It’s predictable enough. When the facts are in your favor, you pound
the facts. When the facts are not in
your favor, you pound the police officers involved in the investigation.
It’s old news right now (as things go today) that the lawyer
for the thirteen year old arrested in connection with the murder of Tessa Majors
has launched a smear campaign against Wilfredo
Acevedo, a detective who interviewed and obtained the boy’s admission to
having gone to Morningside Park with his
friends with the express purpose of robbing someone.
They passed up on a male victim and then
decided on Tessa Majors, a first year student at Barnard. The thirteen year old admitted to being
present at the stabbing-slashing murder, picking up a knife and handing it to
teen who struck the fatal blows, and provided
a horrific detailed narrative about how the murder was committed.
With few options, Defense attorney Hannah Kaplan influenceD
news media to write smashing 20-point headlines about how Acevedo was sued times
in unconnected cases. I find it amazing that so many news
organizations, absent anything real to report, went with the story and were
quite willing to smear the detective.
But Kapan’s wave of routine anti-cop strategy has already
splashed harmlessly ashore. While
liberal media enjoyed a short feeding frenzy, I was rather impressed that CNN didn’t
jump face forward into that sinkhole and is reporting the words of New York’s Police
Commissioner:
New York Police Department
Commissioner Dermot Shea said Detective Wilfredo Acevedo has never been found
to have made a single false statement or falsely arrested anyone and touted his
exemplary record of service.
The
police union president put it more bluntly, calling out Hanna Kaplan for using
a "commonly used strategy employed by defense attorneys" to undermine
investigations. And for the
record, Police Commisisoner Shea cites Acevedo’s outstanding record as a police
investigator:
"The detective singled
out here has made 237 arrests including 93 felony arrests removing dangerous
criminals from our streets. He has been recognized with 24 department medals.
He has never been found to have made a single false statement or falsely
arrested anyone by either the Department, the (Civilian Complaint Review Board), any Civil Court or District Attorney."
I guess
since Acevedo is Hispanic, defense lawyer
Hannah Kaplan was probably frustrated that she couldn’t play the race card
along with her other attempts to poison the jury pool. It was smart for the police, in the early
going, not to identify the assailants as persons of color, leaving open the
possibility which occurred to me and others — that perhaps the assailants were
white thugs. Remove all phony
justifications for murder and what do you have?
Just what it looks like — some young, very dangerous, very vicious punks who
wanted to find easy prey.
So
where is this case at right now?
Frankly, it’s only the police who might have the answer, though they
have to be a bit frustrated by sixth amendment protections against an
accused.
Here’s the short brief about
where things stand:
·
Police have already questioned another teen implicated by
the thirteen year old and didn’t have enough evidence to charge him. He was let
go as the law requires. The only evidence announced so far is a video that
reportedly shows the attack, and the eyewitness account of the thirteen-year-old
which is self-serving. Neither the
thirteen-year old nor the released fourteen year old are seen stabbing Tessa
Majors.
·
Another fourteen year old, whose picture is shown above, is being sought as the one who stabbed and slashed Tessa Majors to
death. It is believed that he has left
New York and traveled down south to hide among family connections. Being fourteen, this person does not have a
driver’s license and so it’s logical to believe he is being abetted as a
fugitive by friends and/or relatives.
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