🔴 Despite what everybody keeps saying, there is no publicly available video that clearly and unmistakably shows Tyler Robinson shooting Charlie Kirk. None. What we have are surveillance images and videos that prosecutors say show Robinson, or a figure they identify as Robinson, moving around the campus, appearing on a rooftop, crawling, running and allegedly assuming a prone or sniper-like position. But that is not the same thing as a clear video showing an identifiable Tyler Robinson aiming a rifle, pulling the trigger and firing the fatal shot.
This distinction matters enormously.
Some reports have gone further, describing courtroom footage as showing the suspect in a sniper position at or around the time of the shooting. Reuters reported that prosecutors say footage captures the alleged shooting sequence, while other accounts describe surveillance showing the figure before and after the shot. The crucial point is that the disputed courtroom footage was not publicly broadcast, meaning the public cannot independently examine what was actually shown.
So let us stop converting allegation into established fact. A person lying prone on a roof is evidence. A person carrying what appears to be a rifle is evidence. Surveillance footage placing someone in a particular location is evidence. But none of those things, standing alone, is necessarily a clear visual recording of an identifiable defendant actually firing the fatal shot.
Maybe prosecutors can ultimately prove that Tyler Robinson was the shooter. Maybe they cannot. That is what the judicial process is for. But the public should be precise about what has actually been seen, what prosecutors claim the evidence shows and what remains unavailable for independent public examination. In a murder case, especially one carrying the possibility of the death penalty, those distinctions are not technicalities. They are everything..
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