This is ridiculous. If they already know his name, saying that they do but that they don't want to say what the name is still gives way that they have his name.
I would be absolutely floored if they actually knew it, this feels like Ukraine war propaganda style cope.
I would be absolutely floored if they actually knew it, this feels like Ukraine war propaganda style cope.
It was hard for me to phrase my post title because not only is Adams a big liar but he's a real idiot and he can be incoherent as well. I'll be interested to see if his press office issues a clean up comment. And if they do - will it make things even more confusing?
Oh, man. I hope this happens at a press conference....
"...And so we know his name. I will share it with you. His name is John Doe."
There's a pregnant pause the reporters look perplexed. An enterprising reporter way in the back yells "HIS NAME IS LITERALLY JOHN DOE?!"
The mayor gets mad at being yelled at. "What did I just say? You heard me. His name is John Doe..." The mayor continues to berate the "fifth-rate alt media hack in the back".
Another clever reporter furiously checked Wikipedia for an easy way to reach the mayor's muddled mind. Before he starts his next sentence - she sort of yells at him: "Wikipedia says that 'John Doe is a placeholder names when the true name of a person is unknown or is being intentionally concealed.' Is this John Doe actually named John Doe? For real?"
The mayor is about to lecture her too but stops himself and is clearly befuddled. "John Doe is... It's... His name... John Doe is..." Clears throat. "John Doe is his code name that we in law enforcement are using..."
“…And so we know his name. I will share it with you. His name is John Doe.”
A better version:
“…And so we know his name. We worked tirelessly to identify him, yeah, we did, believe me, as I will share his name with you. His name is... uh... [check notes]... John... John Doe.”
ok but Eric Adams is a compulsive liar. constant, sustained, even unnecessary lying. if you were gonna count up just the provable lies that guy tells and then use that to inform the probability that he's lying at any given moment, he'd probably beat coinflip odds
Yeah this sounds purely like grand standing and cope over the fact the don't have shit but a grainy hostel security cam picture that might not even be him.
the "handsome" photo looks very different from the one where he's looking down, he also has totally diff eyebrows in it, diff backpack, maybe also lack of hoodie? face looks diff, but I also don't care so I haven't looked into it much
Honestly, we love a fellow messy binch on this site. What is this post, if not being messy binches ourselves? We all love slop and gossip so much because we are all messy binches.
(To answer your question, I stopped using the word a while back but I don't find it inherently problematic--it's all about the speaker and the context)
Even if they have his name, this is still probably the best move.
Trying to leave the country just gives cops more authority to gun him and a few bystanders down.
If he's just at home chilling like nothing happened then all they can do is charge him with murder and send it through the legal system. Then they pretty much need the CEO solution device or like a manifesto or they'll have a real hard time getting a jury to find him guilty.
Totally, but I'm just going off that he got on a bus so I'm wondering if it was a direct ride to the border or did he go to an airport in another state?
He'd be better off going to the Canadian Border. Closer, wider, less policed, and just as much of an extradition treaty with Amerikkka as Mexico, but he could disappear into the wilderness until shit dies down like how a bunch of Soviet Leaders lived during their exiles into Siberia. Grow a beard to be extra unrecognizable and socialize with anyone living out there in small towns for mental health and work/supplies.
Eric Adams has been caught in so many insane lies, it's journalistic malfeasance to quote him as a reliable source at this point. so of course, the New York Post is there to be his stenographer.
i mean, this is the guy who claimed to carry a picture of fallen pig in his wallet for a decade and then had his staffers doctor a printout to back up his claim when called on it. adams is fucking pathological. he will make shit up and triple down on it, riding it until the wheels come off and then wake up the next day like none of it ever happened. classic NPD move.