Some investigation this was:
A manager of the Washington, D.C., bar where Democratic National Committee worker Seth Rich was last spotted hours before he was shot and killed last summer told WND that D.C.
police officers never interviewed the bar’s staff or requested any evidence from the bar, including the bar’s surveillance video from that night, as part of an investigation into Rich’s murder.The revelation backs up a claim made by a private investigator who worked on the case who said D.C. police were told to “stand down” on the investigation.
WND also can report that the investigator recently was ordered to “cease and desist” his work on the murder case.
“The police never asked for the surveillance video from that night,” a manager of Lou’s City Bar told WND.His name is being withheld for this story.
He said the bar’s surveillance video runs in a cycle of 30 days and that, by now, any footage that may have existed of Rich the last night he was seen alive has been taped over.
Furthermore, the manager said police never asked for any other kind of evidence from the bar such as Rich’s bar receipt from that night. The manager did note he wasn’t sure if Rich paid using a credit card or cash.
The manager also said he’s not aware of the police ever interviewing any of the bar’s staff members as part of their investigation into Rich’s murder.
“The only time that I talked to police was during the memorial for Seth,” the manager said, noting that those conversations were more casual and friendly.
He did not believe the conversations were part of official police interviews regarding Rich’s murder investigation.
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http://www.wnd.com/2017/05/bar-manager- ... RPGHkpe.99
And look at this, from Newsweek:
While the FBI is not investigating the case, an investigation by Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department remains active, according to the department.
“We continue to work with the family to bring closure to this case, as we do with all homicide investigations,” a police spokesperson said in a statement. The department is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Asked about the claims made in the Fox News report, a spokesperson for the department says by email, “MPD does not entertain conspiracy theories.”
http://www.newsweek.com/seth-rich-dnc-s ... fbi-610383
What is this "bring closure" shit? The DC Metropolitan Police Dept is not a grief counselling service. It is not the police's job to
bring closure [insert projectile-vomit-smiley] but to
investigate the crime (the crime being murder, remember) with a view to apprehending & interrogating one or more suspects and perhaps eventually even securing a conviction.
And "work[ing] with the family"? What on earth does the
family have to do with the investigation of the crime? Nothing! (Unless this creep is hinting that the Rich family are
suspects, ffs.)
When did this kind of vacuous, sanctimonious hogwash become acceptable, especially as
a police statement? All that's missing is a strings soundtrack. Truly, TV and the movies have a lot to answer for in the USA.
That's not the nadir, though. This is:
Asked about the claims made in the Fox News report, a spokesperson for the department says by email, “MPD does not entertain conspiracy theories.”
Of course it fucking does, but only when it's actually doing its fucking job. I.e., a functioning police department collects and examines the evidence (including surveillance camera footage), interviews witnesses, considers various hypotheses, thinks about means, motive & opportunity, identifies possible suspects, interrogates those suspects, checks out their alibis if they have any, and (in short) does everything in its power to investigate the fucking crime.
"Conspiracy theories"! It is Criminology 101.
"Ich kann gar nicht so viel fressen, wie ich kotzen möchte." - Max Liebermann,, Berlin, 1933
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." - Richard Feynman, NYC, 1966
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