Actually, the video does contain enough nonverbal information to pin down the general location:
- Graphic showing where Brookhaven is within northwest Georgia area.
- The label under the reporter giving the street intersection.
- Image of the apartment complex’s sign.
The TV station report also gives other information verbally:
- Not the first shooting incident. There was one in December that recorded a family van driving through along with gunfire sounds.
- They (the hosting family) didn’t take the possible danger seriously and felt the building’s structure was sufficiently solid to protect them.
To be honest, the factors in this case don’t necessarily compute with immediately blaming it on the “Amish.” (Yeah, I initially bit down hard on that hook, too.):
- Repeated (second time at same location in two months)
- Massive random gunfire (30 shots fired)
- Middle class victims (deceased and GF both have college degrees)
- Location (historic (1810), small (@55k), independent city (since 2012), majority white (@55% white, 27% Hispanic, 12% black (2020 Census), not rich but not dirt poor either (average household income is $52k with both adults probably working outside the home))
City Wikipedia entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookhaven,_Georgia?wprov=sfti1
(The only odd data point in the Brookhaven entry is the male to female ratio in the population is heavily skewed toward the male: 1.21 to 1 (overall) and 1.25 to 1 (18+). (A balanced population has an adult sexes ratio of 49% male, 51% female (1 to 1.04). Why so many excess males ???)
Going to place the “jumping to conclusions” switch in the “off” position on this one and see what actual facts security videos and detective work turn up.
The more antisocial parts of Brookhaven tend to be Hispanic illegals, not Amish. I am pretty sure this is Cross Keys High School, check the demographics: “For the 2016–2017 school year the student body was 86% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Asian, and 1% White. It is the most culturally diverse high school in the state, with students from 65 countries who speak 75 different languages.”
Our diversity is our strength.