Shomrim Saw Video with Leiby & Aron 8 Hours Before Rabbi German but couldn't identify him...

Rabbi German

Failed Messiah reports that Shomrim made a huge mistake; they actually had in their possession the critical video that identified the killer and Leiby, but Shomrim decided that the little boy was not Leiby! This was reported by Rabbi German on the Zev Brenner show last night!

Two key points:

1. Shomrim checked surveillance video at 2 am Monday night Tuesday morning along the route Leiby took, and said Leiby wasn't on the video – but Shomrim was wrong. Leiby Kletzky was on that exact video, and Yaakov German discovered that 8 hours or more later. This mistake could easily have resulted in Leiby Kletzky's death.

2. Levi Aron going in and out of the dentist's office was only noticed after German and his friend Yehuda Borenstein watched the video repeatedly in slow motion, rather than in regular playback speed.
Zev Brenner audio

Did Little Leiby Kletzky Know His Killer? Some Police Officers Think He Did! Did Shomrim Contribute To Leiby’s Murder?

According to an article in this week's JEWISH WEEK , a police officer close to the investigation said that there is "reason to believe,” based on the video footage of Aron and Leiby last Monday, that this was not, as the NYPD has publicly claimed, an abduction by a stranger, and that the two may have been acquainted prior to the tragic encounter.
 It could be that Leiby was targeted by Aron and made up to meet him. That explains  why Leiby asked his parents to walk home alone and it explains  why Leiby made that fateful  turn on 44th Street and didn't proceed up 13th avenue.How could Leiby miss 13th Avenue a busy block and instead walk off to 44th street a rather quiet block? It also explains why Leiby would wait 7 minutes in front of the dentist's office without approaching other people that were constantly walking by. If in fact Aron took Leiby to Monsey to the wedding and left him in the car with open windows as he claimed in his confession, why wouldn't Leiby scream to the guests of the wedding when  Aron left him to enter the building? Unless he knew him prior?


Is there a coverup by the Shomrim and the Police?


Hella Winston of the Jewish Week thinks that there certainly is. 
Police say that the first 3 hours of a missing child is extremely critical in finding the child, and that Police always respond immediately. But in this case Police wern't notified until 3 hours after Shomrim were notified! Calls by The Jewish Week to Yakov Daskal, founder and coordinator of the Brooklyn South Shomrim, were not returned. But in an interview with The Wall Street Journal he seemed to brush off the apparent discrepancy, saying that "it wouldn't have mattered [had the Shomrim reported to the police sooner] … And the police wouldn't have come right away."

While Commissioner Kelly also stated publicly that the time lag would not have made a difference in this case, he did acknowledge to The Wall Street Journal that the Shomrim often do not immediately notify police when they get reports and that this has been a “longstanding” issue for the department.

Both Daskal and Kelly’s remarks have angered some in the NYPD, who insist that police do in fact respond immediately to calls about missing children, and believe that the failure of Shomrim to report suspected crimes to law enforcement immediately (and, in some cases, at all) is a serious problem.

They believe that Kelly is downplaying his criticism of the Shomrim for political reasons, since the NYPD top brass and city officials value their relationship with the Shomrim groups.

“The first three hours of an investigation are key,” said a source within the NYPD. “And while Kelly said he would prefer [that the police] hear about [these situations] right away, it is outrageous to say it probably didn’t make a difference in this case,” especially in light of the fact that the authorities have been vague about the timeline of the murder.

Did Shomrim know about Aron and didn't report him?

Among the questions that emerged this week was whether Levi Aron, the confessed killer, had previously been reported to either the Shomrim or the police.

At a press conference held by Commissioner Kelly, a reporter from the Orthodox publication, Hamodia, indicated that he had information that several 911 calls were made about Aron before this case, but Kelly said he had no knowledge of those calls.

Further, The Daily, a publication for Apple iPad tablet users published by News Corporation, has reported that the Shomrim were warned about Aron within the past several weeks, when he allegedly stalked an 11 year-old boy. However, Daskal of the Brooklyn South Shomrim denied these claims, both in The Daily and again on a radio show Saturday night.

A law enforcement source with knowledge of the case told The Jewish Week that there is “reason to believe,” based on the video footage of Aron and Leiby last Monday, that this was not, as the NYPD has publicly claimed, an abduction by a stranger, and that the two may have been acquainted prior to the tragic encounter.

