BehindBlueI's
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- Oct 3, 2012
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Having as much information as possible about the crime, including time, location, description of the perp(s), etc, gives the best chance that somebody may have seen something in the area around that time that could help apprehend the criminal(s).
Unless requested by the police to withhold something, I've NEVER understood why a news outlet would not report the ENTIRE description of the crime the police have from the victims.
Because generic descriptions are useless, and that's usually what we get. Something like: Black male, 5'8", early 20s, medium build, close cut hair, in a black hoody. Ok, now what do you do with that info?
Or, even better, you've got 5 witnesses and you've got a guy who's 5'1 to 6'3", sorta fat skinny, biracial asian black hispanic with longish-short hair in a blackish green blue hoody and khaki short blue jeans.