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01-02-2008, 10:04 PM
Justice for Michael Zebuhr:
Following the murder of my student, Michael Zebuhr, a truly extraordinary human being, I received an email stating, "we've done it before and we will do it again if need be." Michael told me, "Whatever happens, don't ever stop pursuing this. It's too important."
Had Michael not been murdered, how long would it have taken for him to make the connection between his uncle, Bill Zebuhr, Gene Mallove, and Steven E. Jones?
Friday, September 15, 2006
The Case of Michael Zebuhr's Murder (intro by Morgan Reynolds)
Donte Jacobs and Billy Rae Deshawn Johnson have both been accused in the first degree murder of Michael Zebuhr (MZ), an engineering graduate at Clemson University, on or about March 18, 2006 in Minneapolis MN. The victim, MZ, was a student member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth (see www.st911.org) and that led several professors, including me, to wonder if MZ was killed--not because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time during an armed robbery--but because of his participation in the effort to expose 9/11 as an inside job.
Before dismissing this possibility as just another "conspiracy theory," consider a few reasons to treat it seriously:
1) 9/11 is the most important political event of the 20th century, and if insiders did it, they and their opponents are playing for the highest stakes possible, and the perpetrators would be entirely capable of murder or murder for hire,
2) MZ had only recently been introduced to 9/11 but he "took" off with it, contributing on both the research and education fronts within a couple of weeks (in memoriam: http://www.scholarsfor911truth.org/ and http://www.scholarsfor911truth.org/ArticlAluminumGlows_1Mar06.html),
3) Killing MZ would have a "chilling" effect on scholars, researchers and students skeptical of the government's 9/11 story, and st911 had already made startling progress in publicizing 9/11 as an inside job,
4) News accounts of MZ's murder make it sound suspiciously like an execution rather than a robbery gone bad since the accused trigger man simply headed straight for MZ, who allegedly was not resisting, and put a bullet in his head (asked, "didn't he find this strange?", detective sergeant Peter Jackson of MPLS PD gave a "boiler plate" answer, in effect saying, "The circumstances in every murder are different, no two are alike").
5) The website of the so-called French Connection, http://www.iamthewitness.com/DarylBradfordSmith_Michael.html has recklessly accused Professor Jim Fetzer, founder of st911.org, and Clemson engineering Professor Judy Wood, of complicity in MZ's murder. Since there is no evidence to back this charge up, it raises the question of whether it was done to divert attention away from someone else. But distract to protect whom? Another professor? Someone else?
6) What was the motive behind the killing? This is crucial because there was no apparent gain to murdering MZ except the thrill of killing someone. That was quite a risk for killers presumably leaving three eyewitnesses from MZ's party behind and quite alive. So either it was a stupid testosterone-driven (including drug-alcohol-driven) murder or it was 9/11-driven. It was politically purposeful or it was a stupidly tragic murder. Oddly, the assistant prosecutor was quoted in the press as saying that she did not care about motive.
7) The media reported there were one or two video tapes of the crime and police were examining it/them in their efforts to clear the crime with arrests. Now Sgt. Jackson says, "There is no video tape." That strikes me as awfully convenient.
8) Regarding the murder weapon and running ballistics tests, Sgt. Jackson would not claim the police had a murder weapon, merely that they were continuing the investigation.
Below is a more complete recounting of the media coverage of MZ's murder and the many anomalies in the investigation, as prepared by Professor Stan Burchfield at Clemson.
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The Mysterious Case of Michael Zebuhr
5/23/06
Summary
Michael Zebuhr, a student member of ST911, was shot in the forehead twice outside a Minneapolis restaurant during the evening of 3/18/06. He died the next day. The murder was caught on surveillance videotape, and three eyewitnesses were present at the scene. Yet no detailed description of the suspects has been given, nor has the video been released or its contents described.
The police have arrested one person in the case, the man they claim did the shooting. The police have not said why they are so confident that they have the right person, although they have repeatedly stated that they are confident. The murder weapon has not been found. No motive has been determined, and authorities have even gone so far as to state that they are not interested in the motive. They have arrested three other people, but no connection with the case has been established. A fifth person is sought but has not been arrested. Overall, five people have been arrested or charged, and five people are claimed to have been involved in the case. But the former five are not the same as the latter five.
From day one, the police have treated the case as a crime in the past to be solved rather than a present threat to the public. There has been no sense of urgency in solving the crime.
