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File found, Delahunt still absent
American Thinker ^ | February 19, 2010 | Rosslyn Smith

Posted on 02/19/2010 8:59:37 AM PST by jazusamo

The Braintree Police Department, the Norfolk County Prosecutor and the Massachusetts State Police are trying to get their stories down as to why no charges were filed against Amy Bishop in the 1986 shooting death of her brother.  Although the police file that had been missing for more than 20 years was found among the papers of a retired police investigator, now deceased, the case remains highly controversial. 

Shortly after being apprehended in ‘86, Bishop was released without being charged. Congressman William D. Delahunt was the Norfolk DA at the time.  The current holder of the post, William R. Keating, is investigating the entire matter. It is customary for the local police department in Massachusetts to rely on the State authorities to investigate killings because the state has greater resources. That investigation is done in coordination with the County DA's office.  Among the questions that remain to be answered in this case are:

-Why did no one question Amy Bishop and her mother at the time of the shooting? 

-Why weren't state investigators immediately dispatched to the Bishop home to prevent contamination of the scene?

-Why did the state police wait eleven days to question Bishop and her mother, the only witnesses to the shooting?

-Why weren't key facts in the Braintree Police Department report included in the State Police report? These facts include: that Bishop left the scene of the killing with a shotgun, that she later leveled that shotgun at an auto mechanic in an attempt to get a vehicle and that she had to be arrested at gunpoint by Braintree police officers.  


-Why was Braintree Police Chief Polio so passive about this case back in 1986?  

Polio acknowledged yesterday that he read the reports of his own officers for the first time when they were released by Keating's office this week. Polio said he did not read the reports in 1986 because his officers told him the case would be handled by State Police and the district attorney's office.

There are few weapons more feared in close quarters than a pump action shotgun.  Depending upon the load, they can leave a hole through in the target big enough to toss a basketball through, and an experienced user can get several shots off in a matter of seconds. Officers under Polio's command had just risked their lives to disarm Bishop when she had refused to put the shotgun down, and an officer had to grab her from behind.  It defies credulity that he never read their reports on the incident, if for no other reason than to consider updating their service records with a commendation.  

Current Norfolk District Attorney, William R. Keating, seems incredulous about most aspects of this "You didn't tell us!"/"But you never asked!" scenario between the local and state police.  He seems particularly hot over the gap in time before the witnesses were interviewed and the omission of key facts known by the Norfolk PD from the file that State Police had turned over to the prosecutors. 

"If you eliminated everyone from an interview that was emotionally upset after a shooting death, you'd have no one to talk to,'' Keating said.

Experienced prosecutors know that a series of mind numbing errors and omissions that all favor one party are unlikely to be the product of mere coincidence.

Meanwhile, Congressman Bill Delahunt has kept himself well out of the picture. He's in the Middle East on a junket sponsored by the J Street Education Fund and Churches for Middle East Peace. 

US Representative William D. Delahunt, who was Norfolk district attorney at the time of the 1986 shooting, has been in Israel since the Alabama shootings, but was questioned about the case yesterday at a press availability called after the congressional delegation was blocked from entering Gaza.

"I haven't had a real opportunity to get into the details of the case, but I suspect when I return I'll have an opportunity to become debriefed,'' the congressman told the Associated Press.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: amybishop; bishop; delahunt; ma; williamdelahunt
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1 posted on 02/19/2010 8:59:38 AM PST by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

From what I have heard, this nutcase “accidentally” fired a pump action shotgun three times; once into the floor, once into the ceiling, and once into her brother. And they let her go?


2 posted on 02/19/2010 9:08:23 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Truth - Reality through the eyes of God.)
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To: jazusamo
Smells like CYOA to me...


3 posted on 02/19/2010 9:10:34 AM PST by darkwing104 (Lets get dangerous)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

And pointed it at two motorists.

Her mother had some connection to local law enforcement. She was on some kind of civilian board. I think the answer for her daughter getting off scott free lies there.


4 posted on 02/19/2010 9:12:03 AM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

That’s exactly the way I’ve read it. Looks like her folks were well connected with someone and law enforcement let a psycho walk. It’s going to come back and bite one or more and one may be Delahunt.


5 posted on 02/19/2010 9:13:06 AM PST by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

Yep! Delahunt is hurrying back to the U.S. to get this straight....HA! I bet his phone line is burning with people back and forth trying to figure out a story line of why he didn’t prosecute.


6 posted on 02/19/2010 9:13:43 AM PST by classified
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To: jazusamo
Congressman William D. Delahunt was the Norfolk DA at the time. The current holder of the post, William R. Keating, is investigating the entire matter.

