And when Lumumba gave that interview, he was clearly exhibiting extreme anger towards Knox for her role in his incarceration. Add to that the fact that as he gave the interview he was well aware that Knox was herself sitting in a Perugia prison accused of the murder, and he had pretty much a carte blanche to "revise history" in relation to whether he'd fired her or even "demoted" her. She was, after all, a demon in most people's eyes by this time.
(Oh and by the way, I don't think that Lumumba's statements in the same Daily Mail article about his police treatment - or, more accurately, abuse - were false or exaggerated. They were very specific allegations of serious unlawful conduct by the police, and Lumumba seemingly had no reason to bear a grudge against the Perugia police - quite the contrary, in fact, as he seemed to blame Knox entirely for his arrest and detention, and in addition he would know he needed to foster a good relationship with the authorities to enable the smooth running of his bar business.)
(Bolness+underline is my own, RW)
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Greetings LondonJohn,
I wanted to comment on this, but didn't get a chance last week.
I re-read the relevant portion from "I Fired Foxy Knoxy for Hitting on Customers" article that appeared on Nov. 25, 2007 in the
Daily Mail):
"At 6.30am on Tuesday, November 6, the bell to his fourth-floor flat in the town buzzed insistently and a woman's voice outside demanded he opened the door. He had barely had time to do so when the woman, assisted by, Patrick estimates, 15 to 20 others, barged their way in.
"They were wearing normal clothes and carrying guns," he says. "I thought it must be some sort of armed gang about to kill me. I was terrified.
"They hit me over the head and yelled 'dirty black'. Then they put handcuffs on me and shoved me out of the door, as Aleksandra pulled Davide away, screaming."
He was greeted outside by a convoy of seven police cars, sirens blazing, and driven to Perugia's police station, where he was subjected to a ten-hour interrogation.
"I was questioned by five men and women, some of whom punched and kicked me," he claims. "They forced me on my knees against the wall and said I should be in America where I would be given the electric chair for my crime. All they kept saying was, 'You did it, you did it.'
"I didn't know what I'd 'done'. I was scared and humiliated. Then, after a couple of hours one of them suggested they show me a picture of 'the dead girl' to get me to confess.
"It might sound naive, but it was only then that I made the connection between Meredith's death and my arrest. Stunned, I said, 'You think I killed Meredith?'
"They said, 'Oh, so now you've remembered' and told me that if I confessed I'd only get half the 30-year sentence."
Etc...
Link here::
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-Lumumba-reveals-framed-Merediths-murder.html
I have also been re-reading "Murder in Italy" by author Candace Dempsey and she too notes that, on page 228, (from that same " I Fired Foxy Knoxy for Hitting on Customers" article that appeared on Nov. 25, 2007 in the
Daily Mail),
"Patrick also claimed that police screamed at him when they arrested him, hit him over the head, yelled racial epithets, and kicked him.
As Frank Sfarzo pointed out, those details dovetailed with the kind of conduct described in Amanda's memoriale, "confirming the behavior of our police." Etc...
BUT Mr. Lumumba afterwards says that the alleged written reports of police abuse didn't happen, or something of the sort.
How come he did not sue the
"Daily Mail", the author of the article, Antonia Hoyle, for stating this, or the author of
"Murder in Italy", Candace Dempsey, and also Frank Sfarzo for repeating these supposed "falsehoods"?
I find this strange, for after his arrest and then subsequent release, Diya Lumumba lost his business, Le Chic.
And what about the police department?
More strangely, why didn't they sue for libel, for this article surely portrays the police department in a
not so kind light?
Hmmm...
RWVBWL
