Thursday, September 3, 2020

Portland Shooter Speaks

 


Michael Forest Reinoeh gave a bizarre interview which is heavily edited. 

You know, lots of lawyers suggest that I shouldn’t even be saying anything, but I feel it’s important that the world at least gets a little bit of what’s really going on.

“I had no choice. I mean, I, I had a choice. I could have sat there and watched them kill a friend of mine of color. I wasn’t going to do that.”

Note halting on the pronoun, “I” here  shows his stress levels rising. 

He contradicts himself revealing his intention. He selects to portray himself as a savior of a black friend while giving no commitment to a threat. 

No friend is identified. 

He is deceptive. 

He likely is seeing himself as the tragic hero. This could indicate "suicide by cop" intention to go down, in his mind, as the hero before being revealed as a murderer. 

Reinoehl in his interview lamented the direction the country was heading, saying his fatal shot “felt like the start of a war.” This portrays himself as an important historical figure in his own mind. Since he gave the deceptive "a friend" and no threat to his own life (or others) committed to, he has enough self awareness to be stressed by his own guilt. 

Here he not only portrays himself as important in history, but is putting his murder in a context of war--- this is a type of crowd sourcing guilt--spreading it around as if he was only a small part of something greater:

Honestly, I hate to say it but I see a civil war right around the corner. That shot felt like the beginning of a war,” puts him in the very beginning of the perceived historical moment. He is attempting to portray the murder in the light of duty, but cannot commit to it. 

 “Well honestly, those are…details that I probably don’t want to get into other than just simply saying I realized what happened,” 

He will not say his life was in danger. He did not say another's life was in danger.  

He knows. 

Reinoehl said when asked about the immediate aftermath of the shooting.  “I was confident that I did not hit anyone innocent and I made my exit.”

Deliberate act of murder  -- He asserts in the negative, what he did not do.  

Next:  Suicide by cop intended?

I used to really love this country and I respected the flag and everything that it represented but because of all this, every time I see a big truck, especially with the flag on it, I immediately think they’re out to get me.

As he sees them out to get him, along with his fatalistic mentality, concern over the self viewed historical end of his life-- they're out to get me...suicide by cop?

“They’re out hunting me. There’s nightly posts of the hunt and where they’re going to be hunting. They made a post saying the deer are going to feel lucky this year because it’s open season on Michael right now.”

He slightly dissociates and portrays himself as the victim. That he repeatedly used "hunt" is likely insight into the murder he committed: he hunted an American the patriot prayer supporter  


He knew where his actions would lead:

“Every Revolution needs people that are willing and ready to fight,” he allegedly wrote, according to The Oregonian. “There are so many of us protesters that are just protesting without a clue of where that will lead. That’s just the beginning that’s that where the fight starts. If that’s as far as you can take it thank you for your participation but please stand aside and support the ones that are willing to fight. I am 100 % ANTIFA all the way! I am willing to fight for my brothers and sisters! ... We do not want violence but we will not run from it either! ... Today’s protesters and antifa are my brothers in arms.”

He identifies for whom he fights and where his actions, in comparison to others, would lead.  

34 comments:

Anonymous said...

Last night he shot at police who then shot and killed him. Suicide by cop.

Anonymous said...

Was he on drugs?

Tania Cadogan said...

off topic

A prominent activist and professor of African American history at George Washington University has admitted that she has been pretending to be a black woman.

Jessica Krug, 38, wrote on the blog website Medium that her various identities have been built on a "toxic soil of lies" and she is in fact a white Jewish woman from Kansas City.

The revelation draws parallels with the case of former civil rights activist Rachel Dolezal, who was exposed by her parents in 2015 to have been lying about being black.

In the blog post, Ms Krug revealed that she had assumed many false identities including "North African Blackness, US rooted Blackness (and) Caribbean rooted Bronx Blackness".

