access, location, etc.) was valid.’
Nonsense. Lets go down your list;
1. Police interest.
He was working as a security guard, while trying to get into a police academy. I did the same thing after leaving the service. Its hardly a ‘defining trait’ by any rational standard.
2. Exposure/Availability/Access/Location. He was working as a security guard at the event. If he wasn’t there, he wouldn’t get paid. To suggest this, you are using the guys JOB to tar him.
But exposing him and trumpeting him immediately as their “guilty perp” - just because he was obvious and Reno (and the Atlanta PD!) needed a victim (er, criminal) - was dead wrong.
I don’t accept the premise he was ‘obvious’. Using this criteria, which the FBI apparently also used, indicts every security guard assigned to the event.
The profile was wrong. He was a hero who saved a bunch of lives that day. Profilers are an abomination in police work.
Look at the sniper case. They were looking for a white male middle aged loner.
They had evidence that pointed to a 5 percenter.
Profiling needlessly focuses an investigation without reason.
Even in death, Richard Jewell, a hero, is smeared by it.
You accurately point out the problem of mixing politics and law enforcement, the need for a politician to trumpet a suspect. No better than the Nifong and the lacrosse players.
DK
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