April, 2008
April 19th, 2008 | Digg This
Pierre informs us that the viral website “Citizens for Batman” has just updated, adding a link to a set of forums on the right hand side, beneath the news column. This is not a forum you can sign up to - rather a forum posted to by citizens of Gotham city with their Batman experiences. Welcome their new acronym, “WWBD” or, “What would Batman do?”
Poster Reddy-Steddy has started a topic “I got a picture”, which contains a blurry Batmobile shot taken by him at “5th street“:
And here is an interesting extract from the topic “Garcetti is wrong”:
I support Batman but Garcetti, as a representative of the established civil authority really has to take that position. Batman exists outside the established authority and is therefore a threat to it. Think about it, there are over four hundred citizens for every cop, so the system works only if 1. the police are the only ones to enforce order and 2. most of us follow the rules and the police only have to deal with a few people who deviate.
The alternative is a world where anyone who has a grudge takes care of it themselves. That means that a person who feels wronged deals directly with his neighbor, shoots them if they feel its necessary. You get feuds and lawlessness and a survival of the fittest. The strong dominate the weak. By taking the law into his own hands, Batman threatens the police monopoly on maintaining order and could be seen as taking the first step towards that kind of lawlessness.
The problem is that the police are not keeping their end of the civil contract. We give them power with the understanding that they will maintain order. But anyone who lives in Gotham can see that order and safety are breaking down. We are already in a state of lawlessness. Batman is responding to the increasing disorder. And so are we by joining Citizens For Batman.
Pierre has also spotted that the name “Larry” posted in the Neighborhood watch thread refers to Larry Coniglia, entering this name in the record search at St Swithuns reveals his marriage certificate - which we have previously discovered by searching for Salvator Maroni (he is the witness)
April 18th, 2008 | Digg This
I recently got a call to my cell phone, via the number I submitted to the Acme Security Systems website, asking me to take part in a Gotham Voters Survey. The call asks your opinions about Harvey Dent with a rating of 0-9 for each question, they are very probing questions and ask how Harvey’s mental state, failure to file tax returns and links to organised crime affect your view of him.
At the end of the call they provide a number to give to friends if they wish to take part - 8777776197.
Download the recorded call with secret message at the end
This corresponds with an update on CCFABG,
Message from the Webmaster:
You may be wondering why I haven’t updated this site recently. Well, you wouldn’t either, if you were facing legal actions like slander charges and defamation of character accusations.
I can’t afford to get sued for hundreds of thousands of dollars, especially now that everyone who supported this site is “unavailable” or “can’t remember” they had anything to do with the site.
If I weren’t waiting for my last paycheck, I’d go on a little “vacation” myself. In fact, if you don’t get any more updates from me in the next few days, it means I did just that.
This whole smear campaign has been a real SOURCE of consternation for me. I’ll be glad when it’s all in the past. And you know what? I just might vote for Harvey Dent.
William Bucksworth-Haven, Webmaster Extraordinaire
In the source code for the page is this comment:
<!-- <ACCESS: 164938> -->
Which, when entered as answers on the survey reveal a secret message.
Edmund has also sent in this message (thanks!) that he received from Jim Gordon (jim.gordon@gpdmcu.com):
My friend,
Indictments are about to be handed down. If you don’t want your name on one, we’ll need your full cooperation in an upcoming operation.In case you haven’t heard, we are struggling with a bit of corruption in the department. I’m not about to let the Gotham PD collapse in on itself, so we’re taking action. We’ve identified a group of offenders that need to be apprehended. Problem is, most of these cops are hightailing it out of the city. But a C.I. just like you just gave us some information on their last known whereabouts. Now all we need is to catch them. This is where you come in.
Consider yourself on deck. I’ll contact you next week, and let’s just say it’s in your best interest to play along. County’s not a place you want to spend the rest of your life.
Lt. Jim Gordon, MCU
April 16th, 2008 | Digg This
The Maiden Avenue Report has updated, now with the headline, “Saved by Harvey Dent - He’s my White Knight” and a picture of the hostage:
HARVEY DENT RESCUES WOMAN HELD HOSTAGE BY “SMEAR COP”
HEROIC ACT OF COURAGE WITNESSED BY MILLIONS OF TV AND RADIO VIEWERS
INITIAL REPORTS SAY CRAZED “SMEAR COP” WAS COMING CLEAN ABOUT MOB TIES TO SMEAR CAMPAIGN
WITNESS: “IT BEGAN AS AN ARGUMENT, THEN A GUNFIGHT RIGHT THERE IN THE DELI!”
SECOND VICTIM JONNY MARINOTTI IN CRITICAL CONDITION
WITNESS: NOTARO TOOK WOMAN HOSTAGE AS COPS ARRIVED AFTER SHOOTOUT
MIKE ENGEL: “A DAY GOTHAM CAN BE PROUD OF”
Thanks Bryan!
April 15th, 2008 | Digg This
Glenn Barhyte’s email, accessible through the Gotham Police secure documents webpage, has a new message from Mel Finn, in the inbox reading:
Seems MCU had your boy’s diner under light surveillance. Wiretap showed nothing unusual, just phone orders for various menu items. That is, until just before the incident. Check out MCU3932571. It’s odd, one caller seemed to know something was ready to go down, but didn’t feel like warning anyone…
That number refers to a secure document which contains a recording of the deli’s order line:
Download Wiretap MP3
I Believe in Harvey Dent has also updated,
4/15 HARVEY DENT RESCUES WOMAN IN HOSTAGE STANDOFF
HOSTAGE-TAKER WAS “SMEAR COP”
LISTEN TO RAW AUDIO HERE
A MESSAGE FROM HARVEY DENT
Friends, my entire campaign I’ve talked about how this campaign is a struggle for this city’s soul. On the one hand, there are those people who prey on the innocent citizens of Gotham. On the other hand, there is our movement to take back Gotham from crime and corruption.
At Rossi’s Deli, we saw that struggle play out. Play out inside the head of the hostage taker, Sgt. Frank Notaro. Some are calling him a “crazed smear cop” but he encapsulates the choice facing us. Do we continue to allow our worst nature to lead us? Or do we take a chance on hope?
That’s the choice I laid out to Frank Notaro. And he responded. He released an innocent, terrified girl. He turned himself in. And he is now talking to the police about mob involvement in the smear campaign against me.
That’s the real lesson of the incident. We must, all of us, have the courage to hope. If we have the power to change ourselves, if we have the power to change one person, then we have the power to change Gotham.
April 15th, 2008 | Digg This
Clowns Against Dent are back with a new video, Harvey Dent believes in two things, Crime and Corruption. The date, 7/2/08 is now seen in card form.
Thanks Bryan and Keith!
