Hate to say it…
Wish I didn’t have to say it…
But yeah…
Exactly…
You’re exactly right…
I would love to sit here and say the same thing, that certainly LE would have their eyes all over this POI… But honestly, from what I’ve recently watched unfold, I don’t trust that they would. And Brian Landry, man, everybody in America knew that kid was guilty and he still got away… The public in Moscow knows nothing about who this POI is, if they even have one yet… so we’re just going to have to trust a bunch of guys who have been telling us since day one that this is targeted, and then all the sudden turn around and say “well we don’t know if it’s targeted anymore”, we’re going to trust those guys to be on top of it? … Sorry, it’s been a long day and I’m a little grumpy over this case mainly because the people affected more than anyone are the families, and all of the terrified kids that are still in the area… so, I’m just going to tell it like I see it for a moment. All just my opinion.
I gave the benefit of the doubt in the beginning. I always give the benefit of the doubt. But MPD has lost this with me over the course of the past two days. They asked us to trust them, and I totally trusted them, but sadly, and when I say “sadly” I sincerely mean that… Sadly, they have broken that trust.
I’m not somebody who beats up on law-enforcement. I’m not some radical, “no more funding for police” person, I am totally pro police, all the way, but that also doesn’t mean I’m not going to call it like I see it when I see it going awry…
They have not been doing so well these past two days in the eyes of the public, and certainly not in the eyes of the families of the victims, and the poor kids in that community who are so scared… AND Xana’s funeral and the vigil just occurred right in the midst of it. Think of how hard that has to be on them, the families. Plus all of the students and all of their friends.
And I guess I’ll try to leave this on a more positive note because I do think this is fair. Law-enforcement is great at law enforcement… They are not great media people, communications people, etc, and I think sometimes we can get so wrapped up in their seemingly backwards messaging, but forget that the communication thing is not their forté, the crime solving thing as their forté… so while I know people are frustrated out there right now, myself included, I think it’s important to also play devils advocate for a moment, and consider that just because they do not appear to not have their you know what together when it comes to handling the messaging in this case, messaging is not their specialty — crime solving is… so I’m trying to remind myself that the two don’t necessarily equate. At least I hope to God they don’t.
