Most remarkable interview I heard all day was with the kid who took the cell phone video that they’ve been showing on CNN.
His accent sounded like he was Middle Eastern, and his name was Jamal Aberghouti (or something like that.)
Anyway, the reporter asked him why he wasn’t scared when he heard the gun shots, and saw the police running with guns (the reporter assumed he wasn’t scared because he continued to shoot the cell phone video footage.)
No joking...the kid replied, “I’m from the Middle East and I’m used to situations like this.”
From the rest of the interview it sounded like the kid was an okay guy, he was a grad student working on his thesis, and expressed dismay over the violence and the dead. But his statement was certainly interesting, to say the least.
Profiling? NUTS!
He mentioned once how, when he first got to the US he saw a demonstration in downtown Seattle. He sat down about a half a block away, waiting for the police to show up and start "beating people". He said it was half-unbelievable when they didn't.
I liked his answer when the reporterette asked “what are you going to do now?”
“Live my life.”
He was brave to keep his camera phone rolling. CNN counted 27 shots on his footage.