Yes. These people were stupid especially if they actually planned this publicity stunt. Now it appears that they continue to act like stupid criminals. Apparently the sheriff is a pretty good poker player. At least initially, he appeared to publicly support the idea that this was all an unfortunate incident. This allowed the sheriff and his interrogators a lot of access to the family. Suddenly, it seems that the opinion of law enforcement has changed.
I don’t condone anything that this family may have done. But I do think that they should have sought advice form a lawyer and taken the fifth before talking to authorities.
We have seen other stories (the kid with the pocket knife, the other one with the knife in the car) in which the targets of the investigation would have been well advised to take the fifth.
If you are the target of an investigation, be polite but take the fifth!
I have been reading on the blogosphere that the sheriff is a Bill O’Reilly fan. Can anyone confirm this. They said he said at the press conference that he wasn’t doing any interviews except for Bill O’Rielly.
I am happy for B.O. and Fox news. I guess they are a legitmate news source after all.
I think it’s an act of child endangerment to build such a craft capable of holding and concealing a child, and permitting even the slightest chance that a child could actually enter while it’s inflated. There is just no excuse to create that kind of possibility.
An accident? No way; this event has been planned since the very moment the craft was designed, and probably before. One has to ask why a family would design an instrument that could damage and perhaps eliminate a family member, unless using it was being considered.