Warning - this is unedited. this is me typing this up to let my feelings out.
ADNAN SYED.
If you're sick and tired of hearing about Adnan Syed - then by all means, stop reading, because this is going to be a full on rant type thing.
From the moment I started listening to Serial, I have believed in Adnan's innocence. Not for a second have I doubted him. And now, during his PCR, I have obsessively followed the hashtags #freeadnan #adnansyed and any person who is at the trial doing live updates via twitter/periscope. [Shout out to Rabia, Bob, Susan, Seema, Justin, Christian, and Jessie. ]
Now let's get into why I think this man (who I have never met, who has no idea I exist, who doesn't even know the media frenzy that he has caused) is innocent.
THERE IS NO PROOF OF HIM BEING GUILTY! Not that I see.
And the main reason I am writing this blog post is because I am sick and tired of all the people who think Adnan is guilty, and when I ask why they think that. Where is the proof? They immediately give me a response about how he is Muslim (which will only upset me further as I am Muslim), or that since I am Muslim I would obviously support him, or how Jay said so, or about how the Adnan supporters have no heart as they are hurting Hae's family (esp. after this weekends statement made by Hae's family. I get no honest to goodness proof.
First, I will address Hae and the grief her family has been through. I have no idea what it is like to lose a sibling or a child, and I pray I never have too. I pray no one has to go through that. Because just thinking about that makes me want to go hug my family and never let go. The most unfortunate thing has happened to them and the most I can do is say I am sorry, and that I wish Hae is up in heaven watching over them. And she wants them to be happy. Of course, from me, a stranger those are just words. And from a person who thinks that Adnan is innocent, it hurts them. I cannot blame them however, when they lost Hae (and even now) they were/are emotional. They were told this man killed your daughter/sister. They latched on to that, and the only peace they got was to see that person put away. I cannot blame them for not being able to see past all that and actually look at the evidence.
But for everyone else, please look at the evidence.
For those who mention Jay to me...ugh. That man changed his story several times. I do not trust him. He was a child then too, so he may have been easily manipulated to place the blame upon Adnan to save himself. But he can reveal the truth now, I wish he would. No, I don't think Jay did it. I don't think Jay hurt Hae. But I do think he knows who did. And he was scared of those people who did and so he blamed Adnan. Adnan was the easiest to blame. Hae and him had broken up, he was a Muslim, and seemed to live two lives (one in which he was a good boy Adnan, who went to the mosque and helped out. And another one in which he smoked pot and had a GF.) Who did it? I don't know. but it could have been anybody. I don't know why the suspect list was just Adnan, Jay and Don. Why not anyone else? There were so many people that Hae knew, it could've been anyone of them!
There was a part in Serial (which I know has not been complete in given all the proof) but this part that I remember. Jay's coworker at the video shop told the cops that Jay was scared and would keep saying, 'they will come get him'. Who is this they? Those are the people that I think did it. Jay was scared of them and so he blamed Adnan.
Also, people will mention to me: How did Jay know where Hae's car was then? Must have been Adnan who did it and told Jay where it is. It could have been anyone and they could have told Jay where the car was. It doesn't have to be Adnan. How can people not see that? Did Jay not have any other friends besides Adnan. Please remember Jay used to deal back then, he probably knew many people. We just didn't know about it, because they probably did not hang out with him like Adnan did.
And Asia McClain. That brave women. Who at the age of 17 was brave enough and smart enough to send letters and take notes. For those people think she is lying - why would she lie? What is her reason? She has a perfectly happy life, with a family. Why would she lie?
I want justice for Hae, I want to know who did this to her. But I also want justice for Adnan. He has been in jail for half his life for a crime he did not commit.
Hae was a victim, and her family has been through so much.
Adnan was a victim, and his family has been through so much.
But let us give justice to all. Let us #freeadnan and get #justiceforHae by finding out the real killer.
This is not an indept analysis of everything, but it is what I have been feeling for the past few days as I see tweets from some people who have been really mean on twitter. They will probably not read this, but that's okay. I let my feelings out without feeding the trolls.
