sorry, forgot to add (I hate when I do that)..if you know of anyone that has a tape of the shooter himorherself stating, Stay Back, Stop, Stop or I’ll shoot, or uttering any type of preemptive warning himorherself, I’ll be happy to add it to this thread. Thanks.
As I said on the other thread, what we know at the moment is this:
1. the PROTESTERS definitely saw the gun and DEFINITELY shouted warnings to each other.
2. The shooter made no attempt to hide; two videos at least show the shooter stepping out into the hall and then back but keeping the gun in clear view of the protesters filming him.
3. The young guy who was stood next to Babbit heard those repeated warnings - he confirmed that in his interview. He speculated that maybe Babbit didn’t heed the warnings. In all the confusion I’m more likely to think she simply didn’t hear them.
We don’t know anything about what was shouted from the other side of the doors but we can clearly see that some of the protesters who were trying to smash their way through did pull back - presumably in response to the warnings.
I agree with you - until we get the evidence that you ask for, and know more about why the shooter was there and who else was behind those doors, can we really say it was Murder One?
If we were looking at a concealed shooter firing totally spontaneously without spending 15 seconds advertising their intent to the protesters, it’d be a much clearer situation.
if Trump-loyal VIPs had been behind the shooter and the protesters smashing the doors down had been Antifa, but all the other facts remained the same, would any of us convict the shooter if we were on the jury based on those videos and eyewitness testimonies?