"I have not only claimed these identities as my own when I had absolutely no right to do so - when doing so is the very epitome of violence, of thievery and appropriation, of the myriad ways in which non-Black people continue to use and abuse Black identities and cultures - but I have formed intimate relationships with loving, compassionate people who have trusted and cared for me when I have deserved neither trust nor caring," she wrote.

"I have built my life on a violent anti-Black lie, and I have lied in every breath I have taken... I am not a culture vulture. I am a culture leech."

According to the George Washington University website, Ms Krug has a doctorate and "is a historian of politics, ideas, and cultural practices in Africa and the African diaspora".

She has also written several books on black history and culture.

In a now-deleted online biography, Ms Krug referred to herself as "an unrepentant and unreformed child of the hood".

Several writers and activists tweeted their anger at the deception.

Many attested to meeting Ms Krug under the name Jess La Bombalera. A video posted online under the pseudonym shows her as she criticises "all these white New Yorkers who waited four hours with us to be able to speak and then did not yield their time for Black and Brown indigenous New Yorkers".

Author Robert Jones Jr tweeted: "This morning, I found out that Jessica A Krug aka Jess La Bombera, is a white woman who has been posing as a Black woman for over 10 years.

"Many Black women have been attempting to make this information known and had been shut down in their attempts. I had no idea.

"I shared about five of Jess's articles here over the past three years and allowed her to take the mic on occasion when she told me my analysis wasn't thorough enough and I needed to let her speak 'as a Black woman'."

Multiple publishers, including RaceBaitr, removed Ms Krug's work from their website following Thursday's news.

Tania Cadogan said...

cont.

In the Medium blog post, titled "the truth, and the anti-Blackness of my lies," Ms Krug blamed psychological damage sparked by childhood trauma for her lies.

"But mental health issues can never, will never, neither explain nor justify, neither condone nor excuse, that, in spite of knowing and regularly critiquing any and every non-Black person who appropriates from Black people, my false identity was crafted entirely from the fabric of Black lives," she wrote.

In a statement, George Washington University spokeswoman Crystal Nosal told Sky News: "We are aware of the post and are looking into the situation. We cannot comment further on personnel matters."

Sky News has approached Jessica Krug for comment.

https://news.sky.com/story/jessica-krug-george-washington-university-professor-admits-she-has-been-pretending-to-be-black-12063202

Foolsfeedonfolly said...

“I was confident that I did not hit anyone innocent and I made my exit.”

1. "I was confident..." speaks to arrogance, but being in past tense begs the question if he was confident then, but is he not so confident at the time of the interview (perhaps not so confident now that the situation is reversed and people are actively looking for him)?

2. The definition of anyone is literally any person.
His statement "...that I did not hit anyone..." means that he was in fact hunting people, targeting them for destruction...which speaks to premeditation and intent.

3. "I was confident that I did not hit anyone innocent..."-This is an individual who fully believes that his beliefs entitle him to judge who lives and who dies. Those holding opposing beliefs not only should be destroyed, but it is his right(and responsibility in his mind) to execute that judgement. This isn't his world view, opinion, mindset or belief; this is his religion. He set himself up as a type of god, deciding who lives and who dies based on his standard alone.

4. "...and I made my exit."-He verbalizes his move to protect himself, a protection he did not afford his intended target.

“They’re out hunting me. There’s nightly posts of the hunt and where they’re going to be hunting. They made a post saying the deer are going to feel lucky this year because it’s open season on Michael right now.”

Fascinating that he projects onto the authorities the very acts he committed (the hinter has now become the hunted). The nightly posts of the hunt-isn't that exactly what Antifa was doing, posting on where and when nightly BLM demonstrations where taking place so he could "go hunting"? The anonymous "they made a post saying the deer are going to feel lucky..."-Who is "they"? Saying they made a post, then he knows who posted it (if such a post was actually made). But he doesn't say LE made any post or identify who "they" are...sounds like a manipulative, emotional ploy for sympathy. It does make me wonder if he's considering suicide by cop being the preferred choice, as opposed to the "potential shame" of maybe being "found" and possibly killed by a "Trump supporter".