The Wikipedia entry is very short, but he is in the line of succession of Delahunt and, most recently, Martha Coakley:

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William R. "Bill" Keating (born September 6, 1952) is an American politician from the state of Massachusetts. As of 2010 he is the District Attorney of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, having filled that office since 1999.

Following Martha Coakley's victory in the Democratic primary for the 2010 special Senate election, Keating announced that, should she win in January, that he would run for the vacant seat of Attorney General.

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He is, of course, a member of the Democrat machine, presumably made in the mold of Martha Coakley et al.

Here's his earlier state representative web page:

CLICK HERE

What are the odds that this Democrat flunky will actually "investigate" this scandalous affair. I'd say just about zero. First, a lengthy investigation. Then a quiet announcement that nothing suspicious has been found. Especially nothing suspicious against Delahunt.

7 posted on 02/19/2010 9:14:48 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: CaptainK

She was a personel committee for the town. This was an unpaid position that had 24 members. The mother has dirt or connections but that post can’t absolve murder.


8 posted on 02/19/2010 9:15:13 AM PST by outpostinmass2
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To: Cicero

This thing has gone national. They can’t broom it this time. The FBI has to be nosing around now.


9 posted on 02/19/2010 9:17:32 AM PST by outpostinmass2
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To: Cicero
You beat me to it. Keating has been around a long time. He's very much part of the Democrat machine and he will not be digging into this case seeking after Justice.

He may talk like he's doing just that, but he'll cover up anything he possibly can.

10 posted on 02/19/2010 9:21:01 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (We're all heading toward red revolution - we just disagree on which type of Red we want.)
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To: Cicero

Thanks...I’d say that’s right about Keating probably coming up with nothing but his investigation may not end it, it’ll be interesting to see how this progresses.


11 posted on 02/19/2010 9:21:10 AM PST by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

This lady was a Harvardian from a well connected family. Isn’t there a law called “The Swimmer Legislation” that automaticaly buries an incident like this in the Bay State?


12 posted on 02/19/2010 9:21:23 AM PST by JohnLongIsland ( schmuckie schucks)
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To: outpostinmass2

Their filthy little secret is out.

Cockroaches, meet light!


13 posted on 02/19/2010 9:22:05 AM PST by rahbert
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To: jazusamo

Wow this stinks to the high heavens.


14 posted on 02/19/2010 9:24:03 AM PST by rod1
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To: JohnLongIsland

You may not be far off. Though it’s not in writing it’s probably there.


15 posted on 02/19/2010 9:24:19 AM PST by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: outpostinmass2

“The mother has dirt or connections...”

was Momma (or even Amy herself) boffing Delahunt-the-DA at the time? it would sure fit into this easily....maybe there was a family discussion about it just prior to the shooting of the brother?

look at the snips that come up on the hit page and then contemplate the possibility:
http://www.google.com/search?q=amy+bishop+brother+father+mother+shooting+1986&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a


16 posted on 02/19/2010 9:41:44 AM PST by Vn_survivor_67-68
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To: jazusamo

And she would have gotten away with it if she hadn’t been a sociopath who thinks that laws don’t apply to her.


17 posted on 02/19/2010 9:41:58 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Truth - Reality through the eyes of God.)
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To: outpostinmass2

Yes, we can hope that the FBI acts. Apparently it was the ATF that dropped the Harvard pipe bomb investigation earlier.

But it must be said that it may depend on what instructions the FBI gets from Obama and Holder. The family is rich and connected. Are they big enough donors to make it worth while covering up?

On the other hand, their daughter is going to jail anyway, after murdering three colleagues in front of many witnesses. So is it worth anyone’s while trying to continue covering up for her? It’s only Delahunt who needs cover at the moment, and his political career is probably over in any case.

Although Mass. has a pretty good record for re-electing corrupt criminals and murderers. Is that really over now? We’ll see.


18 posted on 02/19/2010 9:51:41 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: jazusamo
"...I'll have an opportunity to become debriefed,''

It's only been 25 years, after all.

19 posted on 02/19/2010 9:55:32 AM PST by denydenydeny ("Leftists are like vampires; shine a light on what they are doing and they retreat."-Andrew Klavan)
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To: Cicero

No, I take that back. If they reopen the brother-murder case, it probably wouldn’t increase the murderer’s jail time much if any, but it might implicate the mother—and possibly the father, who has been omitted from all these news stories but may have gotten involved—as an accessory after the fact. They wouldn’t want that to happen.


20 posted on 02/19/2010 9:57:41 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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