Wednesday, October 16, 2002

Release the descriptions now!
(Via InstaPundit) Paul Sperry reports Police suppress terrorism angle - ATF official: Releasing descriptions of Mideast suspects would cause 'panic':
Several witnesses to the Beltway sniper shootings over the past two weeks have described suspects resembling Middle-Eastern men, but authorities have played down the Islamic terrorism angle to avoid mass "panic" in the area, an ATF official told WorldNetDaily.

... the task force won't likely release a composite sketch of suspects - alternately described by witnesses, law-enforcement lookouts and police-scanner chatter as "Hispanic," "Middle-Eastern," "olive-skinned" and "dark-skinned" - until all other suspects are ruled out.
Well, Grandma Moses didn't do it, she's dead.

I really don't care what the suspects look like or what ethnic group they might belong to - release the damn descriptions now so that the public can help bag them.