BUFFSCAN
What's Brianna's Problem? Society.
01/04/2025
Camera Call Outs
Under this heading I like to call out fresh local doorbell style and other camera footage posted to social media or otherwise under highlighted discussion. As an avid advocate for home security cameras, I may even post footage from my own system.
I am making this section, amplifying awareness of this media, with the hopes of helping to solve a crime from the web's more couched media. Footage as distributed by local law enforcement is handily re-amplified by their own channels (and to be sure, I may help to convey those too), but sometimes it's these little clips that doorbell camera owners post here and there that need the extra circulation boost.
I'm starting with this one posted by an individual that ironically represents little more than a trespass at worst. It's not the "crime" that makes this video interesting, it's the problem that the poster was presumably presented with.
In the video, a woman who we might all agree is under some kind of duress, enters the porch area and crouches. The behavior is seemingly irrational but with the breadth of these type cameras now being what it is, is not uncommon either. People hopped out on drugs or what not roaming the streets and on occasion waywardly entering private property, is astonishingly routine even while somewhat alarming to the average eye.
Posted to the Ring Neighbors App on January 1.
But obviously, in seeing this, the bigger question has to be why couldn't someone just have leapt out and check more directly with the woman to see if she was in major trouble? This would probably be anyone's instinct. But there is no mention in the post, or certainly in the video of, this having happened. Why not?
Temperatures on the given timestamp date were in the low 30s, and the woman is clearly not attired well enough against that at 3 AM. Her clothes even appear torn and she seems to make reference to something being "busted". Some commentators in the original Ring Neighbors forum where this video appeared speculate she was referring to her lip or even to her ribs. Potentially pretty serious stuff.
Accuweather shows that it was as low as 34 degrees.
So what prevented the camera owner from checking into this more directly and deeper? And where now is "Brianna", the name (seemingly - it may be a bit unclear) given by the subject of the video?
We all know the answer to this of course, and it's a sad commentary on our present day society. It's simply too risky to open a door and barge out to attempt any type of rescue investigation, even if the situation had been visibly worse than it appears in this case.
Nobody, this author included, can blame the camera owner. There have been cases of people pretending to need things as a manner of baiting.
The person who posted this video made a point that they called 911 but that in their opinion resulted in 'no help'. It's not really clear to me what that disposition means since it's been my experience that the response system for this sort of thing is actually pretty quick. I recently had some bum checking my car door handle and an officer rolled up to check in with me personally about it within 10 minutes. I hadn't even asked for that but was impressed.
Without knowing what the person who posted the video expected or how they communicated during that 911 call it's a bit dubious to assume the worst about the claim.
It's just a shame that the response could not involve a more direct approach that might have yielded more information, but, times are what they are. Baiters and drug zombies can be anywhere at any time.
Latest Erie County Jail Bookings
The following are fresh listings in the publicly distributed Erie County Jail Roster as of yesterday.
Booking Date 1/3/2025
- APONTE ACEVEDO, JUAN
- BARNWELL, MARCUS
- BETTINGER, NORMAN
- DAVIS, AARON J
- HUTCHERSON, MARCELLUS
- KIDD, SEAN
- KNUDTSON, CASEY
- LAND, RO
- ZYMOWSKI, SAMANTHA
In providing this convenient aggregate listing please keep in mind the following: Incarceration in county jail does not imply guilt - statistically, most inmates are in fact legally innocent and are only incarcerated pending further legal proceedings. As well, many circumstances including mental health and addiction issues can lead to behavioral turbulence and conflicts with society that result in jail. In noting incarceration status please adopt a compassion-first regard.
For a variety of reasons the given list may not be all inclusive of those individuals actually processed.
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