03-16-2016, 11:57 AM
(03-16-2016, 11:33 AM)bfine32 Wrote: Because no one else had a statement issuing a threat; that was hot, why do you think it got so much play? As soon as that reporter said he was told that over the phone, every source ran with it in quotes. Perhaps the reporter did not lie; perhaps it was entirely true that what he was reported was what was said. Conersely, what if he miss quoted and the person on the other end simply said we are prepared to die for our cause or the reporter decided to embelish just a tad? You find it unlikely that a reporter would sensationalize a story; I do not.
Perhaps the reporter had no agenda (perhaps); but do you think those that took the unsubstantiated words from the reporter as a bona fide threat had an agenda?
Here's what I know beyond a doubt. Only one person was killed in this entire situation. Only one person out of dozens of armed criminals got shot. Only one person jumped out of a car after fleeing law enforcement and almost crashing into a road block. Only one person moved around erratically and reached down towards his belt line while law enforcement had weapons trained on him. It just so happened that the only person to act in a manner that got him killed was also quoted by a media source as saying he would never be taken alive. Coincidence? Possibly but that's a hell of a coincidence.
