Nobody knows whether RG was a hero or a villain that day, or something in between, or something else entirely.
I haven’t seen any proof that he was a hero, nor have I seen proof that he was a villain during those, say, 10-20 minutes… Because there is, literally, no credible evidence to point either way.
What we DO know is that Lauren was somehow shot. We know Rob ended up on top of Barisone, who was in turn on top of a gun. We also know he beat Barisone pretty seriously, seemingly more than was necessary to neutralize a threat. We also know that he engaged in some pretty shady, sometimes illegal, behavior leading up to the incident. But really, we don’t know what he actually did during those minutes.
The fact is that NONE OF US know anything about those minutes because all we have are circumstantial evidence and the word of two unreliable witnesses whose accounts changed over time and don’t make a whole lot of sense. (Note: I am leaving out their histories as a reason to distrust their accounts - I am basing my judgement solely on their inconsistent, non-sensical, changing accounts. IMO, that’s bad enough, and as I have stated before, I don’t believe their pasts necessarily mean they are untrustworthy.)
The sad fact is that because:
- there is no video evidence (I still think it’s awfully coincidental to have supposedly turned off the cameras that afternoon and for Rob to have told the cops he had video of the incident that never surfaced),
- because Barisone either cannot recall the events or claims he cannot, and
- because neither Lauren nor Rob have proved themselves trustworthy in any sane person’s view,
we likely will never know.
So, can we please stop longeing on that topic?