Foolsfeedonfolly said...

Slightly O/T- Am I the only person who finds it offensive that Antifa members and white rioters are dressing all in black (using black articles of clothing to disguise their race)? In essence, they're taking on the appearance of black people to commit vandalism, destruction of personal property, looting, arson, assault & battery, and murder. Given the long-standing mantra that "the bad guys are in black" (a holdover stereotype from old TV Westerns), doesn't that have racist origins like blackballing someone, the black sheep, black cats being bad/bringing bad luck or trouble, etc.? Is that not inherently racist? If this is really about systemic racism and making black lives matter, then why is this acceptable to BLM or any person of color anywhere?

Triggerg said...

I am starting to think that all those criminals who were released from prison are participating in all those protests and riots.

Anonymous said...

Off topic.
Leticia Stauch‘s plea to the judge. https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/04th_Judicial_District/El_Paso/Stauch/Letter%20dated%208-12-20.pdf

She says that threats have been put in her peanut butter.

Foolsfeedonfolly said...

Thinking about this statement today...

“I was confident that I did not hit anyone innocent and I made my exit.”

This was definitely a "staged" hit, not self-defense nor defending anyone else. His language is the language of staging, fancying himself on a world stage.

John Mc Gowan said...
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John Mc Gowan said...

OT:

Mother of Braylen Noble: 'I just want him home'

Snipped:



Search efforts for 3-year-old Braylen Noble, who has not been seen since Friday around noon, continued early and strong around 7:30 Monday morning.

Nearly 100 volunteers were on the search covering a three-mile radius around the Hunter's Ridge apartment complex.


Braylen's mom Dajnae Cox was part of the search, carrying around missing person flyers with her son's picture on them.

Dajnae, other family members and volunteers are asking for the rumors to stop and they're pleading with the public to join the search to bring Braylen home safe.

"If you want to just drop him off somewhere, please drop him off to the police station, you can drop him off here. Call my phone," Cox said. "I know he's crying, I know you can't get him to stop crying. He's being picky, he's not eating and even if he's scared I won't be mad. Please just drop him off to me. I just want him home. That's it."

"Dropping him off" is very sensitive.
Note her Linquistic Disposition and subtle disparagement (-)
Note there is no possessive pronoun "my" (in this statement anyway.)
Note she says "That's it". She wants the interview to stop.



Toledo police are aware of the rumors surrounding Braylen's disappearance.

Lt. Dan Gerken on scene said the family is being absolutely cooperative and they are still taking any tips or information from the public.

"We'll take any information there is and we're following up. Clearly we're out here still following up," Gerken said. "You see us walking around, checking with more people, re-interviewing people, but anybody with any information about the whereabouts of the young man is asked to call us."

Police and the FBI are offering a $5,000 reward for anyone with information leading to Braylen's recovery.

Braylen is nonverbal and has autism. He was last seen wearing a red-and-white Mickey Mouse shirt.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/nbc24.com/amp/news/local/mother-of-braylen-noble-i-just-want-him-home

John Mc Gowan said...

My OT.

Although brief this is in stark contrast to what Braylens mum has to say.("I know he's crying, I know you can't get him to stop crying. He's being picky) A small caveat. He is in jail and may not see Braylen that often.

“He's a happy baby. I've never seen him sad,” he said. Braylen's father Taveon Noble, 27, is incarcerated, according to Mr. Holloway. He was extradited to Michigan after fleeing two charges of armed robbery, as well as a felony firearm and larceny charge, according to Lucas County court records.

https://www.toledoblade.com/local/community-events/2020/09/06/family-holds-prayer-service-missing-3-year-old-braylen-noble/stories/20200906150

frommindtomatter said...

Braylen Noble:

"If you want to just drop him off somewhere, please drop him off to the police station, you can drop him off here. Call my phone," Cox said. "I know he's crying, I know you can't get him to stop crying. He's being picky, he's not eating and even if he's scared I won't be mad. Please just drop him off to me. I just want him home. That's it."

