since9
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Both the video and the audio are clear, steady, and in HD format. There's no mistaking this one, folks. Total kudos to the videographer. Even though he's using a cell phone, he does a fantastic job of keeping the video extremely stead for a cell phone.
I spent more than 90 minutes pulling every detail possible from 104 seconds of recording, using my talents as an audio/video enthusiast to slow things WAY down. I threw the video in HD on a large (24") high-res (1920x1200) monitor with a 5.1 sound system several times, taking copious notes. My narrative is given below, in stage/movie script format, with video times on the left.
There's a LOT going on, here, with at least 25 distinct comments made in the last 20 seconds alone, and with significant overlap in the last ten seconds. Try playing the video while reading along with the script, and you'll see what I mean!
Note: I've taken significant care to transform cursing into the same masked version as does OCDO's settings in vBulletin.
Before you tackle the video and script, what lessons can we, as people who open carry firearms, learn from this event?
[video=youtube_share;j-P54MZVxMU]http://youtu.be/j-P54MZVxMU[/video]
Script:
NV: Narrator/Videographer
00:00 - (Video begins. NV speaking, walking slowly along the sidewalk towards the store and Kajieme Powell): So like, my homeboy just came and got me, and he said, "dude has just totally sold out the store." (NV laughs). And he like, "F*** this." He like "dude sellin..." Damn, this s***'s craaaazy.
00:23 - (NV steps off sidewalk into a parking lot next to the store in question). This s***'s cra... he f*****... what's up? He's cra... he just stole two sodas, like "f*** them I'm going to drink 'em."
00:31 - (NV steps from the adjacent parking lot to the store's parking lot). Hell, nah.
00:37 - (NV begins stepping to the edge of the store's parking lot). He says straight, "put 'em on the ground, bro," like daring sombody would touch 'em. Hell this s*** crazy.
00:44 - (unknown speaker, possibly the driver of the white pickup truck). All right man, head on down,
00:46 - (different unknown speaker, possibly Powell). All right, get out the f*** (unintelligible). Get the f*** way, f*** away from me. ****, I'm going to list the ground... I'm on facebook, you know who I am... I'm tired of this s***.
00:54 - (NV chuckles nervously). You tired, heh-heh... This the store, when the store do...
00:58 - (bearded man in red ball cap, horizontally red and and white striped shirt with red collar, black and silver watch, jeans, and red Nike shoes). Whas up, Mike?
00:59 - (NV). This craaazy.
01:02 - (NV). Whas up? Whas up?
01:10 - (Man in faded purple Route 66 T-shirt with off-white pants, black ball cap with purple Nike emblem, brown shoes with black laces and soles, something crumpled in his right hand). Brother, this not how you do it, bro. Know what I'm sayin'?
01:13 - (large man in brown collared shirt with orange R logo, bald, small beard element, black pants). Ain't that (unintelligible, but sounds like, "Dunham") boy, though.
01:15 - (NV). No doubt. The police gonna pull up. You see... Ya'll call the police?
01:20 - (bearded man in red ball cap). Ya, I doin, yeah.
01:21 - (man in faded purple shirt). We called 'em, yeah. We didn't want (unintelligible).
01:24 - (NV). You banging (could be ganging) up?
01:24 - (red ap or purple shirt, simultaneously with NV's 01:24 statement). Come on, bro...
01:25 - (Driving officer). Take your hand out of your pocket, man.
01:26 - (Riding officer). Get your hand out of your pocket!
01:27 - (NV). Has he got his gun out?
01:28 - (Powell). Shoot me!
01:28 - (Driving officer). Take your hand out...
01:28 - (Powell). Shoot me!
01:28 - (Riding officer). Drop it.
01:29 - (Riding officer). Drop it.
01:29 - (NV). Oh, s***...
01:29 - (Powell). Shoot me! Shoot me!
01:31 - (NV). Oh, s***...
01:32 - (Powell). Shoot me!
01:33 - (Powell). Shoot me now, motherf*****!
01:34 - (Driving officer). Drop the knife.
01:35 - (NV). Oh, s***...
01:36 - (Riding officer). Drop the knife.
01:37 - (NV). Oh, s***...
01:38 - (either red ball cap or purple shirt). Come on, bro! Drop it, bro!
01:40 - (first of seven gun shots fired from gun A)
01:41 - (last of seven gun shots fired from gun A)
01:42 - (first of two more gun shots fired, sounds different than gun A)
01:42 - (last of two more gun shots fired)
01:43 - (lady in the background). Oh, s***!
01:44 - (unknown). Damn!
Observations:
1. Any deciphering the details in the script, particularly "So like, my homeboy just came and got me, and he said, "dude has just totally sold out the store" (could be "stole out of the store") and Powell's later comment, "I'm on facebook, you know who I am... I'm tired of this s***," it appears the NV knew Powell. He certainly knew the man in the red ball cap, who addressed him as "Mike."
2. According to The Guardian, "St Louis metropolitan police undertook to release the recordings of the Powell case quickly, hoping to make the circumstances clear and minimise its potential as a further catalyst for rioting and confrontation between crowds and police."
Good for them!
3. Newsweek states, "Fewer than 20 seconds elapsed from the time police arrived on the scene to the time they shot Powell. The two officers fired 12 shots at Powell, according to police chief Sam Dotson." I counted just nine shots fired, even when I slowed down the audio and analyzed it graphically. Gunshots appear as very sharp, high, and short spikes. I hope to put up the graphical gunshot analysis soon. Working with a new program...
As for Newsweek's claim of 20 seconds, here's my record:
01:25 - (Driving officer). Take your hand out of your pocket, man.
