Burnt Toast
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they typically do not identify suspects publicly during the course of a murder investigation.Not intending to be disrespectful but identifying suspects is certainly involved in the course of a police investigation.
Feel free to correct me but I think what you might by saying is ---
"you also have to keep in mind that LE rarely PUBLICLYidentifies a suspect until the time of arrest."
In other words, LE do not issue press releases telling us so-and-so are definite suspects. But they certainly do identify suspects during the course of their internal investigations. And that they've told us numerous times that RL is NOT a suspect means his name is not on the list of suspects for this case.
"Identifying BG as a suspect was unusual. "
I sort of disagree. Sure, LE says they don't know the identity of BG. But it's quite common when someone is seen fleeing from a crime the suspect becomes someone who fits that general description of that person. In this case LE has determined their suspect is someone who appears similar to image in the photo that they've released.
LE has also said they have other information that hasn't been released so when they say RL isn't a suspect, they know more than us. I sometimes get the impression some people think RL MUST be a suspect if they think he resembles the image, and LE must be blind or stupid or something worse. The existence of RL has been known since the very onset and let's not think LE needs us to be critical of how they do their work.
What this case has taught me is anyone remotely connected with a tragic incident should not publicly speak or allow themselves to be photographed by the media. Seriously.
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