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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 6:17 PM
Subject: further Port Arthur Revelations
Further Port Arthur Revelations
Terry Shulze
There were so many lies during and after the Port Arthur Massacre that
every time a new piece of evidence surfaces it is inevitable that a
few more lies are exposed. So it was with the recent acquisition of
a "Police Eyes Only" tape discovered in a second hand shop. On that
tape there was a short segment about the Port Arthur Massacre and
actual police footage on the day after the massacre.
For those who may remember, the shooter was carrying a "blue bag".
There was also a picture of the "blue bag" shown on television. In
that TV picture, the "blue bag" is sitting on a table with some garbage
around it and in the background all the rest of the tables are in
pristine condition. The TV picture was obviously a fake - but why?
Now we know.
On the day of the massacre at least two statements referred to the
food tray that the shooter was eating from. The statements mentioned
that the shooter was drinking from a Yellow Solo can and that he was
not wearing gloves. That tray was important as it was like a personal
calling card from the shooter. It contained fingerprints, thumb prints,
palm prints, saliva, sweat, skin and possibly hair from the shooter.
That tray contained real physical evidence as to the identity of the
shooter.
After the massacre the issue of the tray never came up again. It was
assumed that the tray was lost in the chaos of the massacre. That was
further supported by the police resorting to the very flawed photo ID
more than a month after the massacre in order to point a finger at
Bryant.
Now, after 8 years, we know where the tray was - it was right next to
the "blue bag". It was left exactly where the shooter put it down. All
the evidence was preserved for the police investigation. Here is a
picture
of the fake picture shown on television and the real "blue bag" and the
tray in the Café'.
http://www.shootersnews.addr.com/snparealsportsbag.html
So where is the lab report on the tray? Did Bryant's fingerprints and
DNA show up on the tray and contents?
Here is a dirty little secret of many police investigations. If some
exculpatory evidence is given to the prosecutor, then the prosecutor
is duty-bound to furnish that exculpatory evidence to the defence.
Since that exculpatory evidence may completely compromise the prose-
cution case then in many cases, that evidence never gets to the
prosecutor - it gets "lost".
Getting rid of the lab report in regards to the tray is one thing.
However, anyone taking a look at that video would immediately ask
about the tray and whether there was a lab report - so the tray also
had to be "lost"! No tray, no report. Thus the fake picture we all
saw on television.
The story doesn't stop there. One of the witnesses, Rebecca McKenna,
gave a good account about the shooter and his tray. I have been
informed that all the witness statements given on the day of the
massacre were hand written. Further, that subsequent typed statements
were produced which were altered from the original versions given
to police. Rebecca McKenna's statement is one such statement. Here
is part of the typed statement given to her later (shortened for
brevity)
- "This male was carrying a tray with his food on it". "His facial
skin appeared to be freckly and he was pale" "He was not wearing
gloves"
-"When he sat down, he placed his video camera and bag on the floor
and began to eat his lunch, I noticed that he had a can of Solo and
a plastic Schweppes cup on the table" - "I saw him drink his cordial
and I noticed that he appeared anxious -" -"The last thing I saw with
regard to him was his tray falling out (explanation hand written:
"tipping -didn't actually see it fall") of his hand as he was going
back inside the cafeteria".
Do you see what has been done? The statement has been altered to say
"The last thing I saw with regard to him was his tray falling out of
his hand as he was going back inside the cafeteria". However, Rebecca
caught the change and hand wrote into the margin "tipping - didn't
actually see it fall".
So here we have the police on 30 May, when Rebecca is given the typed
statement, already trying to get rid of the tray.
As I said, every time a bit more evidence comes out more lies are
uncovered.
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