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In reply to the discussion: it sucks that innocent brother was handcuffed and perp walked by cops [View all]obamanut2012
(25,911 posts)37. He shouldn't have been perp walked -- that's the problem
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Liberal_in_LA
Dec 2012
OP
Ever hear of 'false arrest'? What was the probable cause here? - n/t
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#65
I don't blame him or the police for doing their job, especially after what happened.
we can do it
Dec 2012
#24
the kid lost his mom & brother, was id'd as the shooter, and now has to cope with the guilt of
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#125
Set him up? I don't know. The brother said he hadn't spoken with the shooter since 2010...
Drunken Irishman
Dec 2012
#4
I keep all my ID's I recently found my old Virgin Megastore ID where I worked when I was 19.
vaberella
Dec 2012
#101
Bullshit. They handcuffed him and did it on national television. - n/t
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#66
He probably is the best one to explain what went on in that household when
Baitball Blogger
Dec 2012
#17
Yes. He and the father may be the only people alive who can shed much light on it.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#26
The children took his Mom's time....OR...people that he thought his Mom cared for
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#34
I saw a man on TV (ha! but supposedly he's FBI, studied mass killers)...he said
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#47
I've watched, with interest, how the anti-bullying campaign has spread across the school system.
Baitball Blogger
Dec 2012
#53
The next time you're cuffed and put into a police car for a crime you didn't commit....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#64
it happens all the time, you know when kids are killed the parents are the first ones
JI7
Dec 2012
#98
It's standard procedure, and understandable. His ID was on the dead shooter....
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#31
It wasn't merely a 'shame' that it was televised. It was absolutely fucking disgusting and, if
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#68
The law enforcement seems to have done an outstanding job so far, including picking up the brother
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#78
Your post offers a perfect example of the fellating of law enforcement to which my
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#95
EPIC FAIL. It is a HUGE deal, seriously. It's because of people like you that there's
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#131
That's what I figured too. The cop patted him on the shoulder probably for the cameras
underpants
Dec 2012
#71
It's always easy to see things like that in hindsight. they found the brother's ID.
raccoon
Dec 2012
#35
There people aren't worth arguing with. Most normal people understand that having your face
Puregonzo1188
Dec 2012
#61
If it's even remotely possible for you to do so, put yourself in that man's....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#77
was he his brother's keeper? Maybe Huckabee can shed some light on the issue
ChairmanAgnostic
Dec 2012
#60
Wow, of all the insensitive posts I've seen on this thread, this one
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2012
#76
His mother was murdered yesterday, His brother killed himself and the family name is forever linked
underpants
Dec 2012
#82
Exactly. He was incorrectly identified in the whole of the incident and victimized. n/t
vaberella
Dec 2012
#99
but they located him at work in another city. Clearly he wasn't this "other shooter"
Liberal_in_LA
Dec 2012
#139
Not really. Hoboken is a 90 minute drive from Fairfield County on a good day.
name not needed
Dec 2012
#141