FREE BRIAN!
Chapter 2 will be brief as there may not really be a whole lot of new news until November 9th, this according to a Facebook post:
The latest news..... the case was continued, Nov 9th. Keep praying and keep the Dorian family in yours thoughts. We love and support you Brian, we know you are INNOCENT
Frustrating this must be for the 'Free Brian' crowd as no new answers, or even new questions, were provided. I believe many had hoped that this small hearing would have the prosecution provide more charges, more evidence or more something. Instead Dorian appeared via video pleaded not guilty and according to the Chicago Tribune:
Dorian, dressed in a red jail jumpsuit, did not show any reaction during a proceeding that lasted about five minutes.
So, not clear as to where the 11/9 date came from but presumambly from someone who was at the hearing. Also from the same article linked above:
"Could you imagine your 95-year-old grandma being accused of something like this? That's what this is like," said Jennifer Jakubielski, a friend of Dorian's for more than 30 years. "He's just a kind hearted, gentle man."
Weird, but supportive. If you scan through comments on any article related to this case thus far you pretty much find the crowd less likely to wear 'Free Brian' T-shirts. IN fact, many of those people (and much can be said about the folks who comment on newspaper websites) are down right offended by this. And I tend to agree, even if he is innocent we simply do not know at this time and frankly, unless we are Brian Dorian or someone actually involved, we cannot know the truth at this time. The "Free Brian" movement, and the bar it seemed to be centered around, is in poor taste. I also would drop the whole association with Brian's favorite baseball team, I can't imagine the Boston Red Sox would be thrilled with their logo usage here nor is Brian 11.
I just can't help but think that it would be disgusting to see these things if I were one of the victims, or the victim's families. I would keep it dialed down and see what happens...And you can wear your t-shirts after he is cleared.
The Northwest Indiana Times, for all intensive purposes the local paper for the region down there, has run numerous articles about this case and one of the more "yellow journalism' style articles HAS to be this one.
Good neighbor says:
"We are just completely shocked," Graefen said. "We felt comfortable. We had a cop on the corner."
The article goes on to say:
People on the block knew Dorian was a police officer. He waved at kids and often was tapped to mediate neighbor disputes.
But then Bad neighbor comes along and says:
However, something about Dorian was unsettling to Raeanne Sparks, who lives across the street.
When her dog got loose or something un-neighborly happened, he would yell at her, inciting panic attacks that tightened her chest and made her gasp for air, she said.
He made it known to everyone he was a cop, finding excuses to move his jacket and display the gun holstered on his belt. Sparks said he gave the impression of, "I'm the law, I'm better than you."
I wonder which neighbor will get the free 'Free Brian' shirt? Furthermore, the other interesting tid-bit picked up in the Times came from this article:
"One thing he said to my nephew and the other two is, 'I don't envy you guys,' then he shot them," said Kristina Garza, a Merrillville attorney and aunt to victim Josh Garza, 19, of Dyer.
If he is guilty then they should put that on the T-shirts.
What a fucked up thing this is...I seriously don't know why I am so damn "involved" by playing reporter here, though I feel I am more chronicling this as it's not every day someone you grew up with spends a week in the local news cycle. It really has no bearing on me, other than to say that it is surreal to have shared a very similar background, upbringing, scholastic experience, et al. and we are so very different. Plus the added attraction of the alleged and utterly random psychopathic behavior. Anyone who looks into this would want to know why and therefore, so do I. More so simply because I am ever so slightly connected to it. It adds to the excitement and drama and also features some good old fashioned, hometown ignorance on display for all to see and prematurely judge. So, the story goes...
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