It was one of the first things I noticed:
Police seized a folding knife and three guns from the scene, including a Colt .38 handgun, a Colt AR-15 rifle, and a shotgun. Two of the guns were found on the alleged gunman and one was recovered in a vehicle, according to police. The restaurant suffered at least $1,000 worth of damage to a door, door lock, computer tower, and barrier wall.
Washington Post
Now if they DO get investigated they can just say, "Aww, too bad, the computer was damaged by the shooter."
They needed a plausible reason to get rid of the evidence. I bet they now have a shiny new, squeaky clean computer at Comet Ping Pong.
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micha_ ago
Can someone explain to me, why Alefantis, if involved in CP, would need the police to get rid of the HD? Makes no sense to me.
UglyTruth ago
Who said anything about the police getting rid of it? It makes for a convenient cover story that Alefantis can give to his staff if he wanted to get rid of incriminating evidence.
micha_ ago
He could change the HD whenever he wants too. What sense does it make, if he would let others get their hands on it, if it would contain incrimating evidence?
DarkMath ago
He'd have to buy or borrow a hard drive and in doing so create a paper trail. This was a text book CIA clean-up operation. Unfortunately for James Alefantis PizzaGate is just the tip of the iceberg.
UglyTruth ago
If he changed the HD he might have to have to explain to the staff why the system was down. Or it might just be a red herring, to put a bullet in the business P.C. to draw attention away from his actual website.
EndThePizza ago
I don't think IP meant that the police themselves helped get rid of the hard drive. But CPP could've used the event as a convenient cover for "we had to destroy our hard drive because it had evidence, now let's say it was damaged in the incident so it doesn't look like we're guilty"
I gotta say, from the eyewitness accounts, it doesn't sound like the scene was all that chaotic, and computer towers are typically placed out of the way, so it does sound unusual that one would've been damaged in the incident.
Schade ago
Most people are just here to fellate each other's wild theories. Between them, and the shills, it's a massive circle jerk.
NotThe77th ago
I've run out of up votes but you deserve a few.