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Listen to this witness who saw three people dressed in all black and witnessed them (Original Post) mfcorey1 Dec 2015 OP
Yeah, that's a weird discrepancy. But sometimes people are just wrong. TwilightGardener Dec 2015 #1
The description she is giving is quite detailed philosslayer Dec 2015 #5
It's an evergreen topic in some courses. Igel Dec 2015 #22
Early reports had three attackers. Hundred Rads Dec 2015 #2
Very odd philosslayer Dec 2015 #3
It won't play for me but let me guess 2pooped2pop Dec 2015 #4
Look what up? nt Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2015 #25
My friend is convinced it is a false flag operation CanonRay Dec 2015 #6
It's a bridge I don't want to cross 2pooped2pop Dec 2015 #8
So that would mean that two escaped. ananda Dec 2015 #14
I don't know if it means that or not 2pooped2pop Dec 2015 #18
That's about how I feel. LuvNewcastle Dec 2015 #32
I'm sure all of this will be debunked as soon as building security camera footage is released... 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #7
eye witnesses are massively unreliable. Warren Stupidity Dec 2015 #9
+1000. Thankfully most government buildings have security cameras... 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #10
Perhaps they were inoperative that day philosslayer Dec 2015 #11
yes everytime there are major attacks it seems 2pooped2pop Dec 2015 #17
were there no video cameras at the venue? spanone Dec 2015 #12
Apparenntly not malaise Dec 2015 #19
Hmmm. She said she never saw his face; he was dressed all in black with a black hat; Nye Bevan Dec 2015 #13
That in and of itself speaks volumes. I have no doubt a few will come and say it was the government still_one Dec 2015 #26
At least twice I heard -'... the third person was not charged elias49 Dec 2015 #15
I believe the person who ran out of the Amazon building was the third person held, then released. randome Dec 2015 #27
Yes many witnesses saw three white males in all black malaise Dec 2015 #16
If they were pretty well covered 2naSalit Dec 2015 #21
Video is now unavailable. 2naSalit Dec 2015 #20
Sally Abdelmageed interview: ucrdem Dec 2015 #24
Thanks 2naSalit Dec 2015 #34
Well let's hope the witness is wrong MowCowWhoHow III Dec 2015 #23
Eyewitness accounts are notoriously inaccurate. hobbit709 Dec 2015 #28
Eyewitness testimony isn't really reliable mythology Dec 2015 #29
That, and the "telephone" game, are why initial news reports should be viewed with heavy skepticism. arcane1 Dec 2015 #30
Might I point out something very simple. Perhaps there were indeed 3 shooters. LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #31
A list of weird things about the SB shootings: Nevernose Dec 2015 #33
 

philosslayer

(3,076 posts)
5. The description she is giving is quite detailed
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 12:18 PM
Dec 2015

Down to the zippers on the cargo pants. She said there were 3 dressed exactly the same. And she said they looked white, with athletic builds.

Igel

(35,362 posts)
22. It's an evergreen topic in some courses.
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 02:03 PM
Dec 2015

Professor is lecturing.

Somebody runs into the lecture hall. Does something surprising or shocking--takes a backpack or purse, for instance. Then stops, stands, counts to 5 or 10 while facing the students, perhaps says something, and then runs out.

Immediately the professor asks for a description. Some say long hair, some short; some say red, blond, brunet. Mostly they get the sex right, but only if obvious. What was said varies by witness. What was done, closing, series of actions, varies.

That short blond guy wearing plaid button-shirt and long jeans is the same tall brown-haired guy wearing glasses, a tee-shirt, and shorts.

It's worse, much worse, if the professor decides to shape the discourse by offering his own description for the weak-minded to adopt.

Notice: "3 dressed exactly the same." Perhaps they lined up for her all at the same time. Wearing black, pale brown = white. (Note for those who aren't into the racial divisions of the last 20-30 years or so most Middle Easterners were considered swarthy, but not black. There was no racial division "brown." They were white. Italians and Greeks and S. Slavs were all "swarthy.&quot

 

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)
4. It won't play for me but let me guess
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 12:17 PM
Dec 2015

3 large males? No small one? I'm gonna guess that at least one of the large males was the brother in law or a provocateur. We can't go to war if we aren't afraid of ISIS now can we?

I know I will get crap for CT but really if our government didn't constantly lie, constantly provoke this kind of shit (look it up) and need a false flag for war...then maybe I wouldn't think the worse all the time.

CanonRay

(14,120 posts)
6. My friend is convinced it is a false flag operation
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 12:19 PM
Dec 2015

but that's a bridge to far for me. I'd need a lot of evidence. Witness statements, especially under duress, are particularly unreliable.

 

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)
8. It's a bridge I don't want to cross
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 12:25 PM
Dec 2015

but a bridge that I would not doubt much either.

3 gunmen large-not 90lb
one rolled out of the car. Now enough people saw that roll to conduct a house to house,
Let people into the house same day.
They said they had them on their list,
found them very quickly
made sure they were dead
handcuffed in the back seat?
had cameras, no cameras.

I don't know. I just wish our govt and our media were trustworthy so I don't have to suspect them all the time.

 

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)
18. I don't know if it means that or not
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 01:42 PM
Dec 2015

but whenever we listen to just the official explanation, I feel we are fools.

LuvNewcastle

(16,860 posts)
32. That's about how I feel.
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 05:56 PM
Dec 2015

I don't trust our government or mainstream press as far as I can spit. Looking back over the last hundred years or so, it seems to me that the warmongers usually get what they want. It's just a matter of causing enough outrage. Sometimes they get what they want even without all the outrage.

