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re: Finally watched Richard Jewell. Wow.
Posted on 3/5/21 at 2:58 pm to CAD703X
Posted on 3/5/21 at 2:58 pm to CAD703X
Finally got to see it on Prime.
Really good movie; surprised how good it was considering the scope of the movie.
Wish though they had not insinuated that the FBI leak to the press was just because of drunken sex with Kathy Scruggs.
Leak was intentional for the city of Atlanta and financial reasons so people would say, hey the FBI has their guy, we can now go back to the Games and spend all our money.
Atlanta needed a quick scapegoat to quell fears while the Games were still going on...once the Games were over, they dropped Richard as a suspect.
They knew early on he couldn't have done it. I wish the movie would've showed that...their deceitful railroading of Jewell for reasons beyond solving the crime.
The only hint of that is from his lawyer when Jewell asks how they can wiretap his home and his lawyer says: "because you don't matter."
In the big picture of saving the Games, that is the truest statement.
Really good movie; surprised how good it was considering the scope of the movie.
Wish though they had not insinuated that the FBI leak to the press was just because of drunken sex with Kathy Scruggs.
Leak was intentional for the city of Atlanta and financial reasons so people would say, hey the FBI has their guy, we can now go back to the Games and spend all our money.
Atlanta needed a quick scapegoat to quell fears while the Games were still going on...once the Games were over, they dropped Richard as a suspect.
They knew early on he couldn't have done it. I wish the movie would've showed that...their deceitful railroading of Jewell for reasons beyond solving the crime.
The only hint of that is from his lawyer when Jewell asks how they can wiretap his home and his lawyer says: "because you don't matter."
In the big picture of saving the Games, that is the truest statement.
Posted on 3/5/21 at 4:17 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Leak was intentional for the city of Atlanta and financial reasons so people would say, hey the FBI has their guy, we can now go back to the Games and spend all our money.
Atlanta needed a quick scapegoat to quell fears while the Games were still going on...once the Games were over, they dropped Richard as a suspect.
Agree with this. RJ was blamed b/c the US, Atlanta, and the IOC couldn't afford the embarrassment of having no idea who did the attack. They needed a scapegoat to make people feel safe and jumped on him b/c he was an easy target.
Not much different than how the West Memphis 3 got blamed for murder IMO.
This post was edited on 3/5/21 at 4:19 pm
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