Meter Reader (RK) Transfered for his own safety

[SuziQ]

The article is referring to bloggers. We are posters. Bloggers write articles and post them online. Posting an opinion based on what the media puts out is much different than a "blogger" who writes a lengthy article. Posters like us aren't to blame here. The media and bloggers on the other hand.....just sayin.

ETA: confusing bloggers and posters is a pet peeve of mine. It would be the same as calling readers of books authors.

 

[Hot Dogs]

Of course, LP has been saying for weeks, and said again in his chat last week, that the next big shock in this case will be what the MR knew, when he knew it, and who he got his information from.

Given that the MR's supervisor, the Anthonys' neighbor, is also possibly implicated in the "daisy chain" theory, a preemptive move by the MR's supervisor to get MR out of the path of media fits extremely nicely.

I do believe in the daisy chain, but I do not think the MR was involved in a crime or a cover-up. He's just the man at the end who found Caylee. However, if LP's story pans out, the MR will be front-page news again.

Front page for lying to the world. He said he received no tips about Caylee. If LP is correct, then RK is lying. If NG does feature this development it will be interesting to hear if LP re-states his opinion on the daisy chain.

It's hard for me to imagine anyone wanting to harass or harm RK. I do not think he had any involvement in Caylee's death - but I do think he is not being honest and has omitted key elements of his story. RK may have told LE a much more complete and comprehensive story when they interviewed him for a couple hours after his find, but we sure aren't getting it from him.

 

[DawnTCB]

Front page for lying to the world. He said he received no tips about Caylee. If LP is correct, then RK is lying. If NG does feature this development it will be interesting to hear if LP re-states his opinion on the daisy chain.

It's hard for me to imagine anyone wanting to harass or harm RK. I do not think he had any involvement in Caylee's death - but I do think he is not being honest and has omitted key elements of his story. RK may have told LE a much more complete and comprehensive story when they interviewed him for a couple hours after his find, but we sure aren't getting it from him.

Well, right. If there is more to MR's story, I have to believe LE knows all about it. I have thought all along that LE cleared him extremely quickly... and I think that could be because he came in and spilled the entire story from beginning to end, including the parts we don't know yet. If they told him to lie to the world, then that is what he should have done. However, if that is the case, the media will want to know the entire story too... including things beyond just the "facts"... not just what, who and when but why... and how he felt about the situation. Getting him indoors behind a desk before that possible firestorm seems like a good move.

 

[bunnyphoenix1]

I feel soooo sorry for him.

Not only have the As never thanked him, but their own lawyer, BC, is out there calling him a liar on tv and saying he is suspicous. I hope RK sues BC if he makes any more disgusting statements like that.

The As & BC owe RK a big Thank You. But that would make it about someone else and they just want it to be about them.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

The article doesn't say he hasn't received threats only no one has "been in his face" doing it. It is quite possible he has been contacted by emails etc. I think it is a good idea to promote him into a safer position until this trial is over. He is a key witness to the SA's case. What he knows will be told on the stand and then we can find out what he isn't saying to the media.

I agree with SuziQ. There is a huge difference between Bloggers and Posters here. The negative comments about RK are widespread and some Bloggers have called him more than suspect from what I pulled up on Google last night. (NO. I did not get the links...people can Google his name like I did and read the first lines of what has been said about RK!)

 

[Hot Dogs]

If they told him to lie to the world, then that is what he should have done.

It's weird to think that LE would instruct a person to lie. That would seem to set them up for the defense to rip them apart on the stand. It seems more likely that LE advised him not to talk about certain things. That could be why he gives a strangely incomplete and unsatisfying account via the media.

 

[bunnyphoenix1]

The article doesn't say he hasn't received threats only no one has "been in his face" doing it. It is quite possible he has been contacted by emails etc. I think it is a good idea to promote him into a safer position until this trial is over. He is a key witness to the SA's case. What he knows will be told on the stand and then we can find out what he isn't saying to the media.

I agree with SuziQ. There is a huge difference between Bloggers and Posters here. The negative comments about RK are widespread and some Bloggers have called him more than suspect from what I pulled up on Google last night. (NO. I did not get the links...people can Google his name like I did and read the first lines of what has been said about RK!)

I think BC and the As had a big role to play in this. BC said RK was suspicious on national tv. What basis he had for making such an absurd statement is beyond me. With BC also throwing in that the PIs tape could prove the body wasn't there before (that was of course before all his lies about the PI being there about KIO and beer bottles were exposed), no wonder RK is having a hard time.

I don't understand why the As refuse to thank him and have decided to attack him instead.

I think the problem is, a lot of people believe BC, so when he said it, most thought he wouldn't say it unless it was true.

 

[Hot Dogs]

There is a huge difference between Bloggers and Posters here. The negative comments about RK are widespread and some Bloggers have called him more than suspect from what I pulled up on Google last night. (NO. I did not get the links...people can Google his name like I did and read the first lines of what has been said about RK!)

To the media or a reporter, the difference between a blogger and a forum poster may only be semantical. Blogs often start out with an opinion post by the blog owner, then comments are added by readers and a discussion starts. It's not terribly different from a thread on a forum with the OP being the position of the thread originator. The main difference is that the blog owner acts as moderator and can censor or delete any subsequent comments by readers. The registered users here don't have moderating privledges for any thread that they would start.

