My guess is that she is trying to finesse hiding something “inconvenient” while milking the incident for maximum money, fame, sympathy, or whatever — and not doing it very well. That could be due to stupidity, “sedation”, or goals that have evolved as opportunities arose. One thing is clear is that there’ll be no more $$ or SJW love for her if early video establishes that the shooting was justified.
Options:
1) She never made video of the early approach and shooting,
2) She took such video, then deleted it, or,
3) Such video is still on the phone.
Cops normally sit behind cars and run the plates, etc., for a few minutes before approaching a vehicle. This would have afforded Reynolds ample time to get out her phone and be ready to start recording from the start. Her dodgy comments make me think that she did, and then deleted inconvenient material. Hope the police recover and release it soon.
I don’t think she would have had time to delete it. I think it’s still on her phone, and her play is that she hopes the police don’t find it as they examine the phone’s contents.