Theory: The verified Antifa thug holding the camera also was the one that shouted "Gun!", trying to incite the officer to shoot Ashlii as if SHE had a gun.
He see's the gun and says "gun" - I don't think we should view that as anything other than a sincere warning. That guy's other actions are plenty to hold against him though.
But even if that was his motivation - those dudes inside are thoroughly trained. They do not react like that. If so, they are useless on those duties.
Anyone that sees a woman climbing through a barricade and hears GUN would assume she has a drawn gun. Training absolutely does NOT cover these scenarios.
But he sees the drawn gun for several seconds and only shouts as Ashlii moves through the door. That would easily be seen as one of the officers on the other side warning the shooting officer of the climber. Just sayin', a legit possibility it was purposefully timed.
I suppose it is possible,
but I tend to doubt it because he
legitimately seemed surprised at the
ease they got in, and the course of his
path to that door didn't seem
deliberate to me.
I think that he reflexively called out
when he saw the gun. Well before Ashli
jumped up to go through the window.
It was loud and clear on
his stream, but if you watch the
"Banned video" you can't really hear it,
so I think it was just so loud and chaotic
that Ashli didn't hear it.
She was also pretty short and would
have had difficulty seeing clearly over
the
barricaded furniture.
You can see swatted out police with
weapons, some of them pointed at the
door, on the otherside of the Speaker's
Lobby.
I think this gave hesitancy to
nearly everyone there to proceed,
having just
seen the congress evacuating the
lobby. It may have felt dangerous,
or at least that being the first person
to cross the barricade
would have you isolated on the other
side and susceptible to immediate arrest.
I don't know what would have
happened if she hadn't been there,
but she acted
without hesitance and was up on the
barricade and through the window in
seconds.
It seemed like before people really
registered what she was doing.
Theory: The verified Antifa thug holding the camera also was the one that shouted "Gun!", trying to incite the officer to shoot Ashlii as if SHE had a gun.
He see's the gun and says "gun" - I don't think we should view that as anything other than a sincere warning. That guy's other actions are plenty to hold against him though.
But even if that was his motivation - those dudes inside are thoroughly trained. They do not react like that. If so, they are useless on those duties.
Anyone that sees a woman climbing through a barricade and hears GUN would assume she has a drawn gun. Training absolutely does NOT cover these scenarios.
Naw, he was just trying to point him out.
But he sees the drawn gun for several seconds and only shouts as Ashlii moves through the door. That would easily be seen as one of the officers on the other side warning the shooting officer of the climber. Just sayin', a legit possibility it was purposefully timed.
I suppose it is possible, but I tend to doubt it because he legitimately seemed surprised at the ease they got in, and the course of his path to that door didn't seem deliberate to me.
I think that he reflexively called out when he saw the gun. Well before Ashli jumped up to go through the window. It was loud and clear on his stream, but if you watch the "Banned video" you can't really hear it, so I think it was just so loud and chaotic that Ashli didn't hear it. She was also pretty short and would have had difficulty seeing clearly over the barricaded furniture.
You can see swatted out police with weapons, some of them pointed at the door, on the otherside of the Speaker's Lobby. I think this gave hesitancy to nearly everyone there to proceed, having just seen the congress evacuating the lobby. It may have felt dangerous, or at least that being the first person to cross the barricade would have you isolated on the other side and susceptible to immediate arrest.
I don't know what would have happened if she hadn't been there, but she acted without hesitance and was up on the barricade and through the window in seconds. It seemed like before people really registered what she was doing.
I could see that point of view with those details. Good stuff, man. Always nice to have other perspectives when wrapping your head around chaos.