Still Photo vs. Video

We have lots of videotape of our bully neighbor doing all sorts of bully things. Many times I wished I'd had the camera when he was stopping me on the road, trying to intimidate me, but I didn't. Those events I can only talk about and so can he and so it's one of those "he said she said" things that judges and D.A.s just love. "He said she said" can so easily be dismissed. But we did get lots of video anyway, plus audiotape in which he tells us he will have us killed.

Our neighbor had only his word and apparently lots of still photos which he never put into evidence, but he used to influence people like the D.A. So we kept taking him back into court and he kept harassing and threatening. Since there is no audio recording when you take a still photo, you can provide any story you want. And so our neighbor has shown an endless number of locals the still photos of us. Some of these same people have seen and heard our videotapes. Over time, they have chosen to believe him. He has a forceful personality and 40+ years' experience with acting in order to get his way. We tell the truth, but not as well as he tells a lie. And so it is with many bullies.