kgeaux
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Kgeaux, most of what I say here is not directed at you because I don't remember you as one of those that I felt was disrespectful.
I get what you are saying based on those principles but as I and others have said since day one... No one believes the police or anyone else lied about the surveillance video. As a matter of fact they never gave ANY STATEMENT period over the surveillance pictures. They never came out and confirmed or denied it.
I grew up in a family of police officers. And I know for an absolute fact that the police are under NO OBLIGATION to release all of the details of any piece of evidence. I never said they lied or 'covered up' the truth. I have nothing but respect for all members of law enforcement. By not releasing all of the facts, that does not mean they are doing anything disrespectful to the family or public. It means they care about the integrity of the investigation and want want a solid conviction. There were many, many details of this investigations that were kept confidential as it should be.
Once again, if this was the only picture they have of this truck and they strongly suspect the driver is responsible for an abduction, they WILL blur out potential evidence and they will release the enhanced picture if they think it will help identity the suspect. I am sooooo confused why this has been so difficult for people to understand.
And, another thing I don't get that people argue against. Perps absolutely DO abduct people right out in public!!!! Happens often. What about the woman that was abducted off a street curb in broad daylight outside a flower shop by men in a van and as later found murdered, what about the young woman that was led out of a coffee shop by a man in a hoodie and never seen again, what about the perp that attempted to adbduct the little girl a few weeks ago as she was walking her brother down a city street????? I could go on and on. It happens all the time.
Yes, it was improbable that Brandon hit Mickey right there at the Circle K but was it impossible??? No. Was it improbable that Mickey was able to get the knife from Brandon and stab him...yes. But it happened. In an investigation, the improbable is often exactly what happened.
And I have always welcomed discussion of the stills and have had no problem stating why I believed I saw something in the pictures. There were people that did make some of us feel like our opinion was not welcome. I don't remember you as being one of those people.
Some of us that thought the bike light could be under the truck do talk and I know that I am not alone is saying that we did feel attacked at times. Not by the general back and forth discussion but some of the rude comments and people saying we should not discuss it and to move on. Those were the only types of comments that absolutely infuriated me and many others. There is a group that formed an entired new forum just because they felt unwelcome here!
Now that this is said and done, I know some of the local police. I bartended in the area in the past. Those that I am aware of had just as many questions as we have had and not one of them laughed at the possibility she could have been hit there on the surveillance. It was not like the police sat around and joked about what we here on WS theorize. Most of them highly respect that any of us take valuable time from our lives to search for answers in the disappearance and murder of a young woman and trust me, there is NOTHING funny about any of it.
We're beating a dead horse! I'm just going to address a couple of your points, and I think that will be it for me on this topic!
#1. The police did make a statement about the still photo captured from the video. They said it had been "enhanced to make it as clear as possible." That statement was made when the photos were released.
#2. IF that photo showed a crime scene, police "may" have blurred out a body, etc. But they would have identified the photo as showing "the" vehicle we were looking for....they would not have blurred out objects that would help to identify the truck. That was suggested. It was stated that LE would blur out identifying marks so the driver of the truck wouldn't know police were onto him....that I don't believe for a second. LE would have been all over the identifying aspects of that truck like white on rice.
#3. Yes, people have been abducted in public. We weren't talking about a simple abduction, though. It was said that the truck hit the bike, ran over the bike, backed up off of the bike and loaded it up right in front of Circle K and multiple witness, at the corner of a very busy road, under a street light. That is way beyond improbable, at least in my opinion.
#4. I know some local LE, too. They weren't thinking we had managed to find some clues that they were trying to hide, and that is putting it politely.
#5. I am sorry some members felt the need to leave WS because some people questioned their theory. People on the other side of that fence left, too, because they also felt uncomfortable.
I have found that I needed to grow a thick skin when my theories get vetted and dissected and ripped apart...I have learned that other people aren't attacking ME, but are actually helping me by challenging me to defend my point. More than once I've done a complete turn around because of the points made by a poster who disagrees with me. Iron sharpens iron.
Peace, CajunStrong. I hope you will stick around WS and join in many other discussions. You'll find that we will agree on some and not so much on others!