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Jesus... did you notice how that girl manages to keep cool while the maniac with the gun is completely melting down? Scary.

• jacquesm 10y ago
  Yes. Surreal. She is absolutely incredibly composed during the whole thing.
  • Leon 10y ago
    She's in shock.
    • jacquesm 10y ago
      I'd agree with you but she is composed enough to film the whole thing.
      • dsfyu404ed 10y ago
        Some people are totally cool when crap hits the fan and don't freak out at all. Training and experience helps but it's not odd for someone to be able to pull it off naturally (see "bystander does something heroic" type stories). x2 on the shock and fear thing as well.
  • crucialfelix 10y ago
    If she freaks out, swears or makes any sudden movement she will be shot immediately. That's why she is "composed" - she is frozen in fear. If you are black then you've lived under constant fear of police your whole life and you have plenty of experience in "assuming the position"
    • jjnoakes 10y ago
      This just isn't true and should not be part of a productive discussion. Edit: Do the downvotes really mean HN thinks the above is an accurate description of every black person's life in America? That would be surprising to me.
      • liquidswords 10y ago
        As a black person you are more likely to fear the police. This is fact.
        • jjnoakes 10y ago
          Ignoring whether you are right or not, your statement is quite different from the one I replied to. "People X are more likely to fear Y" is nowhere near the same assertion as "Every person X has always lived in fear of Y their whole lives". Or do you think the two are equivalent? Honest discussions don't require hyperbole.
          • crucialfelix 10y ago
            Yes, I'm afraid it's true. I mean I don't think Obama lives in fear of being pulled over for a broken tail light - so if you wanted to you could invalidate everything I said because you can falsify it with one observation. Then you could believe that everything is okay and that it will be fixed soon. Chris Rock was talking about how the very rich like him live in a completely different world. But he hasn't forgotten what the situation is. It is perfectly normal for middle class African American parents to tell their children to keep the hell away from police. Innocence means nothing. There are plenty of stories of upper class blacks being arrested and even beaten and killed without cause. Surely you are aware of this. I am honestly surprised you aren't aware of how widespread this problem is. It's been going on since the days of slavery. Why would it be logical to not fear the police ?
            • jjnoakes 10y ago
              > Yes, I'm afraid it's true. The idea that every black person has lived in fear of the police their entire lives is not true at all. I have friends who disagree with this vehemently, and even you point out counterexamples. > if you wanted to you could invalidate everything I said because you can falsify it with one observation. Then you could believe that everything is okay and that it will be fixed soon. This is a non sequitur. Just because there are counter examples doesn't mean I think everything is okay or will be fixed soon, it simply means I don't think the blanket 100% statement is true or useful to assert in this discussion (or any discussion). Why do you think me disagreeing with 100% means I think it is 0% (or close to it)? Maybe I think it's 99%. Maybe I think it's 1%. Maybe I'm in the middle. I don't think it's 100% though. > I am honestly surprised you aren't aware of how widespread this problem is. Why do you think I'm unaware of problems? I didn't say or imply I was... > Why would it be logical to not fear the police ? Who said otherwise? Who are you arguing with?
  • rrauenza 10y ago
    She also had her child with her. That can change one's demeanor when you're trying to also not panic your child further. I think in one of the interviews with her she partly attributes her demeanor to this.
• Unklejoe 10y ago
  I think there's some sort of primal human psychological defense mechanism that takes over. I'm normally a very high strung person, but when my mother collapsed in front of me with congestive heart failure, I was unbelievably calm (until the situation was under control, after which then I started to freak out). It was a unique experience. I would have expected myself to start freaking out in a situation like that.
  • Cthulhu_ 10y ago
    I like to think that most people, in a real crisis situation, know that freaking out won't actually help.
    • oneloop 10y ago
      I doubt that. You just have to look at plenty of footage that exists from plenty of horrifying situations. Most people in a real crisis freak out.