Posted on 06/29/2015 11:43:10 PM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
Who Is Photographer Austin Rich & Why Was He Arrested For The Charleston Church Shooting?
ALICIA LU
@ALICIAQL
11 DAYS AGO NEWS
Charleston, South Carolina, and the entire country has been left devastated after a gunman entered the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on Wednesday night and opened fire, killing nine people. The suspect has since been identified by authorities as Dylann Storm Roof, 21, who was found some 200 miles away in North Carolina on Thursday. However, before the intense manhunt led to his arrest, another man was taken into custody. Photographer Austin Rich was arrested in connection with the Charleston shooting and detained before being released hours later. It was a case of mistaken identity, but a traumatizing ordeal nonetheless.
Rich had been in the area near the Emanuel AME Church interviewing locals for a photo project called “1,000 Days of Talking With Strangers” when police apprehended him at a gas station because of his physical description. Rich recounted the entire episode on his Facebook page:
Tonight as many of you may already know, I was detained as a suspect for the shooting that took place in downtown Charleston. I want to assure everyone that I am safe and innocent. I was interviewing strangers at the scene when I was mistaken as the shooter because of my grey t-shirt, black pants and tan shoes…. I gave them the details of where I was and who I was with. They asked several questions, checked my phone records and told me I was clear to go. I am thankful for the professionalism of the officers on duty and have a tremendous amount of respect for them as well.
After realizing Rich was not the suspect they were looking for, the officers released him at around 11:30 p.m.
Rich happened to be on day 458 of his photo project, which was inspired by and is similar in concept and format to Brandon Stanton’s “Humans of New York” website, and it will certainly be an outlier in his 1,000-day project. Rich started his journey last January and has been interviewing one or two strangers every day in Charleston. What started as a year-long project titled “365 Days of Talking to Strangers” was apparently extended into 1,000 days.
What/who is that and what is you’re point?
Press isn’t telling us the truth though. They are showing us one guy detained by the police and then later claiming that the guy was apparently a different guy named Austin Rich. So they are apparently hiding something here.
Apparently.
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