Okay, so there is a blog
here which seems to be Drew and Joel friendly.
"Scrutinizing The Microscopic View of Drew Peterson"
"Drew Peterson lives under a microscope, perhaps unlike any one else. Whenever Peterson opens his mouth, it hits the media. Now, the former Bollingbrook police sergeant who is a suspect in the disappearance of his wife makes the news for a traffic stop. blah blah blah"
Two things, one, the blog is posting a Drew and Joel provided photo of Tom Morphy, the blog has a second one but so far has not posted it.
Second thing, the first comment to the above 'article' is a response by Joel Brodsky.
Since it is a comment, I see no reason not to reproduce it in full:
Joel A. Brodsky said...
The whole event with the traffic stop is amazing. Every paper wants to put a sinister spin on it because a 22 year old girl is involved. (Sinister sells) What truly happened is not sinister and therefore will not sell newspapers. There is a young woman who knew Drew because he goes to a tanning salon where she works. They were never really friendly until they met once outside work through a mutual acquaintance (a neighbor in his mid 30's). She has a boyfriend of her own age, by the way. Because they met outside work once, they became a bit more talkative when Drew went the store. She had Drews phone numbers from work, and Drew told her, (as is his common practice - wait and read the whole post), that if she ever needed a hand that she should give him a call. The girl was out with her boyfriend when he was arrested for DUI at 2:30 a.m., not too far from Drews home. The police took the boyfriend into custody and towed the car. The girl was left stranded and alone at 2:30 a.m. She decided to call Drew and ask him for a lift home. He agreed, and was in a hurry to get to the young girl who was alone and on the street at 2:30 a.m., (and obviously in an unsafe situation), when he was stopped. Drew was stopped by the police, and when he told them what he was doing, helping someone out, they gave him a pass on the speeding ticket.
If you know Drew then you know that this is what he does. For example on Friday evening he was out for dinner with a friend and his wife, (both in there 50's). While having dinner a women in the restaurant, a stranger to Drew, had a seizure. Drew administered first aid to the woman, (32 years of law enforcement training), and stayed with her until the paramedics arrived. This didnt make the news. It would have if the woman was 22, but because she was elderly there was no way to make it sinister, and therefore it would not sell papers.
Another example. When Drew and I were in Los Angeles for the Larry King interview, there was a traffic accident outside the hotel while we were in the lobby. A passenger in one of the cars (an African-American woman in her 40's), was badly shaken up in he collision and was shaking. While everyone else (including me) just stood there not knowing what to do, Drew went right up to the car, got the women out, sat her down on the curb, gave her a quick once over to see if she was injured, and sat with her and calmed her down (soothing talk and telling jokes), until the police arrived.
Ask any neighbor of Drew (except next door neighbor Sharon Bychowski who will never admit it), and they will tell you that Drew was the neighbor who would give them a hand when they needed it. Ask any Bolingbrook cop and they will tell you that Drew would always help when they asked (lend a few bucks, help drive someone whos car is in the shop, watch the kids when there was no sitter, etc.). Ask yourself, why is none of this in the news? We try to get this out but nobody publishes it. Is that fair? Ask yourself, is Drew being railroaded because it sells newspapers and increases cable TV ratings? If your answer is yes, then ask is there something you can do about it. Yes there is. Go on the blogs and newspapers article comment sections and complain and post. Tell them you want the truth, the WHOLE TRUTH and nothing but he truth.
May 7, 2008 8:11 AM