I listened to the interview and I don’t hear the mother start her statement with the word “if”. That makes a big difference. Instead of her saying “if”, which allows for the abductor to decide if they want to drop him off, she says “You want to just drop him off”. Here she is telling them what they want to do which is expected and appropriate.

I [know] he's crying, I [know] you can't get him to stop crying.

“Know” speaks to knowledge and we don’t expect the mother would be able to “know” what her child is doing if he is not with her. It is likely she is speaking from her knowledge of his usual behaviour (he is autistic). This is how she knows what the child will be doing. I don’t see this as disparagement; it is rather from her understanding of her child that these words come.

“He's being picky, he's not eating and even if he's scared I won't be mad.”

This information is from my wife who works with autistic children. Autistic children can’t cope with change which leads to frustration and anger. They also like what they like, and will only accept what they’re used to. Somebody without an understanding of autism would think they are being picky. The article said he was non-verbal which means he cannot verbalise what he wants which would obviously lead to problems if he is with someone who does not know his needs. We should believe the mother; she knows her child and his unique personality.

Adrian.

Anonymous said...

Peter...

This interview:

https://youtu.be/uen7olQrssA

is an S.A. goldmine. It's probably too long to break down totally but if you could pick selected parts. It's an interview with the live streamer who was present at the shooting and says he's not involved in the shooting and doesn't know anyone present. The interviewer knows what he's doing and let the guy talk and talk. "Chihuahua!"

Dave

John Mc Gowan said...

Lifted from WS.

911 Call. Braylen Noble.

A woman named "Bobbie" placed the call to 911, starting calmly and growing increasingly upset as the call progresses. Another woman is heard in the background during the call as well who is giving Bobbie information such as the apartment number and what Braylen's last name is.

"He crawled out this window of these apartments," Bobbie is heard saying.

"Do you think he's hurt?" the dispatcher asks.

"I'm hoping he's not. I'm hoping he's OK, but we don't know where he's at. We walked the whole grounds," she responds.

During the call, it's reported that Braylen was wearing a shirt and a pull-up type diaper.

The woman said they searched for him for about a half-hour before making the call. The dispatcher inquires where the woman has searched for the child, and "Bobbie" says the inside of the apartment as well as outside has been searched.

The 911 call lasts about 3

https://m.soundcloud.com/victoria-dugger-947498916/911-call-missing-3-year-old-braylen-noble

John Mc Gowan said...

Lifted from WS again.

Toledo police also confirmed on Tuesday that detectives are investigating further after what sounds like the words "I killed him," are heard 18 seconds in during the 911 call that was released. Police confirmed on Tuesday that the caller is Braylen's grandmother.

frommindtomatter said...

Braylen Noble

I hadn’t seen the clip of the mother’s full statement. I have watched it now and have made a transcript of what was missing from the media quote.

“It’s been four days since my son has been missing, and I just want whoever has him please take him somewhere safe. I know he`s scared and I know he`s crying, and he has stomach pains and he`s not eating. He`s a picky eater. So if you want to just drop him off somewhere please drop him off to the police station. You can drop him off here, call my phone. I know he's crying, I know you can't get him to stop crying. He's being picky, he's not eating, and even if he's scared I won't be mad. Please just drop him off to me. I just want him home. That's it."

Adrian.

Trudy said...

Thank you Dave @12:54PM

That was a very interesting interview. I agree with you that the interviewer really knows what he’s doing. He gave the live streamer plenty of rope and the proverbial happened. The streamer was obviously deceptive in many instances. Thanks again for the link.

“Chihuahua” lol.

John Mc Gowan said...

Thursday, September 10, 2020
Braylen Noble

5.0.6. Statement Analysis

https://5-0-6-statement-analysis.blogspot.com/2020/09/braylen-noble.html?m=1

frommindtomatter said...

