The phone began ringing around 8p.m. Monday the 27th. They began witha simple but breathless inquiry. “Did youhear they just arrested two cops in theFiliberti case?” By 9 p.m., the rumorswere really fl ying.We immediately began working thephones to determine if there was anythingto the rumors. There wasn’t and we toldpeople as much.By midnight, it was clear nobodyseemed inclined to let the facts get in theway of a good rumor.Hudson Valley News was, at the sametime, slightly confl icted as the rumorsspread. We were sitting on information thattwo Hyde Park Police offi cers had beenasked to provide DNA to investigators.However, being a weekly publication,we were obliged to wait on that story untilwe published on Wednesday, which we did.It was legitimate news and we did notpublish the offi cers’ names, although wecould have.We also could have put it up on ourwebsite, but decided not to pour gasolineon a fi re that needed no assistance from us.By 7 a.m. on Tuesday, the phones weresmoking once again.Otherwise-rational peoplewere frantic for information already believed the rumors.Many of those callinghad the offi cers’ names andhad no trouble presuming guilty. Some people were aghast few skeptical.
http://www.thehudsonvalleynews.com/HVNews/HVNews_files/0706HN00A001.pdf
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Ah, let us call it, "The press release that should have been." The press release that literally would have stopped the rumors and the press but instead the cops were "silent" (not an option for them) in hopes no one would discover one or two of their own were DNA tested with respect to the murder of Kathryn Filiberti. All we really know about what happened in Hyde Park is a young woman named Kathryn Filiberti was murdered 15, 16 weeks ago. Thing is a press release surrounding DNA testing one or two of their own would have kicked the public confidence level in police up a notch or two; the police (once again) chose to let public confidence drop.
Anybody hear from poster JakInTheBox???
He's not on the PoJo website anymore and haven't heard from him here either. He was one of the first people to suspect a cop did it. Wonder if he got eliminated by those involved in the conspiracy?
Jak is a contributing author here and was my source when the story first broke. I am sure he will thank you for your concern if he stops by today.
Did pojo block Jak? I see someone attempting to post over at pojo but all we see is, "This comment was left by a user who has been blocked by our staff."
"This comment was left by a user who has been blocked by our staff."
Hahaha. In like every story, there is one of these. If that is Jak, it's freakin' hilarious. I like how in the "boat crash" story, there's about 10 of them.
I didn't comment on the boat story tonight, but they do nick my junk all the time. I got banned once and only got let back in with the application of a fantastically worded letter of complaint... which I posted publicly.
DA released a statement that no one in law enforcement is a suspect in the killing... "Nothing to see here, just go about your business." -Chief Broe
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20110720/NEWS01/110720014/DA-Hyde-Park-police-aren-t-suspects-Filiberti-case?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|PoughkeepsieJournal.com
Thanks for sharing 9:38.
Of course, if there is a coverup, the DA has been involved from the get-go. Dutchess County DA has a history of corruption and refusing to prosecute police officers for violent crimes.
Wow, what a shitty article there at PoJo.
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