Details about the crime have been scanty, and they have been released only when needed. For example, the license plate of the alleged getaway vehicle was only released to the public (asking for their help to find it) on the day that the vehicle was found. The only description of the suspects attributed to Michael's mother, who was with him at the time, is that the taller of the two men fired the shot. Even this description only came out several weeks later, and it seems meaningless given that their heights have not been revealed and that the second suspect has not been arrested.
The reports in the media are full of contradictions and rabbit trails.
Some reasons to believe that this was a hit job, and that there is a police cover-up:
1
Unusual nature of the crime. This was a cold-blooded murder in an area generally considered to be safe. Police and residents say that it is unprecedented. Does not fit typical model. Moreover, the killing looks like an execution, with two bullets to the forehead. The murderer did not mind leaving three eyewitnesses.
2
Unusual behavior of the police. Lack of urgency from day one. Police have congratulated themselves, even while they have not succeeded at getting the criminals. Leads took them out of state?
3
Video has not been released. In other crimes, the video was shown to the media. The video is crucial for catching the criminals, and it is crucial for alerting the public to the presence of dangerous men on the streets. This gives strong evidence for a cover-up. Police are not revealing other information either, such as a description of the assailants, the license plate, etc. In addition, no statements from the three eyewitnesses have been released to the public, which is quite unusual.
4
Groundless assertions. Police repeatedly have said that they are "extremely confident" that they have arrested the killer, but they have not given any reason for us to believe this. They say others are not related to the crime, but again no reason. They say they believe five are involved, but they will not tell us how they know this.
5
Lack of evidence. Alleged killer has no criminal record, no motive, no weapon, etc. Why should we believe that he is the killer?
6
The official story does not add up. Five arrested, but not the five who are supposed to be involved. Two of the criminals came forward as witnesses, but the news media did not report this development. The criminals fled the scene on foot, then called later to be picked up.
7
Rabbit trails abound. Car runs red light, guns thrown out of vehicle, people are arrested as possibly involved in the murder. Then police say that the news reports were inaccurate and that there is no relation. The girlfriend of the alleged murderer just happens to be arrested at the same time he is arrested, even though she was not involved in the murder (according to police). First it is Somalis, then police deny every saying Somalis. Car blows up in neighborhood.
8
Contradictions galore. Did Zebuhr die on Sunday, Monday, or Saturday? Did car blow up on Tuesday or Wednesday? Are Jacobs and Johnson cousins? Is the elder Johnson the father of Jacobs, of Johnson, or of neither? Woman is 18 or 22?
Following the murder of my student, Michael Zebuhr, a truly extraordinary human being, I received an email stating, "we've done it before and we will do it again if need be." Michael told me, "Whatever happens, don't ever stop pursuing this. It's too important."
Had Michael not been murdered, how long would it have taken for him to make the connection between his uncle, Bill Zebuhr, Gene Mallove, and Steven E. Jones?
Friday, September 15, 2006
The Case of Michael Zebuhr's Murder (intro by Morgan Reynolds)
Donte Jacobs and Billy Rae Deshawn Johnson have both been accused in the first degree murder of Michael Zebuhr (MZ), an engineering graduate at Clemson University, on or about March 18, 2006 in Minneapolis MN. The victim, MZ, was a student member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth (see www.st911.org) and that led several professors, including me, to wonder if MZ was killed--not because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time during an armed robbery--but because of his participation in the effort to expose 9/11 as an inside job.
Before dismissing this possibility as just another "conspiracy theory," consider a few reasons to treat it seriously:
1) 9/11 is the most important political event of the 20th century, and if insiders did it, they and their opponents are playing for the highest stakes possible, and the perpetrators would be entirely capable of murder or murder for hire,
2) MZ had only recently been introduced to 9/11 but he "took" off with it, contributing on both the research and education fronts within a couple of weeks (in memoriam: http://www.scholarsfor911truth.org/ and http://www.scholarsfor911truth.org/ArticlAluminumGlows_1Mar06.html),
3) Killing MZ would have a "chilling" effect on scholars, researchers and students skeptical of the government's 9/11 story, and st911 had already made startling progress in publicizing 9/11 as an inside job,
4) News accounts of MZ's murder make it sound suspiciously like an execution rather than a robbery gone bad since the accused trigger man simply headed straight for MZ, who allegedly was not resisting, and put a bullet in his head (asked, "didn't he find this strange?", detective sergeant Peter Jackson of MPLS PD gave a "boiler plate" answer, in effect saying, "The circumstances in every murder are different, no two are alike").
5) The website of the so-called French Connection, http://www.iamthewitness.com/DarylBradfordSmith_Michael.html has recklessly accused Professor Jim Fetzer, founder of st911.org, and Clemson engineering Professor Judy Wood, of complicity in MZ's murder. Since there is no evidence to back this charge up, it raises the question of whether it was done to divert attention away from someone else. But distract to protect whom? Another professor? Someone else?