“It’s been four days since my son has been missing, and I just want whoever has him please take him somewhere safe. I know he`s scared and I know he`s crying, and he has stomach pains and he`s not eating. He`s a picky eater. So if you want to just drop him off somewhere please drop him off to the police station. You can drop him off here, call my phone. I know he's crying, I know you can't get him to stop crying. He's being picky, he's not eating, and even if he's scared I won't be mad. Please just drop him off to me. I just want him home. That's it."

She starts her statement with a time reference, “It’s been four days since”. She puts this before her plea for her childs return which shows that the passing of time is taking priority in her thoughts. The longer a child is missing the chances of finding them alive are reduced, especially when very young children are concerned. The mother uses the numeric (four days) to mark time; she could have said he went missing on a particular day (Monday etc...). Here we see she is counting the days which shows the number is important to her.

“I [just] want [whoever has him] please take him somewhere safe.”

This statement is fronted with the pronoun “I” which signifies she is psychologically committing to her words. By saying “whoever has him”, we know that she believes there is a “someone” who has her child. She doesn’t say “if” someone has him which would allow for other possibilities, the obvious one being that someone doesn’t have him which would reveal she may believe or know of another possible scenario.

“I [know] he`s scared and I [know] he`s crying, and he has stomach pains and he`s not eating. He`s a picky eater. [So] if you want to [just] drop him off somewhere please drop him off to the police station.”

Context – Missing non-verbal autistic child. Working from this context it is understandable that the mother will “know” how her child is feeling and behaving. “He`s a picky eater” – The question is can this be classed as disparagement? The mother knows her child will only eat certain foods and if not given to him he won’t eat, which will result in stomach pains etc… This means he is a picky eater. In connection to an autistic child I don’t see this as disparagement but instead a fact due to his condition. That is my opinion and I welcome discussion on it to explore it in context.

“[So] if you want to [just] drop him off”

The word “So” is one of the words flagged highest sensitivity in SA as it seeks to give a reason why/justify an action. Normally it justifies an action from the speaker (example: I went upstairs “so” I could get the keys). Here the mother uses it to give a reason for the abductor to drop her child off. She lists how her child is scared, crying, has stomach pains etc… She then says ““So if you want to [just] drop him off”, which offers the abductor the possibility (if) to drop the child off. She uses the word “just” which signals another thought is held in connection to “just drop him off”. It’s possible she is thinking the abductor may do something else with the child other than drop him off. The word “just” would signal the lesser thought. Perhaps instead of dispose of him “just” drop him off could be her thought.

Adrian.

Anonymous said...

The words “drop him off” occurring three times in a relatively short statement is alarming. Do they live near a bridge? Cliffs? Ravines?

Anonymous said...

Correction - the words “drop him off” are used four times.

frommindtomatter said...

https://www.crimeonline.com/2020/09/10/braylen-noble-preliminary-autopsy-notes-released-after-autistic-tot-found-dead-in-half-drained-pool/

"The Lucas County Coroner’s Office reports that no obvious signs of trauma were found on the toddler’s body, according to CBS 11. The autopsy, however, isn’t fully complete and the cause of death has not yet been determined. Drowning has not been ruled out.

“The autopsy on Braylen Noble showed no anatomic cause of death and no gross evidence of trauma. Drowning has not yet been ruled out as a cause of death, but further studies and investigation are needed before the final ruling is issued,” the initial note from Dr. Cynthia S. Beisser said."

New England Water Blog said...

Jussie Smollet: When asked by Hill what he would say to people who believe he is guilty of what he is accused, Smollett sought to remind them that he is just a “human being.”

“I’m a human being like everybody else,” said Smollett. “I ingest the media and I read the headlines and all that type of stuff. And I’ve been guilty of taking things at face value as well. But when you see that happening, and they talking about you. You know it’s not true. Somehow it becomes different.”

“So on one hand, when I step back, I can see the way that they played the narrative, the way that they served it to people,” he continued. “That it was intentionally created to make people doubt from the very very beginning. But at the same time, I’m not really living for the people that don’t believe, because of the fact that I don’t know what to say. I can’t take that on.”

