Okay so this is new video. This actually just confirms my perceptions more.
Two things I note in this video:
He is very, very clearly deep inside of a construction area to look for things to steal. That's all he'd be doing in a place like that. He's not just curious about something, taking a look from the outer boundaries of an area - he's deep inside a structure, seeking loot. Anyone who disputes this isn't being honest.
And on a more "nobody's going to agree with me" note here, I want to point out that the guy just straight up looks like a hoodlum.
The "he was out jogging" thing is a lie and a cover story for seeking thief-portunities. Whether it was a lie he told his mom and she parroted, or a lie she made up to paint him in a more positive light, either way it's a lie.
EDIT:
It cannot be overstated how important this video actually is, because it helps establish what mindset he would have had. He knew he had just been deep in the heart of an area, trespassing, and I do believe he drops a hammer or similar tool on the road in the earlier video. I believe he couldn't find anything particularly valuable, especially anything he could easily carry out of there in the daytime (may have thought about returning later if he saw something he couldn't walk out with in the day) but he wasn't about to leave completely empty handed, and he pocketed a couple of small tools, or one at least. Dropped it as they pursued him, so it wouldn't be on him when cops arrived.
The fact that he knew that he had just been trespassing and stealing means that the idea that he was just innocently jogging along is bogus. Total BS as I knew it was. This means that his entire mindset about what these guys wanted / were doing and how he should react to it, is all based on "i'm a criminal that got caught and the cops are on the way" NOT "ho hum, enjoying my jog... oh my! who are these KKK with guns!?!?! better fight for my life!!!"
I haven't said anything in this thread up to this point, but I feel that it necessary for me to tell a story from my personal life.
I am a white, middle class male in my 40s living in the New England area. While visiting my parents home for a party a few years ago, my mother remarked about the construction of a new house next door. My parents house and the previous house next door were both constructed in the same time period and she was curious.
So me, my father, my aunt, my uncle, and three of my cousins, all went in to the house under construction (my mom has mobility issues). It was the weekend and there were no workers there. We looked around the living room area, the kitchen (sign, what is the appeal of granite countertops exactly), and a small bedroom on the first floor. We didn't go the second floor since the stairs were temporary and looked a bit iffy. Afterwards, we went back to my parents place and told her all about it.
A few years later, we had gathered at my parents house again, and a different house was being constructed further down the street, just around the corner. Again we headed out and my family looked inside. This time I did not, as it was in an earlier state of construction, and I thought I had seen enough of the interior and I was more interested in the water and sewage connections which were still exposed. Afterwards, we went back to my parents place and told her all about it.
And that's it. We went into houses under construction on two separate occasions without legal permission while no one was around. Nothing was stolen or damaged, and no malice was intended in either case. To the right sort of mind, new construction is very interesting, and human curiosity is a very real thing. I will now leave this thread, as I don't really wish to engage in a hair splitting debate about YAUBMS.
