The point is that he threatened her. She sounded pretty scared to me and I think she had every right to be.
And I think you probably agree but just don’t want to admit it now so you are rationalizing.
If anything she was triggered because someone told her she couldn’t do anything she wanted in the park. It was probably mind shattering that an important person like herself could be addressed by the hoi polloi so she had a tantrum instead of saying, “I’m sorry I was distracted”, and cal;ling her dog to put on the leash.
Yes, he was such a threat to her that he thought he would record the confrontation for effect, because that's what men who threaten women do; they record the incident on video.< /s>
If she felt threatened she would have left the area immediately. She didn't, and because she didn't, she gave enough evidence to her employer that she made a false complaint against the man; her behavior was egregious enough to cost her her job. (If you can't see it I'm not going to argue the point.)