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/09/10/jussie-smollett-denies-role-in-hate-crime-hoax-chicago-wont-let-this-go-making-an-example-of-me/

John Mc Gowan said...

Re Smollet.

He he could have shut down the question and stood behind the wall of truth by issuing an RD. If asked why should people believe? Because I telling/told the truth. That's the interview over. Yet he feels the need to ramble on with a NTP.

Tania Cadogan said...

Regarding Braylen Noble.
The pool was searched multiple times and no body was found and then , his body turned up in the pool.
It smacks of someone moving his body from where it was and placed in the pool believing that police wouldn't search where they have already searched.
The autopsy results will be interesting, especially if it is shown that there was no fluid in his lungs and he didn't drown, in which case, how did he die and how did his body get into the pool especially given it had already been searched.
What was the condition of the half full pool like?
What was the visibility in the water like?
How is it possible that trained divers could miss his body?
Was there CCTV in operation in the area?
Were the family known to the CPS and LE?
Given his disabilities, he would have proven to be extremely hard work and that would be a motive.
He was too much work for the parents.
He was a victim of an accidental homicide such as an adult lashing out in temper.
He was killed for altruistic reasons, to put an end to his suffering etc.
was the pool directly below the window he allegedly fell from?
If he had fallen from a 3rd storey window he would have been injured, probably severely if not dead so why did they feel the need to search as far as they did. he would likely not have been in a fit state to walk anywhere?
If the mother says he 'fell' from the 3rd storey window, how did she know?
Did she see him 'fall'?
How could explain away not seeing him for 30 mins?
What was she doing?
Where was she doing it?
Have the polygraphed her yet?

frommindtomatter said...

@Tania Cadogan September 11, 2020 at 11:54 PM

Yeah, all good points and questions. The big question is was it neglect or foul play that led to his demise.

How can a child be in an apartment one minute and then gone the next. Who else apart from the mother and grandmother can give confirmation of the last time he was seen alive? If he was in the apartment he would have had to have left either through the apartment door or through a window. If he went through the door because it was unlocked or not properly closed, that would point to neglect on the part of the caregivers. It would also allow for them to believe that after searching for and not finding him that someone must have him. That scenario would have them needing to cover their neglect but not that they had harmed him.

Another option is he fell from a window and was somehow was uninjured (initial autopsy says no visible signs of trauma). To most that will sound far-fetched that he could fall from such a height and not be injured. What’s interesting is that the grandmother says he did. That is a pretty big story to float so why try?

"He [crawled] out [this] window of [these] apartments," Bobbie is heard saying.

That is from the 911 call. We see the speaker brings the window and apartments close to her psychologically. This was not “a” window, which would be the proper way to introduce it. Neither was it “the” window, showing it is a window identified and known to the speaker. She refers to it as “this window” which brings it close to her psychologically.

“[this] window of [these] apartments”

Note she uses the plural “apartments” which she also brings close to her by saying “these”. The expected is the singular “apartment”, as there would only be one apartment window the child fell from, the one from the apartment he was in. The simplest statement would be:

“He crawled out of the apartment window” as opposed to -

"He [crawled] out [this] window of [these] apartments”

Her words speak to him crawling out a window “of these apartments”, which fails to commit to it being her daughters (Braylens mothers) apartment. What is causing her failure to commit and need to expand from one apartment to many (apartments plural)? Most windows are climbed through (in or out) so the use of “crawled” stands out. If you crawl out a window the next thing that happens is you fall. By saying “crawled” the speaker avoids saying “Braylen fell”. The statement is incomplete as it fails to conclude what happened after he crawled out the window.

The 911 is difficult to understand due to poor audio, but the grandmother’s first words are, “Yes, we have a missing 3 year old.” As opposed to “my grandson is missing”.

Adrian.

John Mc Gowan said...

