"Why was Kim looking for an "off-duty" police officer at Kroger's?
Why an off-duty cop and how would she know to find one at Kroger's?
Was she an informant?"
Kim probably does her grocery shopping at Kroger's and this one
was very close to her Albany St. house. Kroger's offer Triple Coupon
Discounts too. Even exotic dancers have to eat. The Food Lion is even
closer, but it closes early. Most Durham grocery stores have off-duty
uniformed DPD up front especially during the evening hours. They carry
guns. This is to deter that growing segment of the Durham population
that believes it can walk into any business establishment and take what
it wants for free. Armed robberies at closing time and car-jackings in the
parking lots are also all to frequent. A woman was car-jacked this week
over in the Target lot. Security got it on tape but still failed to prevent the
crime.
The Hillsborough Rd. Kroger is one of their 24-hr. superstores. The staff
is mostly black. Kroger may have tried to save money by having a rent-
a-cop. Kim may have spent the missing 20-30 minutes picking up
a few extra items and cases of Icehouse, before delivering her "package"
to the DPD. Or maybe Brian or someone else in a white car was supposed
to meet them. One irony of this chaotic night is how close Elmo and his
fares came to crossing paths with Kim and crew. The Cook-out is just
down the road, in Central territory, where the Duke student got punched out.
Imagine the scene if the boys had decided to run in Kroger and there is Kim
and Nikki.
What strikes some strange is how little investigating was done of the escort
services and the girls. Was Himan's brief note it? A couple of phone calls?
And the defense doesn't latch onto the "probes" until July 18th. Where are
their gumshoes? Intensive behind the scenes FR investigating this summer
only leads some to conclude that all the players in this farce knew of each
other, oh so very well.
There was bothing odd about the cop not ID'ing Kim that night. Cops listen to complaints from people and ask witnesses this or that all day long and don't ask their name let alone run them for warrants. They deal with the person or people who are creating the problem, not the witness or complainant. If you're at a park and several boys are beating up on another boy, and you see a cop and flag him down to tell him, do you think he's going to ID YOU? No, he's going to go deal with the boys and you're on your way.
Kim didn't tell Shelton she made the 9-1-1 call.