two nights ago i posted that my nieghbor was murdered...shot in the back fleeing a robbery...word on the street immediately following the murder was that a certain individual was responsible for the shooting...name given...a familiar face in the french quarter...he happened to be a big white kid...yesterday fliers were passed around to all the local buisnesses...sketches of two black kids...also familiar faces...as of last night...one of the black kids surrendered to police and supposedly "confessed" to the shooting...and its possible that he was involved...it leaves questionable doubt in my mind...at least at this point...wondering if they got a scared kid to admit to something he didnt do...whether the initial street talk was correct...the black kids in question could have easily been in the nieghborhood and fled from the scene when they heard shots...it just seems odd to me that it went from a big white guy to two black kids...i guess thats why im not a cop...idda been lookin for a big white guy.

So...are you gonna report your misgivings?

We'll be seeing it on "The First 48" soon. Mark my words.

Would you surrender yourself & confess if you were not guilty?

in short i say no...but...if suddenly my picture were everywhere id definately turn myself in...could i brow beat a 15 year old into confession??? probably

im still more inclined to believe the initial talk from the streets...something has to happen to somebody...im just hoping that whatever happens...happens to the right somebody.

Well, I'd avoid the vigilante justice, because that will only cause more problems in the long run.

Cops are notoriously successful at getting confessions through subtle and not so subtle means, but in terms of a murder they would have to substantiate the case with evidence beyond a shadow of a doubt to actually get a conviction. I would think that they need plenty to show the kid was actually there.

i do know the U.S. has a high exoneration rate

Well...???

my misgivings???

That you heard another story about the incident...

any info i have would be hear say...i didnt witness anything...and in fact when i was told who the perp was i cautioned the person to be very careful as it wasnt right to spread such a rumor without facts to back it...as it turned out they arrested someone else...i may adress the question to an officer..im not sure what if anything i sould do.

I can dig it...it's just that now...IF they convicted the wrong person...I wonder if the ones who heard about the white guy...would have their own "question of guilt"...

one thing to understand is that all of the players are familiar people...people we see every day...its really a bad sceneario...when you know the victim as well as the accused and the arrested wich is different than the accused...its really kinda scary...especially so close to home.

soooo....what exactly would you do??? trust that the cops are doing thier job??...(remember we are talking about new orleans)...just before mardi gras they want the streets to appear safe...im just really hoping they have the people responsible and not just the easiest to persue...i mean the kids in question are highly visible and well known.

I don't trust the cops...period.

I don't trust you
(joking)

I don't trust Auto Techs, either...or SnoCone vendors...or...

Its probably a set up by the cops