I've searched for the full transcript of the 911 call unedited, with every erm and pauses. It's very difficult to hear or make out some of the language due to the poor quality. Also, when shes asked questions by the operator she removes the phone away to seek answers.
In the snippets edited media releases we have to go by, mum shows no deception but sensitivity.

This bothers me (I noted in my previous post), giving he was supposed to have fell from the window.
"Dropping him off" x 4 . Did someone "drop" him while holding him? Or does it refer to the window?

John Mc Gowan said...

"Dropping him off"

May also be sensitive because they knew he couldn't be, given he was found in the pool.

frommindtomatter said...

I made a transcript of Braylen Noble 911 call. I omitted any parts I wasnt sure off.

OP: 911 where’s your emergency?

C: Yes, we have a missing 3 year old… autistic and non-verbal.

OP: OK what’s the address?
C: (Gives address.)
OP: (Asks callers name.)
C: (Gives name.)
OP: (Asks ethnicity of child.)
C: (Says child is black.)

OP: How long has she been missing?

C: (unintelligible)… we`ve been looking for him for over a good 30 minutes.

OP: OK
C: He crawled out through this (could be “his”) window, of these apartments.

OP: Do you think he`s hurt?

C: I, I, I`m hoping he`s, I`m hoping he’s OK, but we don’t know where he at. We walked all the grounds.

OP: And what is he wearing do you know?
C: (unintelligible)

OP: What’s his name?

(Some back and forth between caller and operator confirming child’s name.)
(unintelligible.)

OP: OK, and what was he wearing?

C: Um, he had on his pull-ups, and the… (unintelligible)…. I don’t even know what shirt he had on. (Speaks to someone with her) What colour was his shirt, T-Shirt was orange… at the bottom… Or was it the grey one? (unintelligible)

OP: OK, what’s your phone number?
C: (Caller gives number)

OP: Did you guys go by the creek and look by the creek?

C: Yes we went all back there and by the pool area… The swing area, all of that… And on the back and on the other side.

OP: He`s nowhere in the house?

C: No, we looked in the closets and everything.

OP: Did you look under the bed?

C: Yes.

OP: Did you look in like the hampers or any (unintelligible)?

C: Yeah cause we only have one bed in the, in the apartment……… Oh god, we had 3 windows like wide open.

OP: The police are on their way there OK

(unintelligible)

OP: Bye bye.

C: Bye.

Adrian.

frommindtomatter said...

Update to the transcript:

OP: How long has she been missing?

C: It`s a he. We`ve been looking for him for over a good 30 minutes.

Adrian.

John Mc Gowan said...

Thank you, Adrian, for the transcript.

My first, and theres many question to ask. Whom is missing? Whom is the call about?

Anonymous said...

John Donne containing the famous words "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main…. Any man's death diminishes me, for I am involved in mankind. Any therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

Who is missing
Who is the call about
Who

frommindtomatter said...

Yeah, the grandmother saying “we have a missing 3 year old” is about as distant as is possible. She doesn’t give him his name or his position as her grandson, and will not take possession of him through the pronoun “my”. She also fails to specify gender which leads the operator later to ask –

OP: How long has [she] been missing?

The grandmother corrects the operator in her response but fails to answer the question of how long the child has been missing. She only speaks to how long they have looked for him. It`s expected she will say the last time someone saw him and give other details to aid in the flow of information.

C: It`s a he. We`ve been looking for him for over a good 30 minutes.

Braylen is referred to as an “it”. When correcting the operator she doesn’t say Braylen is a boy, or he is a boy etc… but rather “it” is a he. We see from the beginning of the call that the grandmothers language signals that he has little value to her.

“we have a missing 3 year old”

We only take possession of things we want (my wife, my house, my car, my friend etc…). When a grandmother fails to take possession of her grandchild it signals the child is not wanted by her. At least at the time the statement was made. The question is why she won’t take possession of him. Is it because he is autistic and she has problems with that, or is for another reason?

Adrian.