Further to the other day, [while the] deliveryman sat in a stuck elevator for more than three days in a Bronx apartment tower, the police searched the building with such fervor that one resident and his two friends were locked up and even questioned over a barbecue stain on one of their shirts that looked like blood, the resident and the police said yesterday.
"I had sauce on my shirt from three days ago. They made me write, 'I'm Troy Smith. You can have my shirt for testing,'" he said, an account confirmed by Chief Collins. "They kept on coming back and saying, 'Where is the Chinese man and what did you do with him?' I said, 'I don't know.' "
And yet, the whole time, a small camera in a rear corner of the elevator car that held Mr. Chen, Car No. 2, relayed live signals to a functioning - albeit small and dim - monitor in the Tracey Towers security office, where security officers are always present and the police were a frequent presence during the search. No one could recall seeing Mr. Chen on the tiny screen. - nytimes.com
But the most damaging effect of this fiasco may be this: Mr. Chen is an illegal immigrant, a fact that his family shared with the police and that was publicized during the manhunt.
Posted by phreq at April 8, 2005 08:42 AM | TrackBackAny Perkier today?
Posted by: Vincent at April 8, 2005 01:56 PMkinda... I walked the dog this morning and lost my keys. But then I retraced my steps and we found them. So it should come out even, but finding the keys rather than having them chewed up by the giant council lawnmower makes it a positive outcome!
Posted by: phreq at April 8, 2005 02:21 PM