Posted on 01/31/2005 8:08:42 PM PST by 68skylark
That's the NYT style, which in the past has included, Mr. Hitler and Mr. Loaf (as in Meat Loaf).
Oh I understand why a few pictures make sense. You make good points. I was talking about pictures that appear long after the investigation is over. We had some people on trial for a horrible crime near South Bend, IN, and it seemed like the local paper put up a picture of the perps every day for weeks or months throughout the trial. It was the dead victims who deserve to be seen and remembered -- not the killer.
LOL....it is not, is it? LOL @ Mr. Loaf!
Even if that is so...which I doubt...why aren't they charged with the attempted robbery which resulted in a death?
Capital murder for the shooter, felony murder for the rest of this dirtbag crew. In almost all of Georgia (i.e., other than DA Paul Howard's island of irrationality - Fulton County) - we would know what to do with them.
He got into a shooting position and aimed at four safety officers, before four police officers, their weapons drawn, ordered him to drop the gun, Mr. Smith said. He did."
Too bad for Ms. duFresne that the cops didn't shoot him dead.
I'm glad your mom was okay -- it sounds like she handled that situation just right.
In the old days, cops would walk the perps to the car and the press photographers with Speed Graphic cameras would be lined up yelling obscenities and racial slurs at them in attempts to get the perps to look mean or crazed.
For the most part, victims' families don't want pictures of their loved ones plastered over the papers day after day.
LOL that answer is tough to beat.
Yeah, anything that causes some FUD in the criminal culture is a good idea. Concealed carry is a perfect example.
Isn't "aspiring actress" another word for waitress?
Good comparison---you remember that Jack Henry Abbott's victim was an aspiring actor, Richard Adan, working as a waiter at a restaurant that I think was also on the Lower East Side. Adan's father-in-law (or soon to be father in law) wrote a GREAT letter to New Yorker magazine, bemoaning the misguidedness of people like Norman Mailer, who was entirely responsible for getting Abbott out, and largely responsible for not chaperoning him actively until he was convinced Abbott was no harm to society. In an unforgettable phrase , Adan's father in law lambasted people like Mailer and their "hollow liberal zeal" that would foist someone like Abbott on society once again, with the hope that we could take a chance on him, because "culture is worth a little risk".
Hey take it easy on Meat Loaf he's good people. Great singer and actor.
That's an excellent point. Absolutely -- it makes a lot of sense to honor the wishes of the family members.
You've got a lot of good knowledge about this topic -- you must have some newspaper experience.
Just wait until the Post story comes out! LOL
No, I'm just nosey about the jobs people have. I once had a friend who had the unenviable job of going to the victim's home and retrieving pictures from the grieving. How'd you like to have a job where you dug through family scrap books to find just the right shot of a dead 10 year old with the kid's mother?
Fortunately, these guys were only interested in cash, cigarettes, and wine. Unlike the punk in this article. He was out to kill, not rob someone that night. (pistol whipping a big clue) Fry his *ss.
You would think she would have had enough of bars.
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