Posted on 07/19/2005 9:34:10 AM PDT by AbeKrieger
Me either. But in this case we must choose between the government workers (the cops) and the trial lawyers for the families.
I will take the trial lawyers and families here instead of the government bureaucrats who will be trying to cover their asses.
Three boys are dead as a result of the actions of three boys and the complimentary inactions of parents. Anyone who blames anyone else, even partially, should receive the John Edwards "No Personal Responsibility - So Pay Me" Award.
If this officer searched Klebolds and Harris' car for weapons while they were driving to the Columbine High School, but the cops forgot to look in the trunk were the guns were, what would you say?
If DEA agents missed three 100 pound bags of cocaine that drug dealers were hiding in the trunk at the Mexican border, would you let them off?
If they had a tip that Osama bin Laden was in that car and they forgot to look in the trunk, would you just shrug your shoulders?
If you owned a drive-in theater, your 17 year old employees would know enough to look in the trunk for people trying to sneak in.
Searching a car is not rocket science. Sheesh!
I can't absolve the police of their negligence in this case but it pales in comparison to the negligence of the parents.The parents created a hazardous environment for their kids and then allowed them to play in it for hours unsupervised.Where were they when the kids were still conscious and able to kick and scream for help?Why didn't they search the trunk during their three hour search?If the kids had died in an abandoned car owned by a neighbor,that neighbor would have been arrested.
Yesireebob!! Dad has painted a history of neglect on Mom. (reports to DFCS) Kids can find trouble fast w/o looking, but the 'few minutes' story doesn't add up. Mom was the first one looking to put responsibility on someone else. She was the one 'supervising' the kids, it was her yard, which the car had been in for 3+ weeks (in which, at least one of the kids was drawn to playing in before) It took AT LEAST 3 hours before the 911 call (by a different parent??) for help. :-(
LMAO!! What do you tell people walking by? "I'm looking for missing people"? ... sorry, the thought of randomly popping people's trunks open cracked me up... :-( until I thought of MY trunk being popped open!
Two CPD officers looked in car. No evidence of anyone even being remotely near car and car appears not to have been disturbed for sometime.
CCSD and CHPD dogs were in close enough proximity to the car to get a hit. They never did. CHPD bloodhound tracked scent to the Delaware River. Scent picked up a hundred feet or so from car. CCSD gets dive team in the water.
Two days later, dad nonchalantly moseys on over to car and pops trunk and bingo, kids are there. Let me add that the trunk was cracked open. Dad just pulled it up. No keys, no prying, and no popping it from inside the car. Wonder how that exactly happened?
CCSD and CHPD have dogs re-tested just in case. Dogs hit every single time during tests.
My neighbor is a CCSD officer and spent 18 hours OT looking for the kids, along with almost every off-duty CCSD officer and all of CHPD dog handlers.
No way is CPD, or CCSD responsible.
You don't know what you are talking about
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