Anonymous wrote:Now just imagine if every second degree assault charge, which will likely be plead down lower, were given even 1/1000 of the attention given here.

Most far more serious crimes get far less attention and resources.

Anonymous wrote:So glad he was identified.

Anonymous wrote:He is apparently in custody. They have yet to release his name

https://twitter.com/MichLKosinski

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Anonymous wrote:There's no way this guy hasn't been ID'd by now. Someone is protecting him and they should know better at this point because it won't end well for to protectors either.

Not really. The problem is that there are several white males that fit the profile and the photo. The police have been investigating and have ruled out several suspects. You can see details of some of the individuals who were interviewed and cleared.

They have another strong suspect currently being investigated.

https://patch.com/maryland/bethesda-chevychase/biker-who-attacked-students-may-have-been-identified-police-say

The problem is that even when there is a good suspect, the police still have to investigate the person and make sure they have a case against the person.

Um, there is a video.

DP. They need to make sure they have the right person. They need to try to gather other evidence about what happened before the video and also what happened at the end of the video and after.

If they can’t get other evidence tying the suspect to the bike (Strava, other pics of him with the bike, etc), it won’t be as much of a slam dunk case as you think.

In fact, the Twitter vigilantes who identified other bikers who looked like the perpetrator have handed the real person an opportunity to create reasonable doubt.

I’m not a criminal lawyer but I’m pretty sure from watching the Brady Bunch that you can’t use random people’s twitter posts as a defense.

And I am sure from law school and a lengthy legal career that the identification of other suspects is helpful to the defense. If raised by the defense, the prosecutors will have to explain why those people were excluded. Depending on how airtight the case is that it couldn’t have been that person, you may have enough to create reasonable doubt. You only need one juror to not buy into the case.

Again, I’m not a criminal lawyer, but I’m pretty sure that any of the Twitter suspects will be easily ruled out because they won’t have the distinctive body type of the attacker. (Sorry, alleged attacker.)

They were similar enough to have people convinced they were the right person. They were close enough that the cops interviewed them. Exactly how much they will help will depend on a number of things, but it is helpful for the defense to have something to point to, especially in a case where there is video - so it will focus less on what happened and more on is it the right person.

Read carefully. The people on Twitter only saw the 2 alleged suspects faces. They did not see their bodies. The cyclist had a very distinctive body. Why do you think the first guy was cleared so quickly. I can’t continue discussing this because it’s making me more dumb.