Yes, and I never got the feeling, when watching the bodycam footage, that Grayson felt anything especially dangerous was happening either, until suddenly, it was. Remember when she first moved to pick up the pot of water, both officers took a step back. Sonya asked, lightheartedly I thought, "Where are you going?" And wasn't it Grayson who replied, in a kind of joking manner I thought, "Away from your pot of boiling hot water!" And they all sort of chuckled at that moment of (what I felt was) a bit of humor.
So that was the mood at that moment. But was the very next thing Sonya saying, "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus"? And it should be emphasized that she did just SAY it, she never screamed it, or raised her voice at all. She didn't yell it crazily. I would almost say she murmured it even.
But that, imo, was all it took to change Grayson's mood in a flash, from casually watching to over the top violent, as if he were suddenly transported into the most threatening of situations. But not exactly that, not like he felt truly threatened/in danger. But more like ANGRY. All of a sudden. Like CHALLENGED. (Trying to think of the right descriptive words here.) Yes, I'd say he seemed to suddenly feel challenged which made him angry. (As in, who was she to challenge HIM?)
In fact, when she said it (I'll rebuke you...), wasn't his instant response, "You better not!" I think that's correct. And I'm still baffled that he said that right then. She better not rebuke him? Or was the rest of it what she better not do.... was he mad at the rebuking alone, or only because it was in the name of Jesus? Either way (although that does seem like an important point!) but either way, it makes me seriously wonder what he thinks "rebuke" means. Because he did seem to take that a lot worse than anybody ever should have.
I wonder if he had any particular kind of religious upbringing. Maybe that phrase or ones like it have a certain meaning or association to them, for him. Something bad. Something he does not like at all.
Do we know if he is a religious man at all (or at least thinks he is)? And even if he's not especially religious, he could still find real personal truth in some concepts of Christianity, and that phrase she used may have meant something to him more than what it may mean to others. Like I would GUESS that he really truly believes in a heaven and a hell, not unusual to believe in, but also not unusual to not believe in, even if you're a "true Christian." I think a lot of Christians are ok with heaven and hell being metaphorical concepts (for lack of a better word). But I would (again) just guess that he believes they're real. And he may think the phrase she said has some power behind it (and maybe it does, who knows), and that he may have taken it more as her "cursing" him. I don't mean cussing at him. I mean, like putting a (real) curse on him. If so (all a guess, remember), but if so, this sounds to me like a guilty conscience on his part! Like he knows the life he's been leading isn't the road to heaven, and what she said to him may have just been the clincher that could be his eventual damnation for all eternity. Ok, that may be a little extreme, and I don't think I explained what I'm thinking well anyway, but maybe someone can get a sense of what I mean anyway!
To me, it's all in the "You better not!" that he said when she "rebuked" him. I'd like to tear that apart some more and see what really comes out of it upon closer inspection, but that's probably getting too off topic.
When will he find out his sentence?
