Posted on 11/09/2005 2:58:55 PM PST by Stellar Dendrite
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Mr. Carlson vividly recalls how Ms. Mapes's social advocacy landed her in trouble in a major story. In the mid- and late 1980s, the Seattle police undertook a series of raids on well-known crack houses.
In the winter of 1987, officers announced themselves and knocked on the door of a known Seattle drug den. They then heard some noise and forced themselves in when no one answered the door. A low-level drug dealer named Erdman Bascomb stood up with a dark, shiny object in his hand. An officer fired, Bascomb fell, and officers pounced on the "weapon": a black TV remote control. Bascomb died.
Then KIRO aired an incendiary story titled "A Shot in the Dark," in which a previously unknown witness named Wardell Fincher accused the cops involved in the raid of lying. He said he saw officers arrive at the house, burst in with no warning and shoot Bascomb, who might not have even known the intruders were cops. The story shifted to possible criminal wrongdoing by the police. Mr. Fincher was summoned to the inquest, and previous witnesses recalled. The reporter for the sensational segment was Mark Wrolstad, now a reporter with the Dallas Morning News. The producer was his wife, Mary Mapes.
Fortunately for the cops, Mr. Fincher wasn't the only one at the scene of the raid that night. A reporter for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Mike Barber, was tagging along with officers. Mr. Barber observed the officers arriving at the house, knocking, announcing themselves and then entering. He was there when the shooting happened and when the ambulances were summoned. At that point, a man "reeking of alcohol" walked out of some nearby bushes and approached him. He wanted to know what had just happened.
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BTW, I heard a caller on Hannity's show mention this and googled it. Thought I'd post it for everyone, just as a refresher.
After all is said and done, Mary Mapes is simply not a nice person. Period.
she is a lying socialist SOB under the guise of a "journalist". this ruined the lives of these policeman, and she didnt give a sh*t. just like isikoff and his lies incited muslim riots which got people killed. just like press' glorification and pity for these "youths" in france.
There, fixed it...
Well, she has obviously been up to no good for a long, long time. Hope she finds it hard to get a job in journalism after using forged documents to try to bring down a president.
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