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Did Hero Charles Ramsey Really Rescue Amanda Berry? (Dominican Neighbors Say He Was Lying)
CafeMom ^ | May 13, 2013 | Cafe Steph

Posted on 05/13/2013 11:12:23 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

The astonishing story of the decade-long captivity of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight has enthralled the country. The incredible tragedy, like all good narratives, has even had a touch of comedy. The neighbor who was credited with helping Amanda Berry escape, Charles Ramsey, became a media darling after a series of colorful interviews. In one, he famously said, "I knew something was wrong when a pretty little white girl ran into a black man's arms." But now there's doubt about Ramsey's true role in this story, and whether or not he's the hero everyone has made him out to be.

Charles Ramsey has made it clear from the beginning that another neighbor, Angel Cordero, was the one who alerted him to Amanda Berry's desperate struggle to free herself of the house where Ariel Castro had been allegedly holding her and two other women for a decade. As Ramsey has told it, he was sitting in his house (eating McDonald's -- a constant theme in his interviews) when he heard a scream like a "kid got run over by a car," and saw his neighbor running to the Castro house. He has admitted that the neighbor running was really what drew his attention.

He then said in interviews that while Cordero got to the house first, he left before Amanda could get out of the house. Cordero is now disputing that account, saying that it was he who kicked down the door to free Amanda. He told an ABC affiliate:

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: amandaberry; angelcordero; charlesramsey
I saw the interview on Greta Van Susteren with the Dominican neighbors and Angel Cordero. I believe them. Plus Ramsey seemed to go out of his way to demean Cordero by saying that he stood behind him while he kicked the door down.
1 posted on 05/13/2013 11:12:23 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix
The whole interview was just weird. One minute my husband and I were listening intently, then we were laughing, then we were like, "What the heck?"

Greta just sort of stood back and let the LSD set in. Sort of had to slap myself back to reality after that bizarre segment. The police and the girls know what really happened. Thus we'll find out soon enough. HOPEFULLY!!

2 posted on 05/13/2013 11:16:00 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: GOP Poet

When that rare ‘15 minutes of fame ‘ shows up some people grab at it with both hands . The entire footage of the people in the neighborhood is what gets me . I felt like I was watching a Barnum and Bailey freak show . Lowlife-ville to da max . It is no wonder that a fellow like Ramsey would get involved , and if figures that a scum like Castro would reside there . He fit right in .....
The open doors to immigration , like with Britain , it has done so much to help the overall fabric of our nation ( not)


3 posted on 05/13/2013 11:24:16 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: PJ-Comix

The media brings up this crap, OJ etc to hide the IRS scandal, the country destroying immigration bill, benghazi gate


4 posted on 05/13/2013 11:26:00 PM PDT by Democrat_media (D's & Mary Landrieu voted 4 UN to take away our 2nd amendment rights)
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To: PJ-Comix

I don’t believe them AT ALL.

Where were these people?!!! What has it been about a week?
Are you kidding me?

If they were really involved, don’t you think we would have heard they were talking to the police?

With as crazy (and funny) as Charles sounded in the aftermath, I tend to believe he came across as authentic.

These people did nothing but repeat what Charles said and call him a liar.

Is it possible, there’s a reward out there, and they just found out about it? HMMMM?


5 posted on 05/13/2013 11:34:25 PM PDT by diamond6 (Lord, please have mercy on us!)
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To: PJ-Comix

He must be telling the truth. They have named a hamburger after him:

http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/hodges-cleveland-names-burger-after-rescuer-charles-ramsey-monday-his-first-day-back-to-work


6 posted on 05/13/2013 11:44:07 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Well.

That’s all the proof I needed :o)


7 posted on 05/13/2013 11:50:05 PM PDT by glock rocks ("If not us, who? If not now, when?" - Ronald Reagan)
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To: GOP Poet

Ramsey’s interview was some of the oddest television I’ve ever seen.

It’s clear that he uses a lot of illegal drugs, and had possibly done so shortly before going on Gerta’s show, ‘cuz trying to follow his line of reasoning was futile and bizarre.


8 posted on 05/13/2013 11:52:55 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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....”following his line of reasoning was futile and bizarre”...

You can say that again...he couldn’t even follow himself.
Admittedly it was uncomfortable even listening to him.


9 posted on 05/13/2013 11:55:23 PM PDT by caww
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To: PJ-Comix

His story changes every time he tells it.....he’s clearly ON something.


10 posted on 05/13/2013 11:57:15 PM PDT by caww
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To: diamond6

This story about Ramsey as liar was there from jump street

Media sat on it

Coloring the News and all


11 posted on 05/14/2013 12:01:43 AM PDT by wardaddy (wanna know how my kin felt during Reconstruction in Mississippi, you fixin to find out firsthand)
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To: GOP Poet

yeah we need to know this/sarcasm

who cares about this crap? This story is just the media trying to distract from the Obama’s IRS cracking down on conservatives, scandal,Benghazi, the country destroying Amnesty immigration bill


12 posted on 05/14/2013 12:11:33 AM PDT by Democrat_media (D's & Mary Landrieu voted 4 UN to take away our 2nd amendment rights)
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To: diamond6

Actually, I read about the Spanish-speaking guy a week ago. He wasn’t able to communicate with the police and media because he didn’t speak English, so Ramsey took the credit.

From my experience being bi-lingual, I’ve seen that sort of thing happen before - often.


13 posted on 05/14/2013 12:25:25 AM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Somebody get me a cheeseburger!


14 posted on 05/14/2013 12:38:10 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: LeoWindhorse

That neighborhood is a stark reminder of today’s American inner big city neighborhood vs. what I saw in the early 50’s .

Ted Kennedy sure screwed us with his Immigration Reform Act of 64 or so.


15 posted on 05/14/2013 1:14:47 AM PDT by Lumper20 (y)
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To: PJ-Comix

In that interview, the man needed an interpreter to answer the questions from Griff. So if the heeded an interpreter, how did he have any idea what Amanda Berry was telling him?


16 posted on 05/14/2013 2:23:57 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: Democrat_media
The media brings up this crap, OJ etc to hide the IRS scandal, the country destroying immigration bill, benghazi gate

I wouldn't be surprised if we see a "bombing" or a large pile of explosives disarmed within the next few days accompanied by a nationwide manhunt.

17 posted on 05/14/2013 2:29:00 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Lumper20

the wrong side won in 1865


18 posted on 05/14/2013 10:54:01 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: kabumpo

I’m still not buying it. I judge credibility of witnesses for a living as an attorney, and this woman looked extremely dishonest to me.

We’ll find out soon enough, because Amanda knows the truth.


19 posted on 05/14/2013 2:53:25 PM PDT by diamond6 (Lord, please have mercy on us!)
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