GA_Peach
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Their alibis were independently corroborated. Neither alibi relies on the person in question being alone or unseen by others -- quite the contrary. So to suggest that LE is lying implies that there is a vast conspiracy of silence surrounding RB and BB. I find that totally implausible, and it would be extremely irresponsible for LE to perpetuate such a conspiracy based lie, as it could put the lives of others at risk, since they could presumably refute the alibi and send someone to prison at a moment's notice. So, it is totally implausible, hence unjustifiable.
eta: your theory also would presume that the media are complicit in perpetuating the lie. Perhaps some media might fall for it -- but certainly not all, and the truth would come out, since there are certainly many sources that have corroborated their alibis.
Thank you.
Here is an one possible example that wouldn't constitute a conspiracy and wouldn't involve a lie by police. I am going to use BB as an example because he is the only one for which we have heard details of his alibi. Suppose for a minute that LE checked out his alibi. They independently corroborated that BB was in Biloxi - plane tickets, video of him renting a car, eyewitness accounts of him eating at a restaurant, and so on. They have electronic evidence that his credit card was used there. As they begin pulling the associated video, LE notices that toward the end of his trip that the person using BB's credit card is not BB. However, they still don't have enough information to make an arrest, and they are investigating other avenues in the background. In the meantime, they tell BB his alibi has been corroborated, which is technically true, to give him a false sense of security.
This type of scenario could apply to anyone's alibi. To be clear, I am not stating that this happened or is what I expect to happen in this case. I simply think that LE stating that the alibis have been independently corroborated doesn't mean that anyone is in the clear. For as few words as LE has spoken to the public, they have made that point abundantly clear.