re: #755 Killgore Trout

Here’s my take on the videos. At 0:12 of this video…

[Video]That camera is very close to the congressman’s face. The kids were being annoying, not asking serious questions and were probably being fairly agressive trying to imitate ambush journalism. My guess is the camera was just a few inches from the congressman’s face and he felt threatened.

Considering that seconds before he was yards away, I’d suggest that the reason the camera was so close to the Senator was because he closed in on it in an effort to seize it. We can’t tell if Camerman #1 moved other than to turn to keep the Senator in frame.

Closing in on people you find threatening seems to be a negative tactic.

Also the kids seem very concerned with their privacy. They won’t identify themselves to the congressman and they even go to the effort to blur out their faces in the video. They might just be stupid kids but they also seem very interested in hiding their identity for some unknown reason.

Allergic to death threats I Imagine.

That being said, the congressman should have either walked past or done the interview but to stay and have a confrontation was probably not the best decision.

Agreed.