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by Natsu 1150 days ago
I think we should also reflect that the only evidence so far is a video of someone wearing a mask and I've yet to see any other public evidence that it's actually this same guy -

> Joe Alioto Veronese, an attorney who is close to Carmignani, said he viewed an image provided by a neighborhood group of a suspect in the earlier attacks on homeless people. He said the person was not Carmignani.

> “It doesn’t look anything like Don,” Alioto Veronese said. “It’s a whole different guy.”

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Not true. The article mentions that all 8 incidents took place in the same vicinity and the public defender asserts that it's the same kind of bear spray Carmignani had when when he encountered Doty.

> “It doesn’t look anything like Don,” Alioto Veronese said. “It’s a whole different guy.”

The baseball cap and mask make identification uncertain, but it could certainly be him. That the police inspector preëmptively included the information in the case file suggests they already suspected him.

If they suspect him so strongly one might think they should actually charge him.