Shades of Richard Jewell(December 17, 1962 – August 29, 2007).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jewell
Discovering a pipe bomb on the park grounds, Jewell alerted police and helped to evacuate the area before the bomb exploded, saving many people from injury or death. Initially hailed by the media as a hero, Jewell was later considered a suspect. Jewell’s case is considered an example of the damage that can be done by reporting based on unreliable or incomplete information.
Despite never being officially charged, he underwent a “trial by media” with great toll on his personal and professional life. Eventually he was completely exonerated; Eric Robert Rudolph was later found to have been the bomber.In 2006, Governor Sonny Perdue publicly thanked Jewell on behalf of the state of Georgia for saving the lives of those at the Olympics.
Hope he asked to see a warrant before obeying...
Wow. A friend of mine had a guy on his facebook page that nailed this guy right away. ( Something about him being part a radical anti war group, having ties to the Occupy movement, etc...)
Wasn’t he wearing a cowboy hat? That doesn’t exactly blend into the crowd in BOSTON.
Someone needs to tell the feds that wearing a cowboy hat doesn’t necessarily make one a right wing anti government white male terrorism suspect.
My post stated that the word HERO in the article should not have been in quotation marks as Mr. Arrendondo is indeed a hero. He wasn't squeamish and saved a man's life with his BARE HANDS.
The SeeBS article implies that perhaps Mr. Arrendondo had something to do with the bombing. My post that got pulled included a link to a video where Mr. Arrendondo was interviewed immediately after the bombing. Mr. Arrendondo is in shock and is shaking uncontrollably, not something you'd think a bomber would do, eh?
Here's the link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWJTn_-TJ1Y
And here's a link to the photo of him holding the man's artery:
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1089023/thumbs/o-CARLOS-ARREDONDO-570.jpg?7
Let's see if the mods leave this post up.
Arredondo became the face of this bystander heroism after news photos showed him pushing an injured man down the street in a wheelchair. At the time of the first explosion, he was on the opposite side of Boylston Street, close to the finish line. He had come to support a group of military service members who were marching the race with heavy rucksacks on, as a memorial to fallen soldiers.
One was marching for Alex Arredondo, who was killed in 2004 in Najaf, Iraq. Carlos Arredondo and his wife, Melida, were waiting for that runner. They never saw him.
“That was a bomb,” Arredondo said he thought as soon as it happened. Soon, he arrived at the side of the man without a leg. So did another bystander, who seemed to know what he was doing.
The other bystander asked for tourniquets. Arredondo said he tore pieces off a sweater he had found on the ground.
Sounds like a left wing kook.
He helped save someone’s life. Imho, he’s a hero until there is overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Just because someone is a suspect, it has no bearing on whether they are guilty or not. Was a suspect in a shooting once myself. The police never told me I was a suspect. And my only crime was having my door open and the guy who got shot ran through my doorway for safety. Police have to investigate everything.
