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They are not releasing his name because that would tell him they know his name, but they are telling the press that they know his name

A backpack resembling the one worn by the suspect has been recovered near a playground in Central Park, according to media reports. MSNBC said on Saturday that police examining the bag and its contents found a jacket and Monopoly money, but no firearm.

Stuffing your crime bag with monopoly money to fuck with the cops.

Eric Adams saying "the net is tightening" when they have a picture and possibly know that he left NYC on a bus lol

They're going to kill some random guy and call him the Adjuster.

Yeah this is a lie lol. Also nice jab at "hiding behind the mask", a thing apparently all criminals do now since NYC wanted to ban those recently. Very cool to witness the reality invention in real time

My girlfriend goes to another school, you wouldn’t know her. Here’s a picture but she’s wearing a mask, no I don’t have a better one because she doesn’t like taking pictures

"We have video of him entering the Port Authority Bus Terminal. We don't have any video of him exiting so we believe he may have gotten on a bus,"

Wow, I wasn't aware they had Sherlock Holmes on the case lmao.

Their claims don’t add up. They supposedly know he went to a bus terminal, but they can only assume that he took an interstate bus because they didn’t see him exit the terminal. So they don’t know which bus and they can’t even be completely sure that he did go on one at all.

This info is cool but they can’t tell you his name. That would tip him off too much.

Forgive me for being True Crime brained here a moment (I'm a it's in my blood I'm sorry) but the cops did something really similar during a widely publicized murder in Delphi, IN, where they held these press conferences assuring the killer they knew his name and identity but never reveaed it

And then it took another couple years and the testimony of another unrelated suspect to even find the guy, so clearly they were blowing smoke to see if the guy would slip up or turn himself in (he did neither)

Eric Adams says a lot of things

THAT'S RIGHT GUY, WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE, WE'RE CLOSING IN. SO YOU MAY AS WELL TURN YOURSELF IN!!!

this is such obvious bullshit. "we're gonna come out and say we know who he is, but we wont say his name because then he's gonna know we know who he is". yeah, i believe that. my supermodel girlfriend from another school made the same point.

Wouldn't saying you know the name have the same effect on the perp as just dropping the name? If you want the dude to get cocky you just wouldn't release any information. If I thought I might get caught this would make me take the same cautionary actions as if my name were released. In conclusion, this is bullshit and they've got nothing.

I still think they're just gonna kill some random person and say it was the shooter to save face for the whole thing.

Let him continue to believe he can hide behind the mask."

The mayor of New York city said this about a mysterious handsome vigilante who has captured the hearts of the people by striking a blow for the powerless that has resonated deeply with society*

Just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge that for just a few minutes, the shitty superhero movie universe manifested itself into ours.

If they really had a name, of course it'd be all over their public "wanted" posts and lists (e.g. FBI's "Wanted" list)... except if they finally realized that the public now see THEM as population's "wanted" and are afraid of actually doing something.

So, if they really have a name, it's just a brag because they know the moment the cops touch him, he'll become more powerful as a symbol for resistance. If they have no name, well, it's also just a brag, so they can pretend they're "doing something".

Serial bullshitter bullshits. Stenographers of power dutifully report said bullshit.

Many such cases

Time to turn yourself in son, it's over. You have one chance of going to jail for life. If you don't we'll play it hard and reveal your name, no mercy!

If you were withholding the name to not let him know that you knew their name

Why would you announce that you know their name?

Real "Your friends already ratted you out, might as well be honest" vibes

police were withholding the suspect's name for now to deny him any advantage.

Do they think the guy doesn't know his own name or are they afraid they might have the wrong name

Adams was quoted by the Post as saying the police were withholding the suspect's name for now to deny him any advantage. “We don’t want to release that now,” the mayor said. “If you do, you are basically giving a tip to the person we are seeking and we do not want to give him an upper hand at all. Let him continue to believe he can hide behind the mask.

So you're going to announce in Reuters that you know who he is, and expect he simply isn't watching the news?

Security video showed the shooter behind Thompson, raising his handgun and firing at his back.

Funny how the passive voice is missing. I wonder why...?

Oh him? Nah we were off doing charity- he’s got an alibi