05-25-2014, 12:37 PM
Signals Overlooked by Police?
Alan Shifman, the lawyer for Rodger’s father, said Saturday that his family called police several weeks ago over concerns about YouTube videos where the son mused about murder and suicide.
It was the third of three bizarre run-ins Rodger had with cops over the past year.
In the first, he claimed to be the victim of assault, but deputies believe he may have been the aggressor in a fight.
Rodger later contacted police and accused his roommates of stealing $22 worth of candles from him. The roommate was booked into jail, but released.
Officers, after interviewing the lonely Rodger, described him as a “perfectly polite, kind and wonderful human being,” said Shifman.
Brown confirmed that Rodger downplayed his problems, and the deputies cleared the call. (HOTD: hindsight is 20/20, but man I wish they'd asked to search his room.)
Rodger recounted the episode in his creepy manifesto.
“I had the striking and devastating fear that someone had somehow discovered what I was planning to do, and reported me for it,” he wrote.
“If that was the case, the police would have searched my room, found all of my guns and weapons, along with my writings about what I plan to do with them. I would have been thrown in jail, denied of the chance to exact revenge on my enemies. I can’t imagine a hell darker than that. Thankfully, that wasn’t the case, but it was so close.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/de...z32kJIZt2j
Alan Shifman, the lawyer for Rodger’s father, said Saturday that his family called police several weeks ago over concerns about YouTube videos where the son mused about murder and suicide.
It was the third of three bizarre run-ins Rodger had with cops over the past year.
In the first, he claimed to be the victim of assault, but deputies believe he may have been the aggressor in a fight.
Rodger later contacted police and accused his roommates of stealing $22 worth of candles from him. The roommate was booked into jail, but released.
Officers, after interviewing the lonely Rodger, described him as a “perfectly polite, kind and wonderful human being,” said Shifman.
Brown confirmed that Rodger downplayed his problems, and the deputies cleared the call. (HOTD: hindsight is 20/20, but man I wish they'd asked to search his room.)
Rodger recounted the episode in his creepy manifesto.
“I had the striking and devastating fear that someone had somehow discovered what I was planning to do, and reported me for it,” he wrote.
“If that was the case, the police would have searched my room, found all of my guns and weapons, along with my writings about what I plan to do with them. I would have been thrown in jail, denied of the chance to exact revenge on my enemies. I can’t imagine a hell darker than that. Thankfully, that wasn’t the case, but it was so close.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/de...z32kJIZt2j