Any possible harassment of RK does not have to take the form that might be most expected. Folks are probably thinking some weirdo vigilantes might want to mess with him because they think he has deeper involvement. But it could take a different form. Some weirdos might want to bother RK for the nasty things he said about that deputy. He really tore that guy apart in public. It could be entirely true. But that might not stop some from thinking that RK went too far in telling the world about it.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

They do owe RK a great deal for finding Caylee and instead they treat him as a "suspect". This is so typical of the A fam and their continuing pursuit of SODDI (some other dude did it) blame game. People did think that BC was more rational in his thinking than the A fam, but we are learning slowly that he is just another spoke in their wheel of spinning this thing.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

There are certain blogs out there with a considerable amount of readership who go after people with a vengence...no matter if they have anything to back up what they are saying. Some (if not most) of the things are simply made up and spewed like sewage. I do think there is a difference in those and posters on any website.

 

[Capri]

I think BC and the As had a big role to play in this. BC said RK was suspicious on national tv. What basis he had for making such an absurd statement is beyond me. With BC also throwing in that the PIs tape could prove the body wasn't there before (that was of course before all his lies about the PI being there about KIO and beer bottles were exposed), no wonder RK is having a hard time.

I don't understand why the As refuse to thank him and have decided to attack him instead.

I think the problem is, a lot of people believe BC, so when he said it, most thought he wouldn't say it unless it was true.

Agreed. BC has some of the responsibility on his shoulders too.

Glad to hear RK has been moved to a more protected position. I'm surprised it wasn't done sooner. I also think more of him for actually resuming work soon after the discovery. I'm sure if he were someone wanting to abuse the system, he could (i.e. false claims of post-traumatic stress, or something similar) He hasn't. He's out there working despite all this.

 

[AnnaMouse]

Kronk=Amber Fry

I think a better analogy would be Kronk=Richard Jewell (the former security guard who was erroneously accused by the media of being involved in the 1996 Olympic bombing in Atlanta simply because he reported finding a backpack with a pipe bomb.) This cloud over his head most likely attributed to his early death.

 

[Hot Dogs]

There are certain blogs out there with a considerable amount of readership who go after people with a vengence...no matter if they have anything to back up what they are saying.

Is LP still saying that RK is part of a daisy chain? Can he back it up with anything?

 

[bunnyphoenix1]

Agreed. BC has some of the responsibility on his shoulders too.

Glad to hear RK has been moved to a more protected position. I'm surprised it wasn't done sooner. I also think more of him for actually resuming work soon after the discovery. I'm sure if he someone wanting to abuse the system, he could (i.e. false claims of post-traumatic stress, or something similar) He hasn't. He's out there working despite all this.

I suppose the poor guy has no choice, not everyone can ask for donations like the As....lost his wife recently to cancer, then then to be called suspicious on national tv by the lawyer for the grandparents of the murdered baby you found? I can't imagine how awful this is for him.

 

[fla*mom]

And this is what i was talking about

People get all *vigilante* and that is not the word I want to actually use
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But its like a gang mentality, something starts off and everyone joins in

Why is that necessary for people to live like this ?

Bullying is WRONG

you are right, this is how very bad things get carried away fast. people that are normal get caught up in stuff they never would on their own.

 

[ROBLYN]

My :twocents:

I also believe there was a chain, but do not think RK was apart of it. I have said numerous times he seems like a great sleuther. Whatever his reasons for continuing to search for Caylee. THANK GOD!!! he found her. There are only a few people that it would benefit from having his name trashed and they are on the defense team or sitting in jail. As far as LP goes... actualy like him because whatever his methods/reasons he continued to search.(he also makes me laugh) He is VERY free with tossing those theories out though, imo he's wrong about RK (no proof what-so-ever).

There are sooo many shady people involved after the fact it is ridiculus. This man is Caylee's hero imho. Hope he likes his new job and glad to hear he got a raise.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Is LP still saying that RK is part of a daisy chain? Can he back it up with anything?

I don't know, but he is free to say whatever he chooses as his opinion or theory.

 

[fortytwo]

I think a better analogy would be Kronk=Richard Jewell (the former security guard who was erroneously accused by the media of being involved in the 1996 Olympic bombing in Atlanta simply because he reported finding a backpack with a pipe bomb.) This cloud over his head most likely attributed to his early death.

I'm not sure that "better" or worse is important. The sad commentary is that it's yet another analogy.

So much for being a "hero". In his case he actually was, in more ways than one. IIRC he stayed at the site and helped security clear the area, doubtless saving many lives.

Thank you for reminding us of him.

 

[fortytwo]

Is LP still saying that RK is part of a daisy chain? Can he back it up with anything?

Yes. (At least as of one of NG's shows last week.)

No. Not that he's shared publicly.

 

[ecs5298]

My :twocents:

I also believe there was a chain, but do not think RK was apart of it. I have said numerous times he seems like a great sleuther. Whatever his reasons for continuing to search for Caylee. THANK GOD!!! he found her. There are only a few people that it would benefit from having his name trashed and they are on the defense team or sitting in jail. As far as LP goes... actualy like him because whatever his methods/reasons he continued to search.(he also makes me laugh) He is VERY free with tossing those theories out though, imo he's wrong about RK (no proof what-so-ever).

There are sooo many shady people involved after the fact it is ridiculus. This man is Caylee's hero imho. Hope he likes his new job and glad to hear he got a raise.

ITA! People really need to get off this guy. LP and his *daisy chain* theory are only providing more ammo for the mob mentality going on here. He probably is a good sleuther. He may even be one of us here. Did anyone stop and think about that? I tell you what, shortly after I emailed Kathi B about the location of the abandon house in the PI video, I had this wave of panic spread over me that it would end up just like RK. Luckily Kathi didn't state her source for the info except to another WS'er that went to the house with her. If people who get involved in cases like this are going to get treated like this, we may see more people just not get involved. Just imagine if RK decided to just go up to the gas station to take a leak. We''d still be sleuthing where the body was.

JMHO as always.