Some sources within both the community and the NYPD believe the police and Shomrim are not disclosing the possibility that Aron’s violent tendencies and interest in boys were known to people in the community who should have, but failed, to report him.

Outrage! "Shomrim" has list of sexual child abusers and will not share list with Police!

They call themselves "Shomrim" (protectors), they should call themselves "Mazikim" (harmful)!
In a report in today's Daily News,  Shomrim advocate Jacob Daskel told the reporter, "The community doesn't go to the police with these names because the rabbis don't let you. It's not right," .
Read this disturbing Daily News Article!

A Jewish patrol in Borough Park keeps a list of suspected child predators, but Levi Aron's name wasn't on it, the Daily News has learned.

"No one ever complained to us about him," Borough Park Shomrim member Jacob Daskel said.

The list has about 15 names. It was compiled by Shomrim members and is not shared with the NYPD because some rabbis oppose civilian police involvement.

"The community doesn't go to the police with these names because the rabbis don't let you. It's not right," Daskel said.

He said when a resident tells Shomrim they suspect someone is a molester, the patrol finds a picture and shows it to area kids, trying to substantiate the allegation.

"It's against Halacha [Jewish law] to go the police without speaking to the rabbis," said Rabbi Joseph Hershkowitz, 57, who counsels families in Borough Park and Williamsburg.

"We consider Shomrim and Hatzolah [the Jewish ambulance service] family. So you go to family first," said Hershkowitz.

He stressed that the rules apply only when a life isn't in danger. "Nothing supersedes an emergency," he said.

Leiby Kletzky's family first reported his disappearance to Shomrim. The patrol notified cops three hours later. "We have no problem with Shomrim being notified but we'd like to be notified as well," said Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. But in Leiby's case, he said, the delay didn't make a difference.

Rabbis said their followers talk to Shomrim because they trust it to get the job done.

"If you call 911 they are not personally involved in your problem. But if you call Shomrim, every job is number one," said Bernard Freilich, a Jewish liaison to the NYPD. "But my position is to always call the cops."


Now read something even more disturbing  from "Vosizneias" reported by Sandy Eller
The report says that 2 yeshiva boys, actually saw Levi Aron's car and instead of reporting it to the Police, they reported it to Shomrim, and inquired about the Honda, and Shomrim couldn't confirm it and Shomrim didn't follow up..... this was during a very critical time .....Police may have been able to save little Leiby Kletzky had they known.. I highlighted in red the problem:
Read:

While Police Commissioner Raymond Kelley publicly credited Shomrim for locating the gold car that was used to lure Leibby Kletzky HY’D to his death, according to Yiddish weekly newspaper ‘Der Yid’, it was a pair of Flatbush yeshiva bochurim who spotted the car and provided Shomrim with the license plate number of the vehicle.  The two young men, who are brothers, joined the search after watching video of the missing boy being lured into a car on Vos Iz Neias. according to their account.

As the pair drove around Flatbush, they noticed a car that fit the description parked on East 3rd Street.  Taking pictures and video of the car, they parked further down the one way street, deciding to watch for any passing cars that might match the appearance of the vehicle they had seen on Vos Iz Neias.  During that time, the gold car they had photographed never passed their vehicle.

The pair drove to East 2nd Street, between Cortelyou Road and Avenue C and the same vehicle they had first seen on East 3rd Street was now parked on East 2nd Street.  Wondering how the car had gotten there without having passed them on East 3rd Street they decided paid closer attention, noticing a man wearing a cap who not only appeared to be nervous but also resembled the man they had seen on the video of Leibby’s disappearance.

As the man entered a house, the brothers debated what to do.  Driving past the house again, they noted that the gold Honda that had first been parked on East 3rd and then on East 2nd was now nowhere to be found.  A call to Shomrim couldn’t confirm that the vehicle in question was a Honda and, discouraged, the two decided to return home.

As they looked for parking on their block, the two saw a member of Shomrim and several reporters from Der Yid.  Approaching the group, the brothers showed them the video of the car on they had taken on East 2nd Street.  The license plate number was called into Shomrim at 1:42 AM and just a short time later, the police arrived at Levi Aron’s house where the gruesome discovery was made.

Dusiznies: Why did they call Shomrim to begin with?