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(@mamyt)
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Why did Mike have on 3 pair of pants? I have always found this odd. I am not suggesting he was involved I just get stuck on this piece of info in the police reports.

 
Posted : June 11, 2013 10:40 am
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If you go with the hypothesis that Mike and Darlene went to BRS to score some weed, Mike probably wore all those clothes to protect himself in the event that the dealers became hostile. Gang members often wear multiple layers of clothing to protect themselves from slash wounds.

 
Posted : June 11, 2013 12:25 pm
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Yep, it’s possible they either went to score some or to sell some – that Darlene needed Mike along as "the heavy".
They didn’t have either on them when discovered though. Or at least, not mentioned in the reports.

 
Posted : June 11, 2013 12:46 pm
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Mike said in the documentary that he wore so many clothes to make himself look stocky because he was very skinny

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Posted : June 11, 2013 5:30 pm
smithy
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Mike said in the documentary that he wore so many clothes to make himself look stocky because he was very skinny

He did. I didn’t believe him for a second! How mean I am eh?

 
Posted : June 11, 2013 5:42 pm
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Mike said in the documentary that he wore so many clothes to make himself look stocky because he was very skinny

He did. I didn’t believe him for a second! How mean I am eh?

Probably not a good idea to buy weed from people who you think might slash you up!

It does make you wonder if maybe they HAD given money to that guy who pulled in first…or they were having it fronted. No money for "fireworks" either…


…they may be dealing with one or more ersatz Zodiacs–other psychotics eager to get into the act, or perhaps even other murderers eager to lay their crimes at the real Zodiac’s doorstep. L.A. Times, 1969

 
Posted : June 11, 2013 9:02 pm
BuckwheatFlowers
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The only reason I ever knew of people wearing more than one pair of pants is if they just got done shoplifting, which Mike obviously didn’t just do.

Did people in California in the late sixties get stabbed or beat up often buying or selling small amounts of weed? Never happens around here. Maybe coke, or meth, or something.

 
Posted : June 12, 2013 8:22 am
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The only reason I ever knew of people wearing more than one pair of pants is if they just got done shoplifting, which Mike obviously didn’t just do.

Did people in California in the late sixties get stabbed or beat up often buying or selling small amounts of weed? Never happens around here. Maybe coke, or meth, or something.

It’s physically impossible to fight when your on weed other then fighting with you’re Twinkie rapper trying to open it.

 
Posted : June 12, 2013 10:01 pm
(@mamyt)
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Oddly enough I think Faraday had on more than one pair of pants as well. At least I remember thinking what is it with these guys. I will probably read the police report again and see if my memory is correct.

 
Posted : June 13, 2013 11:56 am
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I have personally witnessed thin men wearing multiple layers of clothing to look bulkier. In the Bay Area it is always kind of coolish, even in the Summer it can be foggy.
Kind of Dorky to do so, but they do it.

 
Posted : June 13, 2013 8:06 pm
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What were the chronological details surrounding BRS again? By that I mean it wasn’t planned was it? What were the supposed/reported plans for the two of them that night?

Point I’m getting at is that it’s assumed that the wearing of multiple layers is associated with BRS but if Mike didn’t know they were going to BRS until they went to, or were on their way to BRS then the clothes thing should have nothing to do with BRS. Even if there was some nefarious reason for it.


I don’t know Chief, he’s very smart or very dumb.

 
Posted : June 14, 2013 9:31 am
smithy
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Darlene kept Mike waiting a lot, gadding about here and there, until pretty late.
I’ve never worn three pairs of pants on a date. Just sayin’.

 
Posted : June 14, 2013 11:30 am
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