parasaurolophus
Footballguy
As soon as it was known that he died of a stroke and that we were awaiting the ME report, all statements from the capitol police prior to that became clear were only speculative. They aren't medical examiners and are incapable of making such a determination. There was nothing wrong with them issuing the original statement they did since it wasn't exactly an illogical flow through, and obviously they were emotional as they just lost somebody. The coincidence of it would be hard to shake if emotionally connected.
The media knows that the police spokesperson isn't an ME and knows better than to use their word for determination of death. If they don't know better, that is part of the problem.
This is where it is important to also note what information was put out via back door channels. The fire extinguisher info wasn't officially acknowledged by the police. That was put out by unnamed sources. Now I am pretty sure that this all stems back to the union, and Gus Papathanasiou. I obviously cant prove it, but I am pretty sure that's the source. Police union officials are well known to twist and bend the truth.
The police at the station would have obviously known he didnt have a gash on his forehead, so that statement wouldn't have come from them since they would know the truth would come out. When you see how Gus was out there thumpin it is easy to connect the dots there, at least in my opinion.
And the extinguisher leading to the stroke is the perfect extension. The media likes the narrative, so they dont vet it like they normally would. I mean if a union official announced that somebody put a razor blade in an officer's sandwich, you can bet your rear that reporters would be on the scene trying to clear the name of whatever restaurant or worker the accusation was made about in no time flat (yes this happened). If the police super secret sources were making claims about BLM, pffftttt....Would be investigated every which way before print. But this time there was no desire for that.
But obviously in hindsight the reason for the sources being unnamed becomes perfectly clear since we know he literally had zero visible injuries. The unnamed sources weren't wrong. They lied. That's why I am even further convinced it was the union because they are the only ones that have a consistent track record of doing so. I generally think officers and police chiefs are pretty reliable sources. They aren't above reproach as there are some stories where they put out nothing short of misinformation, but by and large I think they are reliable. Police unions though? No freaking way. I used to believe them, but not anymore.
But back to the media...Why would these sources have to be unnamed? They werent breaking the thin blue line here. They weren't doing undercover controversial stuff. They weren't reporting corruption within the department. If they felt it was something that should be kept under wraps to not hinder the investigation, they wouldnt be leaking it That should have been a big red flag.
BUT......Even if they were genuinely duped, (Which is still their fault since using an unnamed source means their credibility is on the line and obviously they weren't qualified to judge veracity... so many media members made use of the word "bludgeoned") how do they dive head first into the bear spray story before waiting for the ME report?
Then after that how on earth can a single person take them seriously outside of inarguable factual data above reproach regarding this story?
And none of this is monday morning QB stuff since I was incredibly skeptical from day one of the fire extinguisher story and wasn't shy about making that known.
. January 8th.
