Chapter 6

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Chapter six focuses on arrest reports. I think that it is pretty interesting that there are two types, fill in the blanks and narrative type report. I really like the fill in the blanks version because it is a simple format making it easier to follow and understand. I think the five senses rules are pretty interesting. It makes sense and I am sure that officers never know exactly how a stop will go.

The Impact Of Your Appearance

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After reading the A Black Man Wore Different Kinds of Clothing To See If People Treated Him Differently article I think it is safe to say that a majority of people do treat individuals based on their appearance. It is super sad that we let stereotypes influence how we treat people. People who dress like a million bucks should not be treated better than people who are in sweats. I mean if we do, then there is a self-fulfilling prophecy. It is the same thing with treating young adults worse than older ones. For example if you are not an attentive waiter to a young couple because you think younger adults tip worse, than your tip will be bad because your service sucked. I mean it is great that if you dress up you get special treatment, but that should not be the case. Everyone should be treated equally.

People, Posture, Behavior

After class discussion on Wednesday, we were asked to further discuss the posture and behavior of the people who were getting interviewed.

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There was Mark Rohrer, the district attorney. His face lit up bright red when confronted with evidence and he appeared to be trying to hide the evidence with his body. Mark looked like he was extremely nervous and was itchy.

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Sergeant Andrew Colburn was the person who another was contacted by another police department eight years ago regarding Allen confessing to raping Penny Bersteen. The whole call was disregarded for eight years until Avery got out of jail thanks to DNA evidence. Sergeant Andrew appeared to be nervous and was fidgeting in his chair. It is like his face is frozen in fear.

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The one that really caught the attention of my professor was the sketchy sketch artist, Chief Deputy Eugene Kusche. Eugene was extremely cocky and eye rolled at the questions being presented to him. He tried to provide himself with the alibi that he couldn't remember what happened twenty years ago, yet he went back and screwed that over for himself. Eugene was also fidgeting a bunch.
Overall, the interviews present the people as extremely nervous, which makes me wonder if they truly are hiding something. That they truly set up Avery.

What Is Going On In This Town?

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In class, we watched episode 2 of Making A Murderer. One thing that really caught me off guard is that when confronted about the conversations that were documented, the people who were participating in the investigation denied or acted like they could not remember if that is what they said. They kept spinning the stories, trying to get out a tight spot. Stating that the document wasn't done right because that was not how they spoke.
The part when Penny asks for forgiveness and Avery gives her a hug came as a surprise to me. Penny was part of the reason why Avery went to jail. However, Avery never blamed Penny and forgave her. That was a huge shocker to me.
Another point that shocked me was the fact that when Avery was taken into custody for questioning regarding the murder of the reporter, he did not get a lawyer and his lawyer did not know where he was. I really hated the part where it shows video of the investigator telling Avery to confess and no one was against him because of the fact they did this investigation right this time. Yet, video of searching Avery's house was so bias and mean towards him that it was hard to believe him that the investigation was not a set up. It seems that this may be yet another murderer that the police framed Avery for.