Oscar wasn't sitting behind a keyboard like we are parsing every inch and every moment of his progression. He had a terrible misperception in an instant and then was in a full blown state of fight or flight terror. That part has never been hard for me to understand as a possibility. The biochemical products of fight of flight affect physical, emotional and cognitive processes. Focus narrows and tightens, both visually and mentally. People with adrenaline coursing through their bodies are prone to perceive ambiguous situations as hostile and prone to aggression, particularly if they are emotionally reactive. A single state of mind and body over a couple of minutes, not a highlight reel of Oscar's failures of "common sense".
Defense’s entire case revolved around Oscar’s
“terror”.
Without it, OP’s whole intruder story instantly disintegrates into a puddle of toxic, corrosive sludge.
However, Defense never explained, never presented any detailed, logical rationale for why OP would feel IMMEDIATE, paralyzing
“terror” upon simply hearing the bathroom window open. (If one is, in fact, totally ALONE and hears a window open or door slam, then yes, genuine terror may be entirely justified.)
Was OP unaware that Reeva was staying at his house that night?
Was OP unaware that she had just been in his bed, speaking with him?
Insanely ridiculous questions, aren’t they?!! Which makes his claim of instant “terror” = automatic “intruder” (completely bypassing Reeva altogether) utterly
impossible. Why would his first thought be “intruder” and not oh, it’s just Reeva? What sane, rational person would instantly jump to such a conclusion?
Did he hear a big metal ladder being moved around outside, being noisily slammed up against the house?
NO.
Did he hear his two big dogs outside in the yard (you know, with the intruder :lol
going crazy barking?
NO.
He knew he wasn’t alone,
had just spoken with her but never, ever first called out, “Reeva, is that you?” Why?
Because his version demanded an “intruder” and a 100% silent, invisible Reeva.
Every single ear witness that night (both defense and state)
first queried their partner/family about truly alarming sounds:
gunshots, screams, cries.
What “terrified” OP?
Open windows and closed doors.
What macho male sports hero would even admit to such utter ridiculous crap - unless he was lying to save himself from prison for murder?!!
Everyone verbally checked with others
EXCEPT Oscar
(who, interestingly, has a documented history of checking with his girlfriends and house guests in similar “strange noise” instances, even drawing his gun - but never killing anyone. Fancy that.). Inexplicably, that ONE night only - Feb 14 - he
radically deviated from his normal behavior - he never checked with Reeva at any point for any reason (he had multiple chances under his version). This one red flag alone damns him.
Oscar was not a “terrified”, “vulnerable” man that night - he was a brutal, raging, murderous man. Look at the horrific crime scene photos (including the damaged bedroom door and bathroom damage - it looks like a freakin war zone). He was never even remotely in danger or under threat of any kind - he admits this on the stand.
In fact, he actually testified that he had no reason to shoot.
David Smith ?@SmithInAfrica Apr 10
Nel: "We know for a fact you had no reason to shoot, objectively." #Pistorius: "That is correct."
NO REASON.
This automatically eliminates his entire defense arsenal:
Self-defense (PPD)
Fear
Vulnerability / Disability
Anxiety (GAD)
Sounds
Noise
Wood movement
Automatism
Slow burn
So, what’s left?
MURDER.
Under his version -
HE was the only
actor (Reeva and “intruder” were invisible).
HE was the only
speaker (Reeva and “intruder” were silent).
HE was the only
‘screamer’ (hey, we all know seriously injured people never scream, right?).
HE was the only
aggressor (unless you count the sliding bathroom window and slammed door).
HE was the only
attacker (unless you count the locked door and magazine rack).
Ask yourself why.
There can be only one answer.
Reeva and the “intruder” - both silent and invisible - simply did not exist in his one-man play.
Deaf, dumb and blind covers a multitude of heinous sins, doesn’t it?
OP controlled the “perfect storm” of bizarrely implausible events in his fairytale.
He simply morphed from sports hero to tragic, ‘falsely-persecuted’ hero.
Oscar Pistorius: “I always win.”
Sociopaths - slick, calculating, manipulative liars.
JuneBug, with all due respect, your cowardly pretty boy is nothing but a vile, pathological killer.
