As a doubting thomas...
Because, they thought the news paper women were him, and unloaded at the very least, 46 rounds into a truck containing two innocent victims. (
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Because nearby homes and cars were also riddled with bullets, (
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Because, just a few blocks away, they rammed and shot at another truck, after the driver had complied when they ordered him to turn around (
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Because eye witness testimony, is faulty, at best and quite wrong, at worst, to include seeing the enemy around every corner, under every rock, and behind every tree. (
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Another situation that comes up is the double identification effect. Basically, this happens when an eyewitness had actually seen the suspect prior to, or maybe after the event, and then mistakenly thinks the suspect was at the event as well.
Because, in the face of a traumatic event, and esp in this case where people were already on high alert, they can easily misidentify, as evidenced by the aforementioned example. And next thing you know, it becomes carved in gold fact, as evidenced by the riverside example, when in reality, it could be completely wrong. (
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Dorothy Canady said she would never forget the man who shot a retired New York City police officer, but at trial she identified Juror No. 6 as the assailant. Another witness to the crime said the attacker was a black man with braids, yet he picked an Hispanic man with short hair out of a photo lineup.
And finally, because the shooting of the two officers does not fit with the rest of dorner's behavior.
For these reasons, as a doubting thomas, I raise the question, can we be a hundred percent certain he was, in fact, the individual who shot the riverside officers, murdering one?
