From: charlie
Date: 1/10/01
Time: 10:51:30 PM
Jasper, An Important factor is to limit the number of people in the LAPD "aware" of the murder and who committed it.
Roberts would fit the bill.
There has always been the problem of who could learn these things (schedule, surveillance, etc.) without arousing suspicion. I think Roberts (if he is in fact of the LA Secret Police) fits the bill.
The file would already be in existence on OJS. He is a famous Athlete/actor--who would be on the list of people under surveillance for the LA Secret Police. Actors, polititions, athletes, etc. were they types of people who were under continual surveillance --to assure co-operation if ever needed and I have always suspected in case a crime broke around them--or perhaps a frame. Why else would you need to know there favorite restuarants (the Mezzalune as per Nicole), clothes and shoes that they wore, where they shopped, the food they preferred, etc.? And their friends and acquaintances?
If not Roberts (I believe it was him due to the Watch Commander not knowing him when he should have if he was assigned to the same precinct as Fuhrman), one of the other cops. Roberts makes more sense because as you say he was always right there with Fuhrman and always in the right place at the right time. Also the LAPD tried to hide him from public view. And after the trial, pulled him back from public appearances.
If true, he could have accessed info at any time prior to the murders as well as info the night of the murders (LAX departure schedule, etc.). Also who picked him up usually for flights and what the arrangements were.
Also another important factor (if needed) is that the LA Secret Police worked closely with the FBI and the CIA. Even "black bag" jobs were done for the LAPD by the FBI and CIA if requested. And who could EVER be a whistleblower and tell. (It takes a certain type personality to begin with to be a spy on folks and to do "black bag" jobs for the FBI and CIA.
They also had their own "snitches" who did jobs for them and were controlled with threats of arrest or with threats they would "drop a dime" on them claiming they were a snitch --even if they hadn't been. Some cops got their snitches killed (on purpose) this way.
Yep, I think we have "defined" Roberts place in the scheme of things better now.
I have always been bothered by him being the "cop that wasn't there" as far as the cops were concerned.
And something about Roberts that night made the Watch Commander notice him and wonder not only who he was but "what he was doing there".
charlie