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> 
> Deb again:
>  I don't disagree with you Sherry about what Harry had just gone 
> through... but that is the whole point. 

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>  And as to what a cop would make of that scene on the tower... 
well 
> a rookie would probably react as Harry did ... but if a seasoned 
> veteran were in Harry's place, I think he or she would be 
observing 
> and comparing his observations with everything he knows about 
magic, 
> about the people involved, about everything he or she has learned 
in 
> a career ...  and I think such a veteran cop might just 
say "hummmm 
> something does not add up here. Something about this does not ring 
> true... all is not as it appears to be". And though Harry is just 
> shy of 17, he certainly is more of a "seasoned veteran" in the 
fight 
> against LV and the DEs than any of his peers and many of his 
friends 
> who are older than he is. He has defied LV 4 or 5 times already 
and 
> no one prior to him has done so more than three times (other than 
> perhaps DD).         


Alla:

I think you are asking too much of Harry, Deb. Remember, he did NOT 
come to Tower to investigate anything. He was stuck there for all 
the reasons Sherry mentioned and just witnessed a murder of  the 
person he came to love.

So, I would like to ask again. What REASON would he have to think 
about Snape innocence right after witnessing him killing Dumbledore?

Now, some of us do think that it was AK based on the fact that we do 
not know for sure ALL effects from that spell and that there is very 
limited evidence in canon that it is possible to say the 
Unforgivable and mean another spell. So, it is not as clear, no?

But even if  it was not AK. The most important piece of evidence 
Harry sees is that Dumbledore is dead and Snape killed him.

I think it would be wierd to start wondering about the innocence of 
the killer  if the loved one is killed in front of one's eyes.

I know I would not be doing that and  I am in my early thirties, not 
sixteen. Oh, I am also a lawyer as well. :-)

Now, if LATER someone will bring to me the evidence of the innocence 
of such person, then YES, I would be acting like an idiot if I would 
disregard then and still I would be too personally involved, so I 
would just give those evidence to police, you know.

Now, most likely that it would be up to Harry to find out for sure  
whether Snape is guilty or not, but I definitely do not expect him 
to start doing it minutes after Albus' death.

Now, would Harry be more suspicious if he saw the person he likes 
and trusts killing Albus?

It is possible of course, I myself would have more trouble believing 
that something was up if we saw say Lupin doing the deed. :-)

But if that is so,  then Snape brought it upon himself, he nursed 
and cultivated Harry's hatred of him. He has nobody to blame but 
himself if Harry would be suspicious of him even when he would see 
mitigating evidence, IMO.


JMO of course,

Alla.