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(07-09-2016, 08:45 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: It also should be noted that she was using her phone, the making of that video, as a coping mechanism. In situations like that, of serious trauma, people tend to focus on one task. She was using the video to get her through that situation because if you notice in the video she starts to lose her shit a bit more when the phone is not with her. She loses that focus.
Thanks for this perspective. I've seen several videos of other situations where people were clearly trying to bait cops while filming or being filmed... When I heard a snippet of the commentary from this video (I have not seen or heard the whole thing) my first thought was similar to one others have expressed. I thought the reaction was inconsistent with the events going on, almost as if she had anticipated the events and was executing her plan to document them. I wondered if the event was at some level planned/staged. As messed up as that sounds, that is how the audio struck me. Suicide by cop is not a novel situation, and neither is misconduct by cop. Still, I just thought the voice didn't match what was going on if it was an organic event and not some sort of plan. Thanks for reminding me that one never knows how an individual will react to trauma, and that the woman's reaction my have been reasonable.
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