01:40 - (first of seven gun shots fired from gun A)
That's fifteen seconds between the initial communication/contact with the suspect and the first shot fired. When you count from when the police cruiser turned the corner at 1:14, that comes to 21 seconds.
I spent more than 90 minutes pulling every detail possible from 104 seconds of recording, using my talents as an audio/video enthusiast to slow things WAY down. I threw the video in HD on a large (24") high-res (1920x1200) monitor with a 5.1 sound system several times, taking copious notes. My narrative is given below, in stage/movie script format, with video times on the left.
There's a LOT going on, here, with at least 25 distinct comments made in the last 20 seconds alone, and with significant overlap in the last ten seconds. Try playing the video while reading along with the script, and you'll see what I mean!
Note: I've taken significant care to transform cursing into the same masked version as does OCDO's settings in vBulletin.
Before you tackle the video and script, what lessons can we, as people who open carry firearms, learn from this event?
[video=youtube_share;j-P54MZVxMU]http://youtu.be/j-P54MZVxMU[/video]
Script:
NV: Narrator/Videographer
00:00 - (Video begins. NV speaking, walking slowly along the sidewalk towards the store and Kajieme Powell): So like, my homeboy just came and got me, and he said, "dude has just totally sold out the store." (NV laughs). And he like, "F*** this." He like "dude sellin..." Damn, this s***'s craaaazy.
00:23 - (NV steps off sidewalk into a parking lot next to the store in question). This s***'s cra... he f*****... what's up? He's cra... he just stole two sodas, like "f*** them I'm going to drink 'em."
00:31 - (NV steps from the adjacent parking lot to the store's parking lot). Hell, nah.
00:37 - (NV begins stepping to the edge of the store's parking lot). He says straight, "put 'em on the ground, bro," like daring sombody would touch 'em. Hell this s*** crazy.
00:44 - (unknown speaker, possibly the driver of the white pickup truck). All right man, head on down,
00:46 - (different unknown speaker, possibly Powell). All right, get out the f*** (unintelligible). Get the f*** way, f*** away from me. ****, I'm going to list the ground... I'm on facebook, you know who I am... I'm tired of this s***.
00:54 - (NV chuckles nervously). You tired, heh-heh... This the store, when the store do...
00:58 - (bearded man in red ball cap, horizontally red and and white striped shirt with red collar, black and silver watch, jeans, and red Nike shoes). Whas up, Mike?
00:59 - (NV). This craaazy.
01:02 - (NV). Whas up? Whas up?
01:10 - (Man in faded purple Route 66 T-shirt with off-white pants, black ball cap with purple Nike emblem, brown shoes with black laces and soles, something crumpled in his right hand). Brother, this not how you do it, bro. Know what I'm sayin'?
01:13 - (large man in brown collared shirt with orange R logo, bald, small beard element, black pants). Ain't that (unintelligible, but sounds like, "Dunham") boy, though.
01:15 - (NV). No doubt. The police gonna pull up. You see... Ya'll call the police?
01:20 - (bearded man in red ball cap). Ya, I doin, yeah.
01:21 - (man in faded purple shirt). We called 'em, yeah. We didn't want (unintelligible).
01:24 - (NV). You banging (could be ganging) up?
01:24 - (red ap or purple shirt, simultaneously with NV's 01:24 statement). Come on, bro...
01:25 - (Driving officer). Take your hand out of your pocket, man.
01:26 - (Riding officer). Get your hand out of your pocket!
01:27 - (NV). Has he got his gun out?
01:28 - (Powell). Shoot me!
01:28 - (Driving officer). Take your hand out...
01:28 - (Powell). Shoot me!
01:28 - (Riding officer). Drop it.
01:29 - (Riding officer). Drop it.
01:29 - (NV). Oh, s***...
01:29 - (Powell). Shoot me! Shoot me!
01:31 - (NV). Oh, s***...
01:32 - (Powell). Shoot me!
01:33 - (Powell). Shoot me now, motherf*****!
01:34 - (Driving officer). Drop the knife.
01:35 - (NV). Oh, s***...
01:36 - (Riding officer). Drop the knife.
01:37 - (NV). Oh, s***...
01:38 - (either red ball cap or purple shirt). Come on, bro! Drop it, bro!
01:40 - (first of seven gun shots fired from gun A)
01:41 - (last of seven gun shots fired from gun A)
01:42 - (first of two more gun shots fired, sounds different than gun A)
01:42 - (last of two more gun shots fired)
01:43 - (lady in the background). Oh, s***!
01:44 - (unknown). Damn!
Observations:
1. Any deciphering the details in the script, particularly "So like, my homeboy just came and got me, and he said, "dude has just totally sold out the store" (could be "stole out of the store") and Powell's later comment, "I'm on facebook, you know who I am... I'm tired of this s***," it appears the NV knew Powell. He certainly knew the man in the red ball cap, who addressed him as "Mike."
2. According to The Guardian, "St Louis metropolitan police undertook to release the recordings of the Powell case quickly, hoping to make the circumstances clear and minimise its potential as a further catalyst for rioting and confrontation between crowds and police."
Good for them!
3. Newsweek states, "Fewer than 20 seconds elapsed from the time police arrived on the scene to the time they shot Powell. The two officers fired 12 shots at Powell, according to police chief Sam Dotson." I counted just nine shots fired, even when I slowed down the audio and analyzed it graphically. Gunshots appear as very sharp, high, and short spikes. I hope to put up the graphical gunshot analysis soon. Working with a new program...
As for Newsweek's claim of 20 seconds, here's my record:
01:25 - (Driving officer). Take your hand out of your pocket, man.
01:40 - (first of seven gun shots fired from gun A)
That's fifteen seconds between the initial communication/contact with the suspect and the first shot fired. When you count from when the police cruiser turned the corner at 1:14, that comes to 21 seconds.
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