As much as I have read about Ron's reactions on this call, I still can't help feeling he acted just as I would have expected him to. Ron Cummings is a different breed, he is highly aggressive and unpredictable with a deep mistrust of the law. He is not alone in that last respect; many injured parties feel that justice is not adequately served on the perpetrators of crimes.
Taking Ron's reponse at face value I can understand his frustration. He seems anxious to have LE come to his home 'right now' which should be an atypical reaction for a criminal or who is a guilty party. Yet nobody has pointed that out. He just got in the door and doesn't know the circumstances. He clarifies this by telling the operator he was at work. If I was in the same situation, I would mostly likely say 'I just got in' or something like that. Ron is angry with what he feels are delaying tactics by 911, when you would think that he should be pleased that it's buying him more time.
In the beginning of the 911 call you can hear him calling for Haleigh in the background. Considering he was at work, I think it would have been really suspect if he had made the call to 911 and not allowed Misty to speak. I would have expected him to want to control it and he doesn't.
I don't like this guy one little bit and I think that he has hindered the investigation. But I think he was not told the truth by Misty and instead told a story that implicated him. IMO, his reactions recorded on the 911 call fit his character as we have come to know it.
For someone with a deep mistrust of the law, when Geraldo confronted him with the allegations about him, he was quick to want to talk to LE and report those people.
"RONALD CUMMINGS : [OVERLAP] Never. Never, never have I ever hit any woman, period. Never. And
Id like to know where all these allegations are coming from because I would like to talk talk to law enforcement and have these false allegations, um, known that, um, the false allegations against me, somebody needs criminal charges pressed against them."
I thought that part of the interview shows when Ron gets angry, is caught off guard and not controlling the coversation, has a hard time forming his thoughts and words so misspeaks and sputters while trying to figure out what he should say..not what he wants to say. The "talk to law enforcement" and "somebody needs criminal charges pressed against them" was obviously not what he wanted to say. He stopped himsel and had to think about what he could say that would not confirm that he was a violent person.
The Geraldo tape and the Cobra tapes show the "real" Ronald Cummings when he is not prepared. When he says something he should not, he automatically tries to cover it up. He immeidately stops the flow of the conversation, pauses or stutters, figures out what he shoudl be saying and starts talking again.
If you compare those tapes to the 911 call where Ron should be angry/upset and completely caught off gaurd, he is very controlled. There is not sputtering or trying to think of what he needs to say. Ron clearly threatens a life yet never tries to cover it up, actually re-enforces that he will carry out that threat.
If Ron had "blurted" out the threats in the 911 call, IMO it would have been automatic for him to stop himself and try to cover up his threats just like all his other conversations. Yet somehow Ron NEVER tries to make excuses for his threats against whoever stole Haleigh but always tries to re-enforce them. IMO, that is his way of trying to convince people it was an outsider.
