A nod to Debbie Schlussel for tweeting this earlier today. Mary Jo Kopechne actually died on July 18th, but Kennedy was formally charged with her death on July 20. However, since the accident that killed Mary Jo happened deep in Kennedy’s Massachusetts territory, you can bet your bottom dollar that there would be no way in Hades that he would be convicted.
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Police Chief Dominic Arena was asked if he checked into the possibility that the accident was related to drinking. His response: “I did not ask taht question of the senator. There was no other physical evidence at the scene that there might have been drinking involved. I’m not pursuing that line at all.”
Of course, it helps good ‘ol Teddy that he waited until the morning AFTER the accident to report it to police. But that’s just a meaningless detail, right?
