Why?
If it was a random 'robbery gone wrong' why would the police take his laptop?
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Nothing happens normally, nor logically in D.C.
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They've always tried to push this off as a random robbery, because other robberies had taken place in that area previously. Nothing was taken from Rich, and he was shot in the back. Questions I have never seen an answer to: Did any of those other robberies result in the victims being injured or murdered? Did they lose all their possessions, or did they fight off their attackers, and keep their possessions?
Why?
If it was a random 'robbery gone wrong' why would the police take his laptop?
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Why wouldn't they?
They examined his laptop to see if there was anything on it relating to Wikileaks.
Would they be doing their job if they didn't address the conspiracy theories?
Besides, before they could determine that it was a robbery gone wrong, wouldn't they check the laptop to see if anyone had been stalking or threatening him?
There's no indication that they kept the laptop.