6) What was the motive behind the killing? This is crucial because there was no apparent gain to murdering MZ except the thrill of killing someone. That was quite a risk for killers presumably leaving three eyewitnesses from MZ's party behind and quite alive. So either it was a stupid testosterone-driven (including drug-alcohol-driven) murder or it was 9/11-driven. It was politically purposeful or it was a stupidly tragic murder. Oddly, the assistant prosecutor was quoted in the press as saying that she did not care about motive.
7) The media reported there were one or two video tapes of the crime and police were examining it/them in their efforts to clear the crime with arrests. Now Sgt. Jackson says, "There is no video tape." That strikes me as awfully convenient.
8) Regarding the murder weapon and running ballistics tests, Sgt. Jackson would not claim the police had a murder weapon, merely that they were continuing the investigation.
Below is a more complete recounting of the media coverage of MZ's murder and the many anomalies in the investigation, as prepared by Professor Stan Burchfield at Clemson.
--------------
The Mysterious Case of Michael Zebuhr
5/23/06
Summary
Michael Zebuhr, a student member of ST911, was shot in the forehead twice outside a Minneapolis restaurant during the evening of 3/18/06. He died the next day. The murder was caught on surveillance videotape, and three eyewitnesses were present at the scene. Yet no detailed description of the suspects has been given, nor has the video been released or its contents described.
The police have arrested one person in the case, the man they claim did the shooting. The police have not said why they are so confident that they have the right person, although they have repeatedly stated that they are confident. The murder weapon has not been found. No motive has been determined, and authorities have even gone so far as to state that they are not interested in the motive. They have arrested three other people, but no connection with the case has been established. A fifth person is sought but has not been arrested. Overall, five people have been arrested or charged, and five people are claimed to have been involved in the case. But the former five are not the same as the latter five.
From day one, the police have treated the case as a crime in the past to be solved rather than a present threat to the public. There has been no sense of urgency in solving the crime.
Details about the crime have been scanty, and they have been released only when needed. For example, the license plate of the alleged getaway vehicle was only released to the public (asking for their help to find it) on the day that the vehicle was found. The only description of the suspects attributed to Michael's mother, who was with him at the time, is that the taller of the two men fired the shot. Even this description only came out several weeks later, and it seems meaningless given that their heights have not been revealed and that the second suspect has not been arrested.
The reports in the media are full of contradictions and rabbit trails.
Some reasons to believe that this was a hit job, and that there is a police cover-up:
1
Unusual nature of the crime. This was a cold-blooded murder in an area generally considered to be safe. Police and residents say that it is unprecedented. Does not fit typical model. Moreover, the killing looks like an execution, with two bullets to the forehead. The murderer did not mind leaving three eyewitnesses.
2
Unusual behavior of the police. Lack of urgency from day one. Police have congratulated themselves, even while they have not succeeded at getting the criminals. Leads took them out of state?
3
Video has not been released. In other crimes, the video was shown to the media. The video is crucial for catching the criminals, and it is crucial for alerting the public to the presence of dangerous men on the streets. This gives strong evidence for a cover-up. Police are not revealing other information either, such as a description of the assailants, the license plate, etc. In addition, no statements from the three eyewitnesses have been released to the public, which is quite unusual.
4
Groundless assertions. Police repeatedly have said that they are "extremely confident" that they have arrested the killer, but they have not given any reason for us to believe this. They say others are not related to the crime, but again no reason. They say they believe five are involved, but they will not tell us how they know this.
5
Lack of evidence. Alleged killer has no criminal record, no motive, no weapon, etc. Why should we believe that he is the killer?
6
The official story does not add up. Five arrested, but not the five who are supposed to be involved. Two of the criminals came forward as witnesses, but the news media did not report this development. The criminals fled the scene on foot, then called later to be picked up.
7
Rabbit trails abound. Car runs red light, guns thrown out of vehicle, people are arrested as possibly involved in the murder. Then police say that the news reports were inaccurate and that there is no relation. The girlfriend of the alleged murderer just happens to be arrested at the same time he is arrested, even though she was not involved in the murder (according to police). First it is Somalis, then police deny every saying Somalis. Car blows up in neighborhood.
8
Contradictions galore. Did Zebuhr die on Sunday, Monday, or Saturday? Did car blow up on Tuesday or Wednesday? Are Jacobs and Johnson cousins? Is the elder Johnson the father of Jacobs, of Johnson, or of neither? Woman is 18 or 22?