ADNAN SYED.
If you're sick and tired of hearing about Adnan Syed - then by all means, stop reading, because this is going to be a full on rant type thing.
From the moment I started listening to Serial, I have believed in Adnan's innocence. Not for a second have I doubted him. And now, during his PCR, I have obsessively followed the hashtags #freeadnan #adnansyed and any person who is at the trial doing live updates via twitter/periscope. [Shout out to Rabia, Bob, Susan, Seema, Justin, Christian, and Jessie. ]
Now let's get into why I think this man (who I have never met, who has no idea I exist, who doesn't even know the media frenzy that he has caused) is innocent.
THERE IS NO PROOF OF HIM BEING GUILTY! Not that I see.
And the main reason I am writing this blog post is because I am sick and tired of all the people who think Adnan is guilty, and when I ask why they think that. Where is the proof? They immediately give me a response about how he is Muslim (which will only upset me further as I am Muslim), or that since I am Muslim I would obviously support him, or how Jay said so, or about how the Adnan supporters have no heart as they are hurting Hae's family (esp. after this weekends statement made by Hae's family. I get no honest to goodness proof.
First, I will address Hae and the grief her family has been through. I have no idea what it is like to lose a sibling or a child, and I pray I never have too. I pray no one has to go through that. Because just thinking about that makes me want to go hug my family and never let go. The most unfortunate thing has happened to them and the most I can do is say I am sorry, and that I wish Hae is up in heaven watching over them. And she wants them to be happy. Of course, from me, a stranger those are just words. And from a person who thinks that Adnan is innocent, it hurts them. I cannot blame them however, when they lost Hae (and even now) they were/are emotional. They were told this man killed your daughter/sister. They latched on to that, and the only peace they got was to see that person put away. I cannot blame them for not being able to see past all that and actually look at the evidence.
But for everyone else, please look at the evidence.
For those who mention Jay to me...ugh. That man changed his story several times. I do not trust him. He was a child then too, so he may have been easily manipulated to place the blame upon Adnan to save himself. But he can reveal the truth now, I wish he would. No, I don't think Jay did it. I don't think Jay hurt Hae. But I do think he knows who did. And he was scared of those people who did and so he blamed Adnan. Adnan was the easiest to blame. Hae and him had broken up, he was a Muslim, and seemed to live two lives (one in which he was a good boy Adnan, who went to the mosque and helped out. And another one in which he smoked pot and had a GF.) Who did it? I don't know. but it could have been anybody. I don't know why the suspect list was just Adnan, Jay and Don. Why not anyone else? There were so many people that Hae knew, it could've been anyone of them!
There was a part in Serial (which I know has not been complete in given all the proof) but this part that I remember. Jay's coworker at the video shop told the cops that Jay was scared and would keep saying, 'they will come get him'. Who is this they? Those are the people that I think did it. Jay was scared of them and so he blamed Adnan.
Also, people will mention to me: How did Jay know where Hae's car was then? Must have been Adnan who did it and told Jay where it is. It could have been anyone and they could have told Jay where the car was. It doesn't have to be Adnan. How can people not see that? Did Jay not have any other friends besides Adnan. Please remember Jay used to deal back then, he probably knew many people. We just didn't know about it, because they probably did not hang out with him like Adnan did.
And Asia McClain. That brave women. Who at the age of 17 was brave enough and smart enough to send letters and take notes. For those people think she is lying - why would she lie? What is her reason? She has a perfectly happy life, with a family. Why would she lie?
I want justice for Hae, I want to know who did this to her. But I also want justice for Adnan. He has been in jail for half his life for a crime he did not commit.
Hae was a victim, and her family has been through so much.
Adnan was a victim, and his family has been through so much.
But let us give justice to all. Let us #freeadnan and get #justiceforHae by finding out the real killer.
This is not an indept analysis of everything, but it is what I have been feeling for the past few days as I see tweets from some people who have been really mean on twitter. They will probably not read this, but that's okay. I let my feelings out without feeding the trolls.