 

951-Riverside

(7,234 posts)
7. I'm sure all of this will be debunked as soon as building security camera footage is released...
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 12:23 PM
Dec 2015

any ...day ...now.

I mean the FBI was so eager to release the shooters apartment and allow hundreds of reporters and citizens into it in less than 48 hours after the shooting so I'm sure they'll release footage of these two and only TWO shooters exiting the black SUV and entering the building ...any ...day ...now

 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
9. eye witnesses are massively unreliable.
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 12:46 PM
Dec 2015

There was no third shooter. That will not stop a SB-Truther movement from developing.

On edit. I listened. Her initial account was almost entirely "we saw" this and that, her only reference to herself was "I called ". She was later interrogated by the news reader as to exactly what she saw and she then shifted to "I", but that was not how she originally described the events. I'll go out on a limb and say that she didn't see much of anything but was instead relaying her account of what somebody else with her said he saw.

 

951-Riverside

(7,234 posts)
10. +1000. Thankfully most government buildings have security cameras...
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 12:51 PM
Dec 2015

so I'm sure this will be debunked any day now once screenshots from security cameras are released that shows these TWO and only TWO entering or exiting the building.

We should see those photos ...any ...day ...now.

 

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)
17. yes everytime there are major attacks it seems
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 01:35 PM
Dec 2015

like the pentagon
the buses during the London subway attacks
almost everytime a cop kills someone

I would sure like to see a whole list of those malfunctions.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
13. Hmmm. She said she never saw his face; he was dressed all in black with a black hat;
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 01:23 PM
Dec 2015

but somehow she knows he was a white man.

Some people are quite prepared to tell outright lies in pursuit of their 15 minutes of fame.

still_one

(92,453 posts)
26. That in and of itself speaks volumes. I have no doubt a few will come and say it was the government
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 02:53 PM
Dec 2015

not them, regardless what the victims say happened

 

elias49

(4,259 posts)
15. At least twice I heard -'... the third person was not charged
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 01:33 PM
Dec 2015

and was released by authorities...'. I know what I heard the journalist say. And he said just that.
What is it? Misspeak, flat-out error, someone misinformed?, outright lie?
May never know.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
27. I believe the person who ran out of the Amazon building was the third person held, then released.
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 03:00 PM
Dec 2015

But it turned out he was just fleeing for his life because it was thought the gunner was nearby. I was listening to the San Bernardino police scanner at the time. There was no third shooter.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]You’re cheating yourself if you don’t accept the same benefit of a doubt you’d offer anyone else.[/center][/font][hr]

malaise

(269,212 posts)
16. Yes many witnesses saw three white males in all black
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 01:35 PM
Dec 2015

Interesting was that the media all said this could change. It was all very odd and I am clueless about what to make of it.

2naSalit

(86,834 posts)
21. If they were pretty well covered
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 01:51 PM
Dec 2015

with face masks and all,I wonder how the distinction of "white" was made. Some folks can't tell when the skin is not very dark.

Just wondering.

MowCowWhoHow III

(2,103 posts)
23. Well let's hope the witness is wrong
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 02:24 PM
Dec 2015

Because if she is right, then there are one or more lunatics in the wind, who must realize that law enforcement will be closing in on them*, and will probably be planning to go out in a 'blaze of glory' before they are apprehended.

*crime scene incompetence notwithstanding.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
29. Eyewitness testimony isn't really reliable
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 03:05 PM
Dec 2015
http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr06/eyewitness.aspx

Of note from the above link:

"Mistaken or flawed identification has assumed a newfound prominence in recent years: It's been cited as a factor in nearly 78 percent of the nation's first 130 convictions later overturned by DNA testing, according to the New York-based Innocence Project, which works to free the wrongly convicted. As a result, a number of researchers are turning their attention to helping police departments and juries better understand the circumstances under which eyewitnesses observe crimes and later identify a suspect."

http://www.innocenceproject.org/causes-wrongful-conviction/eyewitness-misidentification

People make mistakes, especially under stress.
 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
30. That, and the "telephone" game, are why initial news reports should be viewed with heavy skepticism.
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 03:22 PM
Dec 2015

LiberalArkie

(15,730 posts)
31. Might I point out something very simple. Perhaps there were indeed 3 shooters.
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 03:23 PM
Dec 2015

Perhaps 1 lived and was grabbed. Perhaps no one outside of the Feds know that now. Perhaps the feds would like to find out who that person talked to without anyone else knowing that person is alive.

Perhaps 1 lived and was not grabbed but is allowed to think that he got away with it, but the feds know who it is and is thus under constant monitoring.

Perhaps there were only 2 and no one alive to say anything.

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
33. A list of weird things about the SB shootings:
Sun Dec 6, 2015, 06:04 PM
Dec 2015

Let me preface this by saying that I'm not a conspiracy theorist, nor am I espousing any theories.

Multiple witnesses reported three shooters (other posters are correct in saying how terrible eyewitness ID is).
The wife's "allegiance to ISIS? Not made on her regular FB account, but one that was pseudonymous and no one else knew about.
The post was deleted, which makes it, at the very least, pretty shitty terrorism.
There were pipe bombs found at the house, but none were ever used. Is it normal for terrorists to build bombs they're not planning on using?
No major organizations took believable credit.
They only killed the husband's coworkers.
They killed them within an hour of him arguing with the coworkers.

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