I've always felt that grinning spokesman was an idiot but that he was truly representative of the BPD.

They knew JAR was in Atlanta, but they did not want to admit to themselves or the public that being over a thousand miles away let him off the hook.

They wanted to 'reserve their right' to go after someone known to be far too distant to have done the crime simply because the BPD's focus was on "the family" and they were not going to let anyone in the family off the hook, not ever.

Make an obvious conclusion that someone over a thousand miles away at the time didn't do it? Nope! We have an agenda and we are going to stick to it. We have a campaign to conduct. Don't bother us with the obvious.