'The DA says he's guilty, so what are we waiting for? Come on, let's lynch the sum bitch. Bill Gibson doesn't need any trial to know he done it, and neither do we. He ought to know. Why, the Herald-Citizen even says someone who saw the composite drawing said it reportedly looks like Looper. I wonder what the killer's lawyer has to say now that we know the truth? Oh, yeah, Gibson got a gag order against him so he can't tell us . . . .'

You'd be so stupid:
 

You'd believe '[t]he composite drawing [of Tommy Burks' killer] has never been disclosed to the public, but reportedly it looks like Looper." Reportedly? By whom? The DA? Let's see the drawing and proof of the date it was drawn. No gag order for that one, huh? This is how the DA prosecutes his cases, apparently, feeding the Hair-Oiled Citroën self-serving information that the advertising circular runs without checking.

• You would not know DA Bill Gibson refuses to give a sample of his voice to the defense to determine whether it was Gibson asking informant John Dedmon to set up Looper, even if he had to lie.









• You would not know that editors from The Putnam Pit and Tabloid  intervened in the Looper case to object to the gag order barring Looper's lawyer from talking to the press about prosecutorial misconduct.

 
• You would not know Councilman Harold "Two for the Road" Jackson had objected to hearing the informant's comments read to the City Council, and threatened to walk out rather than hear comments from a citizen.

 

 

Maybe the Hair-Oiled Citroën doesn't think you have a need to know. Maybe they want to decide for you.

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